Ommeren
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nederlands Hervormde Kerk: zuid-oost zijde exterieur"
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Image Source: digital image of a November 1968 B&W photograph by A.J. van der Wal, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zuid-oost_zijde_exterieur_-_Ommeren_-_20173349_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nederlands Hervormde Kerk: tekening Archief de Poll. Top.1099 140x185 mm. R.K.D."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1961 B&W photograph by G.Th. Delemarre, in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tekening_Archief_de_Poll._Top.1099_140x185_mm._R.K.D._-_Ommeren_-_20173343_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 1 January 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 23645OMM
Church/Chapel: Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk te Ommeren / Sint Lambertuskerk
Church Patron Saints: St. Lambert of Maastricht[aka Lambaert, Lambertus, Lambrecht, Landebertus]
Church Location: Kerkstraat 1/3, 4032 NG Ommeren, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 344 603 453
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Gelderland
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N320, 1 km W of Lienden, now [since 1999] in the municipality of Buren, equidistant (25 km +/-) between Utrecht (WNW) and Njimegen ESE)
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 15thC; -- listed church [Rijksmonument no. 25846; 25847 for the tower]
The entry for this church in Reliwiki [https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Ommeren,_Kerkstraat_1_-_Lambertus] [accessed 1 January 2022] informs that an old baptismal font was destroyed during the restoration ["Een oud doopvont werd bij een restauratie vernield"]. Further sources consulted by Pol Herman for BSI inform:
1) De Betuwe, R.F.P. de Beaufort en Herma M. van den Berg, Staatsuitgeverij, Den Haag 1968: An old baptismal font, which according to description was large, but only 25 cm deep, and on which heads and leaf ornament were chiseled, was destroyed during a restoration of the church. Some pieces were later found.
2) VOORLOOPIGE LUST DER NEDERLANDSCHE MONUMENTEN VAN GESCHIEDENIS EN KUNST Deel IV, DE PROVINCIE GELDERLAND. UTRECHT - A. OOSTHOEK - 1917: Remains of a sandstone baptismal font are in the Oudheidkamer in Tiel.
Pol Herman adds: unfortunately, the entire collection of the pre-war Oudheidkamer at Tiel, built up in the years 1901-1940, was lost on 23 February 1945 during an Allied bombardment with phosphorus shells.
The present [2021] font in use is modern, made of wood with a metal basin insert.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.94834,
5.49316
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 56′ 54.02″ N,
5° 29′ 35.38″ E
UTM: 31U 671341 5758229
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
