Achel

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25954ACH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century (?), Romanesque?
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Monolfus-en-Gondulfuskerk / Sint Monulfus- en Gondulfuskerk van Achel
Font Location in Church: disappeared
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Monulph & St. Gondulph
Church Notes: 11thC Romanesque church documented 1139; re-built mid-15thC; modified 1670; tower added mid-18thC; re-built 1905-1913; damaged in 1943 WWII bombings; restored thereafter
Church Address: Dorpsstraat 2, 3930 Hamont-Achel, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 472 44 46 40
Site Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N748, N of the N71, just N of the Michielsplein, in the municipality and 5-6 km W of Hamont-Achel, just S of the border with the Netherlands
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/80089] [accessed 21 November 2025] reports a baptismal font of 1761 with ametal cover on it: "doopvont van 1761, confer chronogram, met hardstenen voet en kuip, alsook deksel van messing van Jean Casper Bungeneers (Eindhoven); hek van doopvont uit de tweede helft 18de eeuw, van smeedijzer en messing." The 1761 font and its cover are listed and illustrated in the BALaT KIK-IRPA entry [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/67150] [accessed 21 November 2025]: "doopvont [...] hardsteen, messing [...] hoogte: 191 cm [obviously the height of the font and its cover] [...] Date: 1761 - 1761". 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 672992 5681067
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.254681, 5.479108
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 15′ 16.85″ N, 5° 28′ 44.79″ E