Lechinta / Lachenz nr. Rodna / Lechința / Lechnitz / Lekenche / Szászlekence
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09456LEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1494
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Biserica evanghelica din Lechința
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: church built 1300-1400; tower added 1400-1500;
Church Address: DJ151, Lechința, Romania
Site Location: Bistriţa-Năsăud, Transylvania, Romania, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the DJ151 and DJ172E roads, 24 km SW of Bistrita, 29 km from Beslean, in north-central Roumania, near the Ukrainian border
Historical Region: Nösnerland
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font reported and illustrated in the entry for this church in Agramonia [https://www.agramonia.com/attraction/fortified-church-lechința] [accessed 3 August 2025]: "A Gothic baptismal font with the year 1494 has the shape of a chalice standing on a profiled octagonal base. The stone is painted over. The overpainting bears the year 1853. The dome-shaped wooden attachment may also come from this period. A new marble baptismal font has neo-Gothic style elements. It bears the year 1889." The late-medival font appears monolithic and it is completely covered in painted floral and foliage motifs except of the octagonal lower base; the octagonal dome font cover is also painted with such motifs as the font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 35T 297364 5210771
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]