The baptismal font in the Catholic Church of St. Martin in Osterspai (Rhein-Lahn district). The brass lid (dating from 1749) is likely older than the font itself.
(March 2026)
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The baptismal font in the Catholic Church of St. James in Ründeroth (Engelskirchen municipality/Oberbergischer Kreis) is believed to have been created around 1480.
(November 2022)
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Baptismal font and lid in the Romanesque Liebfrauenkirche church in Koblenz.
(November 2023)
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This baptismal font in the Gothic (Protestant) Antoniterkirche in Cologne is said to be around 700 years old and to have had an eventful ‘migration history’.
(February 2026)
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A typical Romanesque baptismal font in the Protestant Jesus Christ Church in Meinerzhagen (Sauerland, Märkischer Kreis).
It dates back to when the church was built around 1220. This is where I was baptised.
(April 2022)
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The baptismal font in the Catholic St. Martin's Church in Lorch (on the Rhine, Rheingau/Hesse) is made of sandstone and dates from 1464.
(September 2025)
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The baptismal font in the Catholic Church of St. Pankratius in Odenthal (Rheinisch-Bergischer district) dates from the 12th century and is made of granite.
(September 2025)
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Baptismal font in the Protestant church of Wiedenest (Gummersbach municipality, Oberbergischer Kreis), probably from the 12th century.
(August 2025)
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The apparently Romanesque baptismal font in the Catholic church of St Katharina in the village of Stadt Blankenberg (Hennef municipality/ Rhein-Sieg district).
(February 2025)
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