Vreeswijk

INFORMATION

Font ID: 23743VRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Rooms Katholieke Sint-Nicolaaskerk [aka Dijkveldse kerk]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
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
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the new church] Utrechtsestraatweg 8A, 3438 AK Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Site Location: Utrecht, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: The new church is located off (W) the N408, in the N area of Nieuwegein, about 10 km SSW of Utrecht
Additional Comments: disappeared font? / destroyed font?
Font Notes:
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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

COORDINATES

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