Lommersweiler
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10809LOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1628
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise Saint-Willibrord, Lommersweiler / St.-Willibrord-Kirche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Willibrord [aka Willibrordus]
Church Address: 4783 St Vith, Belgium
Site Location: Liège, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) hwy E42, 5-6 km SE of St-Vith, near the German border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Liège
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font dated 1628 [web site of the exhibition "Gratia Dei", in the e-journal AGENDA for 2 February 2005: http://64.233.187.104]. Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10095808] [accessed 19 August 2025]: "fonts baptismaux [...] grès[pierre] [...] Date: 1628 - 1628 [...] hauteur: 100 cm". Its oak cover also listed in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10095811] [accessed 19 August 2025]: "couvercle de fonts baptismaux [...] Date: 1801 - 1900 [...] chêne [...] hauteur: 60 cm".
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 297885 5569027
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.2388, 6.165528
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 14′ 19.68″ N, 6° 9′ 55.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.