Adinkerke / Adenkercka / Odinkerke / Oyenkerke

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25981ADI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (?), Romanesque?
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Audomaruskerk Adinkerke
Font Location in Church: disappeared
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Omer [aka Audomar, Audomarus, Odemaars]
Church Notes: church here documented 1123 as consecrated in 1120; present church 1855 re-building of a Romanesque church (consecrated 1120), modified in the Gothic period, that was destroyed in the 1790-1810 French Period;
Church Address: Stationsstraat 3, 8660 De Panne, Belgium
Site Location: West-Vlaanderen / Flandre Occidentale, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (NW) the N34-N39 crossroads, N of Hwy E40, 5 km W of Veurne, about 20 km WNW of Dunkirk
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Brugge / Diocèse de Bruges
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the church consecrated in 1120?) ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
No font listed in the BALaT KIK-IRPA entry for this church. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 26 November 2025) provides background historical information on Adinkerke: "The church of Adinkerke later became the mother church of the other two parish churches of De Panne. In 1855, the church (with the exception of the tower) was rebuilt in the Neo-Gothic style. Baptismal registers since 1594. No historical font survived."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this site to our attention and for his help documenting it.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 472183 5658278
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.075344, 2.602928
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 4′ 31.24″ N, 2° 36′ 10.54″ E