Lachenmeyer
Lachenmeyer GmbH & Co. KG welding works for bells and steel construction is a company in Nördlingen . The company has been repairing all kinds of church bells since 1924 . In 2005 the company was featured in the documentary television series The Last of His Stand? dedicated. It is the only German company that specializes exclusively in welding bells . He no longer has any employees.
Working method
To eliminate a crack, it is first widened. A bell-shaped iron sheet is then attached behind the widened crack to prevent the welding material from running off. Then, depending on its size, the bell is warmed up to working temperature in an oven for several days. Once the working temperature has been reached, the crack is closed by gas fusion welding via a hatch in the furnace. The welding rod must be made of the same alloy as the bell so as not to distort the sound. The screws that hold the sheet iron are removed during welding using an oxygen-rich flame. Finally, the bell has to cool down even more slowly.
history
In 1924 one of the bells in the church in Auhausen jumped . Pastor Tobias Wagner asked 26-year-old Hans Lachenmeyer whether he could weld the bell. Lachenmeyer ran a forge in Nördlingen in the third generation, carried out repair welds on gray cast iron parts and had earned a good reputation there. He was followed by his son of the same name. Today the company is run by the grandson of the company founder, Thomas Lachenmeyer.
Bells (selection)
- 1924: Bell for the church in Auhausen
- 1956: Petersglocke in Cologne Cathedral
- 1968 and 1990: Hosanna Basilica of St. Martin in Weingarten
- 1985 and 2004: Gloriosa in Erfurt Cathedral
- 1987: Gloriosa and Bartholomäus in Frankfurt Cathedral
- Apostle bell and Osanna in St. Georg in Nördlingen
- 2018 Anniversary Bell and St. Peter's Twelve (Munich)
- 2019 Dominica Magdeburg Cathedral
Individual evidence
- ↑ Register portal March 24, 2018
- ↑ The last of his class? - The bell welder. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/162833/27-11-2019/glockenschweisserei-lachenmeyer
- ↑ The last of his class? - The bell welder - data. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Bells - With the gas flame to the sound monument . In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed on March 24, 2018]).
- ^ Ralf Schick: Bell welding shop in Nördlingen in a difficult situation | Sunday paper - 360 degrees evangelical. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Dokulab: The last of his class, bell welder . March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Klaus Wittmann: Nördlinger locksmiths save bells: Lean when bell welding . In: The daily newspaper: taz . January 5, 1998, ISSN 0931-9085 , p. 20 ( taz.de [accessed on March 24, 2018]).
- ↑ Verena Mörzl: On the trail of the oldest bell . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on March 24, 2018]).
- ^ Anniversary Auhausen. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
- ^ Glockenschweissen.de - Homepage of the Lachenmeyer Nördlingen company. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 27, 2016 ; accessed on March 24, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Erfurt: Rescue operation for the "Queen of Bells" . In: FAZ.NET . July 8, 2004, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 24, 2018]).
