Baptismal font of St. Michael (Altenstadt near Schongau)
The baptismal font of the Catholic parish church St. Michael in Altenstadt , a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau , was created around 1200. The baptismal font , placed in the south aisle of the church since 1994, is on the Bavarian list of monuments as part of the church furnishings .
The archangel Michael , the enthroned Mother of God with the child, St. John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus are carved out as reliefs on the chalice-shaped bowl . In between the representations of the evangelist symbols can be seen. Bearded men are shown below as symbols of the four rivers of paradise, the Euphrates and Tigris , Pishon and Gihon .
Baptism of Jesus
Madonna and Child
Archangel Michael fights against Lucifer
Lion, symbol of Mark the Evangelist
Winged man, symbol of the evangelist Matthew
literature
- Georg Paula , Stefanie Berg-Hobohm : District Weilheim-Schongau (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.23 ). Lipp, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-87490-585-3 , pp. 8 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ 20.9 " N , 10 ° 52 ′ 20.3" E