Zammelen No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23764ZAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Parochiakerk Sint-Amandus, Zammelen
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Amand [aka Amandus]
Church Notes: earlier church chapel of ease to Gors-Opleeuw; church documented by 1246; became independent parish 1835; new church built 1865-1872
Church Address: Sint-Amandusstraat, Zammelen, 3724 Kortessem, Belgium
Site Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
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
Additional Comments: [unable to locate images of the font at this time, Feb. 2022]
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31U 669508 5631886
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.813864, 5.406222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 48′ 49.91″ N, 5° 24′ 22.4″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)