Munstergeleen

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: the modern church of 1924

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 27 September 2011 by Michielverbeek [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munstergeleen,_Sint_Pancratiuskerk_foto1_2011-09-27_17.23.JPG] [accessed 22 March 2015]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the old replaced parish church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 1921

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1921 [Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed] [Fotonummer 9420] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterieur_naar_het_noord-oosten_-_Munstergeleen_-_20161304_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 March 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the old replaced parish church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 1921

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1921 [Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed] [Fotonummer 9421] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterieur_naar_het_noord-oosten_-_Munstergeleen_-_20161305_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 22 March 2015]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19780MUN
Church/Chapel: Sint Pancratiuskerk / H.Pancratius Kerk Muntergeleen / Voormalige Rooms-katholieke parochiekerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Pancras of Rome [aka Pancrace, Pancratius]
Church Location: [address for the modern church: Kerkstraat, 6151 LZ Munstergeleen, Netherlands]
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Limburg
Directions to Site: Incorporated into the municipality of Sittard-Geleen since 1982
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We aew grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
Church Notes: earlier church with 15thC tower replaced by new church on a new site in 1924
An entry in the Jaarboek van Limburgs Geschied- en Oudheidkundliche Genootschap (vol. 5, 1868: 458), listed under the heading "Voici quelques données concernant des actes de vandalisme qui se commettent encore de nos jours dans le Limbourg aux fonts baptismaux", notes: "A Munstergeleen, un fragment notable du vase sacré, dans lequel une longue suite de générations a été incorporée à l'Eglise, se trouve sur la voie publique, comme pierre d achoppement ." The present font is dated 1776. A communication from Pol Hermanto BSI (e-mail of 14 February 2022) adds two other sources that make a reference to the lost fragment: 1) Het Duvelke uit het Zuiden, Flament, 1918: At Munstergeleen the old baptismal font is broken, and a piece has been thrown onto the public road as a stumbling block, and 2) Voorloopige lijst derNederlandsche monumentenvan geschiedenis en kunst. DeelVIII, II. De provincie Limburg (Meerloo-Zwalmen), 1926: The Roman Catholic Church (H. Pancratius): Bluestone head (± 1200) of a Romanesque baptismal font.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.973889, 5.863333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 58′ 26″ N, 5° 51′ 48″ E
UTM: 31U 701014 5650825

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone