Kralingen
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24141KRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Hoflaankerk in Rotterdam-Kralingen
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Old Dike 2, 3062 AE Rotterdam, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 6 24218184
Site Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Kralingen was formerly a municipality to the E of Rotterdam; it is now a part of the city, 3 km E of the city centre
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (sold in 1680s)
Font Notes:
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A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 24 July 2022) informs of an account of the church wardens of the Protestant church in Kralingen in Rotterdams Jaarboekje. - 3e reeks, jrg. 4 (1926) ; p. XLIX. ; Rekening van kerkmeesters van Kralingen, 1686/89. Inv. 13, noting the sale of a baptismal font of arduin limestone with its pedestal here in 1686-1689.
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 603642 5753770
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone