Niehove / Nijhoof / Suxwort

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Kerk van Niehove."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kerk van Niehove."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hardscarf, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 8 October 2010 by Hardscarf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niehove_-_kerk.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2022]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Blaasbalg en blusbak (vroeger doopvont uit de kerk) uit de smederij van Niehove in de kerk van Niehove." -- the set-up now inside the church replicates the environment in which this large stone object, claimed to be an old baptismal font, served as cooling vat in the forge of Noehove
Scene Description: Source caption: "Blaasbalg en blusbak (vroeger doopvont uit de kerk) uit de smederij van Niehove in de kerk van Niehove." -- the set-up now inside the church replicates the environment in which this large stone object, claimed to be an old baptismal font, served as cooling vat in the forge of Noehove
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hardscarf, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 8 October 2010 by Hardscarf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niehove_-_doopvont-blusbak_en_blaasbalg.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: "Nederlands Hervormde Kerk: inwendig naar het oosten"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nederlands Hervormde Kerk: inwendig naar het oosten"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2022
Image Source: digital image of an August 1941 B&W photograph in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inwendig_naar_het_oosten_-_Niehove_-_20164001_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2022]
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view of object

claimed to be an old baptismal font re-used as a cooling vat in a forge
Scene Description: claimed to be an old baptismal font re-used as a cooling vat in a forge
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hardscarf, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 8 October 2010 by Hardscarf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niehove_-_doopvont-blusbak_en_blaasbalg.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2022]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 23725NIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Hervormde Kerk Niehove
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: early wooden church ca. 800; replaced by small stone church ca. 1230; expanded 15thC; modified 17thC and later; restorred 1994 -- listed church [Rijksmonument no. 31406]
Church Address: Kerkstraat 1, 9884 PC Niehove, Netherlands
Site Location: Groningen, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Located N of the N355, 15-20 km NW of Groningen
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Münster
Historical Region: Humsterland island
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
A large rectangular vessel used for many years as cooling vat in the local forge has been claimed in at least one source as a former baptismal font.
[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of this originally medieval church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this church and odd object to our attention

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 324480 5907785
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.290167, 6.36665
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 17′ 24.6″ N, 6° 21′ 59.94″ E