Delapaix bell foundry
The Delapaix bell foundry (21 different spellings of the name are documented in documents or on bells) was founded in Arnsberg in the 17th century .
history
Johann Delapaix
The founder of the bell foundry , Johann Delapaix, immigrated from Lorraine , where the family produced several bell foundries . He completed his apprenticeship at Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock . In 1639 he cast his first bell that can be verified in the Sauerland for the parish church of St. Laurentius in Arnsberg. Claudi Lamiralle and the citizens of Lorraine, Antonius and Johannes Paris, worked on this casting . It can therefore be assumed that they had recently settled down together. Delapaix married Anna Margaretha Morck in 1653, a daughter of the electoral Cologne councilor Dr. Georg Morck. This marriage resulted in seven children, and the two sons became bell-makers. Johann Delapaix made bells for z. B .:
- 1655 for Erwitte and Schönholthausen
- 1639 and 1665 for Arnsberg
- 1665 for Brilon
- 1666 for Hoinkhausen , Anröchte and Kirchhundem
- 1671 for Westönnen, Bremen and Büderich
- 1674 for Geseke
- 1676 for Bestwig
- 1680 for Assinghausen and Rüthen
- 1692 for Borghorst
- He also created bells for the Fulda Cathedral and for various other places in southern Germany, Thuringia and the Münsterland .
Gottfried Delapaix
Gottfried Delapaix called himself von Arnsberg . He founded a bell foundry in Erwitte . Presumably he was a cousin of Johannes who moved in later. He mainly worked in the Münsterland.
Georg Delapaix
Georg Delapais, the eldest son of Johannes, was baptized on December 21, 1653 in Arnsberg. In 1681 he founded a foundry in Eslohe. There he married Eva Bergeske. They both died within three days in 1721. They left ten children. Many of his bells are inscribed with the following inscription: Johann Georg de la Paix ex Eslo me fecit .
Johann Gottfried Delapaix
Johann Gottfried Delapaix was born in 1684. He married Dorothea Schulte in 1713 and had eight children. None of the descendants learned the bell-making trade. Johann Gottfried signed his bells with Joh. Godefridus Lappey von Eslohe until 1728 , after which the name no longer appeared. His successor was probably a relative who signed with a rag in Nieme .
Carl Delapaix
Bells from the 18th century are known about Carl Delapaix. Bells from his production hang in Bödefeld, Oberkirchen, Büderich and Schmallenberg. It is not known whether he had a family.
literature
- Magdalena Padberg : Peace be her first in: Yearbook Hochsauerland 2000, Ed. Der Landrat des HSK, Verlag Podszun in Brilon, ISBN 3-86133-230-2 , pages 109 to 111