Witry No. 2 / Weeltrich / Weltrich / Wilitreio / Witri

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "D'Kierch vu Witry" - the present church of 1913

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Les Meloures, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 13 October 2014 by Les Meloures [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Witry_église.JPG] [accessed 3 October 2023]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the 20thC font and cover [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a 1976 B&W photograph [cliché M241271] [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10084112] [accessed 3 October 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24966WIT
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Witry
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Witry, 6860 Léglise, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Luxembourg / Luxemburg, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located off the N825, near Wibrin, in the municipality and about 15 km NE of Léglise, E of Neufchâteau, SSW of Bastogne
Century and Period: , Medieval
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: of two churches noted in Witry [Wilitreio] originally only one, the parish church of Saint-Pierre, remains; present church of 1913 replaced a 1680 church, itself a re-building of an earlier church building
The Annales de l'Institut archéologique du Luxembourg, Volume 27 (1893): 233ff, state that the origins of this church are unknown, and that it had been re-built from an earlier church in 1673. No font mentioned. The entry for this church in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10084112] [accessed 3 October 2023] reports and illustrates a baptismal font made of limestone between 1901 and 1925, with a dome-shaped font cover of brass, also modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.85, 5.6
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 51′ 0″ N, 5° 36′ 0″ E