C. Albert Bierling
The company C. Albert Bierstadt Ling was an art and bell foundry in the Saxon capital of Dresden , Palm Street 19th
history
The foundry was founded in Dresden in 1848 by Christoph Albert Bierling. Technologically, Bierling achieved a comparatively high level in the foundry during the industrial revolution .
Initially Bierling was the contractor of the Royal Saxon Army for the casting of artillery pieces from bronze . Due to the military reform from 1866, these orders were largely eliminated. Bierling therefore found a new business area in the production and sale of church bells .
During the founding years in Saxony's churches, for example, there was a wave of bells changing, which caused the Protestant parishes to spend relatively little money, as Bierling provided the financing concept and bought the old, valuable bronze bells. Numerous very old and important bells were melted down in this way. Between 1883 and 1913 the foundry in Dresden produced more than 200 new bells for parishes of the Evangelical Church of Saxony . Of these, only five bells have been completely preserved in Saxony today due to the “ Reichsmetall donations ” in both world wars. A number of important art casts from this foundry also still exist.
The Bierling bell foundry was one of the last two remaining bell foundries in Saxony after the First World War, but ceased operations in 1922.
In total, the Bierling'sche foundry produced more than 500 wrought-iron bell cages from the Bierling-Köppke system, over 2000 bronze bells and numerous royal and war memorials.
Bierling-Köppke system
Bierling was also the developer of the Bierling-Köppke system for converting freely swinging bells into stilted bells. To do this, the bell crowns were sawn off and the bells hung in stilted (cranked) cast iron yokes. The flying clapper was replaced by counterweight clapper. This was z. B. practiced in 1890 during the restoration program in the St. Anne's Church in Annaberg .
Selection of casts
Bells
- St. Annenkirche , Annaberg, replacement of the previous choir's bell, strike tone b ′, 1922
- Apostle Church , Dresden, 1901
- Christ Church , Klotzsche, 1906
- Trinitatiskirche , Dresden, 1892 and 1920
- City Church Radeberg , 1921
- Freiberg Cathedral , 1896
- St. Michaeliskirche in Chemnitz, des′ – f′ – as ′
- St. Nikolaikirche , Chemnitz, 1887–1917, es′ – g′ – b ′
- Ev. Church in Berbisdorf near Chemnitz, 1904
- Friedenskirche , Dresden-Löbtau, 1891
- Dresden-Strehlen teacher training college , on Teplitzer Strasse, 1910
- Ev. Schönbrunn Church (Ore Mountains), as′ – c ′ ′ - es ′ ′
- Trinitatiskirche zu Wiesa (Erzgebirge), des′ – f′ – as ′
Art cast
- Bronze sculpture of the Electress Anna of Saxony , 1869, Annenkirche (Dresden)
- Goose thief fountain , 1880, Dresden
- Rhine-Moselle Group at the Niederwald Monument above Rüdesheim am Rhein (1883)
- Luther statue in front of the Frauenkirche , 1885, Neumarkt , Dresden
- King Johann equestrian statue, 1889, Theaterplatz , Dresden
- Still waters and stormy waves , 1894, Albertplatz , Dresden
- Müllerbrunnen , 1902, Dresden
- Bismarck monument , 1903, Dresden, not preserved
- Lion sculpture, 1908, Schönlinde (Krásná Lípa), created by the Dresden sculptor Clemens Grundig
- Group of figures children with dog in Dresden City Hall , 1910, (donated by Kommerzienrat Oskar Bierling)
Others
The art and bell foundry only existed for two generations:
- Company founder Christoph Albert Bierling (1824–1904) and
- his son Clemens Albert Bierling (1852-1943), who gave up the company in 1921.
The Bierlings' family grave is located in the New Annenfriedhof in Dresden-Löbtau.
literature
- Jürgen Helfricht : Dresden and its churches. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Dresden 2005, ISBN 3-37402261-8 .
- Rainer Thümmel : Bell casting in Saxony. Chemnitz Industrial Museum - Museum Courier, August 2006, accessed on February 19, 2020 .
- Dresden City Archives : " Etha Richter (1883–1977) - A Documentation of Her Animal Sculptures" - New exhibition in the City Archives. 2005 ( press release )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hrady.cz lion sculpture (Czech) (accessed December 2, 2017)
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '4.3 " N , 13 ° 43' 44.5" E