Zammelen No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 23764ZAM

Church/Chapel: Parochiakerk Sint-Amandus, Zammelen

Church Patron Saints: St. Amand [aka Amandus]

Church Location: Sint-Amandusstraat, Zammelen, 3724 Kortessem, Belgium

Country Name: Belgium

Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres

Directions to Site: Zammelen is located off (W) the N20, in the municipality of Kortessem, 6 km NW of Tongeren, 25-30 km WSW of Maastricht

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: earlier church chapel of ease to Gors-Opleeuw; church documented by 1246; became independent parish 1835; new church built 1865-1872

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The Inventaris Onroerenderfgoed entry for this church [https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/32294] [accessed 18 February 2022] includes a baptismal font made of bluestone in the 12th century [="Romaanse doopvont van hardsteen (12de eeuw)."] [12th-13th?] originally from the medieval church here, moved to the new church ******[NB: is this the same font as the one listed under Vliermaal, Sint-Agapituskerk?]*****

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.813864, 5.406222

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 48′ 49.91″ N, 5° 24′ 22.4″ E

UTM: 31U 669508 5631886

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)