Aalter

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25953AAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 12th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Corneliuskerk / Kerk van Sint-Cornelius te Aalter / Parochiekerk Sint-Cornelius, Aalter
Font Location in Church: disappeared
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cornelius (originally dedicated to St. Denys [aka Dennis, Dionis, Dionysius])
Church Notes: original church probably 9thC; renovated 15th-16thC; destroyed ca. 1590; restored 17thC with changed dedication to St Cornelius; new tower ca. 1655; church modified 18th and 20thC; damaged in 1918 WWI; restored 1921
Church Address: Kerkestraat 1 / Kerkhofweg, 9880 Aalter, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 470 82 02 80
Site Location: Oost-Vlaanderen / Flandre Est, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N499, just NE of the N44-E40 crossroads, 15-20 km NNW of Ghent
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Ghent
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/34645] [accessed 21 November 2025] reports a modern marble font in it: "18de-eeuws doopvont van marmer met koper." This modern marble font and its metal are listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/79819] [accessed 21 November 2025]: "doopvont [...] marmer, koper [...] hoogte: 140 cm [...] Date: 1701 - 1800". We have no information on the font of the medieval church here.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this church to our attention and for his help documenting it

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 531396 5659207
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.08351, 3.448241
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 5′ 0.64″ N, 3° 26′ 53.67″ E