Vreeswijk

INFORMATION

FontID: 23743VRE
Church/Chapel: Rooms Katholieke Sint-Nicolaaskerk [aka Dijkveldse kerk]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: address & coordinates for the new church: Utrechtsestraatweg 8A, 3438 AK Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Utrecht
Directions to Site: The new church is located off (W) the N408, in the N area of Nieuwegein, about 10 km SSW of Utrecht
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
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: Dijkveldse kerk was first documented 1426; destroyed by Spanish troops in 1585; its ruins were still visible in the 18thC in the cemetery, that was shared at the time; present RC church here 1870s
There is a reference to the lead lining of the font in an article by W. Heins' Visitatie van de kerk van Vreeswijk in 1565, in Cronyck de Geyn, 13de jaargang nr. 2 (April 1991: 25ff); the mention of the lead lining may have been a recommendation that the visiting prelate made. [NB: we have no information on the fate of that font; presumably destroyed in 1585].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.03975, 5.095928
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 2′ 23.1″ N, 5° 5′ 45.34″ E
UTM: 31U 643751 5767533