Grembergen / Grendberga

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view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dendermonde Dokter Haekstraat zonder nummer Sint-Margrietkerk" -- the 18thC re-building of the old church on a new site

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Helena Duchêne, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph 2005 by Helena Duchêne [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dendermonde_Dokter_Haekstraat_zonder_nummer_Sint-Margrietkerk_-_133205_-_onroerenderfgoed.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25289GRE
Church/Chapel: Sint Margaretha van Antiochië Kerk [aka Parochiekerk Sint-Margriet], Grembergen
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Dr. Haekstraat, Grembergen, 9200 Dendermonde, Belgium
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Directions to Site: Located off the N470 [aka Dokter Haekstraat], W of the N41 and the Scheldt river, in the municipality and 3-4 km N of Dendermonde, about 25 km E of Ghent
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: first place of of worship here ca. 1100, a chapel of ease to Zele; documented 1183 and 1194; not known when it became parochial; destroyed 1569; re-built 1599; demolished 1710; re-built same year on new site
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/83288] [accessed 26 January 2024]: "doopvont [...] Date: 1401 - 1500 [...] hoogte kuip: 103 cm [...] deksel in koper ". The entry for this church in the Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/48903] [accessed 26 Jamuary 2024] reports a 15th-century baptismal font of limestone in it with a copper cover of the 19th century ["Doopvont in blauwe hardsteen uit de 15de eeuw met een koperen deksel uit de 19de eeuw"]. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 22 August 2023) informs on the history of the church and refers to the KIK-IRPA entry for the font [cf. supra]: "The baptismal font is made of blue stone. It is said to be 15th century, but the shape of the basin would suggest that it is much later."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.054094, 4.106783
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 3′ 14.74″ N, 4° 6′ 24.42″ E
UTM: 31U 577571 5656423

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century
Material: metal, copper
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. Accessed: 2024-01-26 00:00:00. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.