Meteren nr. West Betuwe

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Nederlands Hervormde Kerk: Overzicht van kerk en kerktoren met tentdak, vanuit het zuidwesten"

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view of font in context

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Image Source: digital image of an April 1967 B&W photograph by DIJKSTRA (Fotograaf), in the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herenbank_-_Meteren_-_20153537_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 11 May 2022]

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23929MET
Church/Chapel: PKN Hervormde Kerk
Church Location: Dorpsstraat 16, 4194 TD Meteren, Netherlands
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Gelderland
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway A15/E31, in the SW outskirts of Geldermalsen, in the municipality of West Betuwe, 20 km W of Tiel, about 20 km N of 's-Hertogenbosch
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 14thC tower; church much modified 19thC -- Rijksmonument [number 16509]
Noted in Kees de Wildt's Doopvont de Beeldenstorm (2018: 114-120) as one of a number of baptismal fonts of the Westerkwartier (then part of Flanders, later in France) having been desecrated, damaged or destroyed during the Iconoclastic Fury of 1566.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.863889, 5.2825
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 51' 50" N, 5° 16' 57" E
UTM: 31U 657160 5748363

REFERENCES

De Wildt, Kees, "Doopvont in de Beeldenstorm", Nederlandse Kerkgeschiedenis, 21, Tijdschrift voor, 2018, pp. 114-120.