Cowan / Cowan nr. Houffalize

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view of church exterior in context

the church, seen here in the background, was demolished 1894-1895
Scene Description: the church, seen here in the background, was demolished 1894-1895
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Image Source: digital image of an undated [pre-1895?] postcard; received from Pol Herman 25 July 2022
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24445COW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Notre-Dame de Cowan [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Cowan, 6662 Houffalize, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N30, in the municipality and 4 km SSE of Houffalize, about 20 km NNE of Bastogne
Historical Region: Ardennes
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 11thC church? / only the old cemetery remains of its disappeared parish church, mother church of Houffalize, up to 1784; demolished 1894-1895
Font Notes:
No entry for Cowan found in the BALaT KIK-IRPA database. A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 25 July 2022) informs that the [11thC?] church of this hamlet was demolished in 1894-1895, and that the bronze metal font, weighing 22 kg, was sold in 1892 in order to finance the acquisition of new bells for the church of Vissoule (built in 1891) [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the demolished church -- the term 'font' in this context may refer to a baptismal dish, given the weight given]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.111450, 5.808260
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 6' 41.2" N, 5° 48' 29.7" E