Sindorf / Kerpen-Sindorf
Image copyright © Paul Clemen, 1899
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Clemen, 1899
Image Source: digital image of a 1893 drawing in Clemen (1899)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: "Kerpen-Sindorf, Kirche St. Ulrich"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © A. Savin, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 14 May 2012 by A. Savin
Copyright Instructions: Free Art License
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 8
Scene Description: on the sides of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Clemen, 1899
Image Source: digital image of a 1893 drawing in Clemen (1899)
Copyright Instructions: PD
design element - architectural - window - Ogee - 8
Scene Description: on the sides of the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Clemen, 1899
Image Source: digital image of a 1893 drawing in Clemen (1899)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orca FOV, 2021
Image Source: screencapture of 1 March 2021 YouTube video Orca FPV St. Ulrich, Church in Kerpen Sindorf [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLx3PtUM9bQ] [accessed 7 April 2026]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of basin and cover - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Orca FOV, 2021
Image Source: screencapture of 1 March 2021 YouTube video Orca FPV St. Ulrich, Church in Kerpen Sindorf [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLx3PtUM9bQ] [accessed 7 April 2026]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Heimatverein Sindorf, 2026
Image Source: digital image in Heimatverein Sindorf [https://rheinland.museum-digital.de/object/10708] [accessed 7 April 2026]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26281JND
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche, Sindorf
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the N aisle, W side
Church Wikidata: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ulrich_(Sindorf)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ulrich of Augsburg
Church Notes: church documented in the liber valoris ca. 1300; much modified and re-built since;
Church Address: Erftstraße 3, 50170 Kerpen, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2273 52380
Site Location: Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L277, NW of the B4-B61 crossroads, 25-30 km W of Cologne city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Bistum Köln
Town/City Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindorf_(Kerpen)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in Clemen (1899). The entry for this church in Pastorale Einheit Kolpingstadt Kerpen [https://www.katholisch-in-kerpen.de/ueber-uns/kirchen/ueberblick/index.html] [accessed 7 April 2026] reports an octagonal baptismal font made of red sandstone, 111 cm high with a diameter of 87 cm, that was probably made for the late Gothic new building [i.e., ca. 1484]: "Auch das achtseitige Taufbecken aus Rotsandstein, 111 cm hoch mit einem Durchmesser von 87 cm, wurde vermutlich für den spätgotischen Neubau angefertigt." The entry for this church in the German Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ulrich_(Sindorf)] [accessed 7 April 2026] reports a 15th-century baptismal font with a brass lid from 1660: "ein Taufstein aus dem 15. Jahrhundert, darauf ein Messingdeckel von 1660".
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 27 March 2026) informs: "Sindorf, Sankt Uldarici.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ulrich_(Sindorf) ein Taufstein aus dem 15. Jahrhundert, darauf ein Messingdeckel von 1660.
Paul Clemen, Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz, III, Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Bergheim, 1899, page 532: "Taufstein, 1,07 m hoch, von Sandstein, aus der Mitte des i5.Jh., achtseitig, die Flächen des Fusses und Beckens mit scharf profiliertem Masswerk. Der runde Messingdeckel trägt die Inschrift: vicinitas procurante FRANCISCO EVERHARDO SCHERER, PASTORE IN SINDORF, ANNO l66o D. D." With drawing. No good picture yet."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 27 March 2026) informs: "Sindorf, Sankt Uldarici.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ulrich_(Sindorf) ein Taufstein aus dem 15. Jahrhundert, darauf ein Messingdeckel von 1660.
Paul Clemen, Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz, III, Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Bergheim, 1899, page 532: "Taufstein, 1,07 m hoch, von Sandstein, aus der Mitte des i5.Jh., achtseitig, die Flächen des Fusses und Beckens mit scharf profiliertem Masswerk. Der runde Messingdeckel trägt die Inschrift: vicinitas procurante FRANCISCO EVERHARDO SCHERER, PASTORE IN SINDORF, ANNO l66o D. D." With drawing. No good picture yet."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 336394 5642253
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.90871, 6.67286
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 54′ 31.36″ N, 6° 40′ 22.3″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (reddish)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 111 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1660
Material: metal, brass
Notes: low-dome with finial; inscribed [cf. FontNotes]