Bach (bell foundry family)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bell, cast in Windecken by Ph. Bach in 1836, with the typical ornate crown and broad wolf

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Bach bell founders cast over 400 bells in four generations, as well as some fire engines and other metal objects such as baptismal fonts, chandeliers, mortars and irons. The foundries were in Hungen and mainly Windecken . Most of the bells were delivered to the former county of Hanau-Münzenberg and the surrounding area, i.e. today's Main-Kinzig district and the Wetterau , but can also be found especially from the 19th century in Frankfurt , in the Taunus , in the Vogelsberg and in the Odenwald as well as in Lower Franconia and again in the Mainz area ; one copy was even brought to the Sauerland .

history

Johann Peter Bach, the family's first bell founder, was born in Hungen in 1722 as the grandson of the syringe maker Mathias Bach and son of the syringe maker Johann Georg Bach (1699–1752) . There he cast his first bell for the church in Lammerspiel in 1741 . In 1745 he cast bells for Echzell and for the Reinhard Church in Windecken. A year later he married Anna Katharina Spielman, the daughter of a Windecker council member . Around 1748 he bought the Pflücksburger Hof ( 50 ° 13 ′ 19 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 45.8 ″  E ) and moved to Windecken. He set up the small foundry house in the garden of the property , later the large one in front of Kilianstädter Tor in the area of ​​today's intersection Eugen-Kaiser-Str./Konrad-Adenerauer-Allee ( 50 ° 13 ′ 19.5 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 30.7 ″  O ). From 1749 the casting orders increased. His largest commission was for four bells with the strike tone sequence a 0 -c 1 -d 1 -e 1 in 1757 for the Collegiate Stifft Sancti Petri zu Meyntz . Mainz was only supposed to pay for the bell after the trial bell and this brought him into a liquidity gap , because the Hanau mint master only allowed him to deliver it after the borrowed money for the metal had been repaid , like an exchange of letters between the Hanau governments and Kurmainz occupied. Johann Peter Bach worked as a princely Hanau bell founder. Bach died in 1780. By then he had cast at least 80 bells. His youngest son went to Roßdorf , where the family still exists today. Johann Peter's brother Johann Philipp Bach, meanwhile, poured fire engines and bells in Hungen - one for Rockenberg around 1754 . In 1773, the Count zu Solms gave him permission to “cast bells and build fire engines all over his country” , thus rejecting his competitor Wilhelm Heinrich Rincker from Leun .

The Pflücksburger Hof today

The next generation was Johann Philipps, the youngest son Johann Peter (II.) Bach, born in 1764. Two bells from 1780 that he cast together with Johann Philipp have been preserved. After the death of his father he continued to work alone, mostly signing the bells with Peter Bach . He died in 1801. Johann Georg Bach, the eldest son of Johann Peter (I.) Bach, was active in Windecken at that time. He initially poured out with his father, at least 30 bells are known from him and some have survived. The then ruling Hereditary Prince Wilhelm, who later became Landgrave Wilhelm IX. , Johann Georg sent in his early days for further training at state expense in larger foundries in neighboring countries . In his private life, however, Johann Georg Bach had a difficult fate: all of his children died shortly after their birth, as did his wife later. He married again at the age of 46. Of his six children from this marriage , only one survived adolescence. Johann Georg Bach died in 1814. Another son Johann Peters, Johann Michael (1750–1827), embarked on a military career and ended up in the thirteen colonies in North America as part of the German participation in the American War of Independence .

Ph. H. Bach (II.)

The third generation marks Johann Georg's son Philipp (Heinrich) Bach (* 1798), who also worked in Windecken. At the age of 16 he became Johann Georg's successor. In the beginning he was supported by his uncle Jakob, who had already cast a bell for Langen-Bergheim with his father in 1805 and then others. Under Philipp Bach, the foundry reached its peak, despite its competitors Barthels (Frankfurt) and Otto (Gießen / Darmstadt), at least 170 bells are known. Philipp's son Philipp Heinrich (* 1829) was the last caster in the Bach family, which was now run as the Bach and Sons company - in addition to Philipp Heinrich (II), his brother Karl Heinrich Andreas was involved, who took over the trips for the purpose of negotiations. The customs conditions made business difficult: as early as 1830 , the Bachs were secretly smuggling the metal on secret routes to neighboring Heldenbergen in order to cast the bells intended for Hessen-Darmstadt in Nassburg , avoiding the considerable tax burden . The expansion of the traffic routes  - the Kassel – Friedberg – Frankfurt railway line was opened in 1852 and the Friedberg – Windecken – Hanau railway line opened in 1879/81 - increased competitive pressure from companies that were already large at that time, such as the foundries Rincker (Sinn), Hamm (Frankenthal ) and Schilling (Apolda). The founding of the empire in 1871 did not bring any improvement, and in the same year the managing director, Philipp Bach, and ten months later, the agent, Karl Heinrich Andreas Bach, died. Nevertheless, until 1891, Philipp Heinrich Bach cast a few individual bells and connected chimes - around 40 bells in the last ten years - in a comparatively modern design.

Philip Henry's son Henry Karlsbach thus continued the tradition discontinued and was established by decision of the family council teachers . In his youth, however, he had closely observed the activities in the foundry and recorded them in detail in his memoirs . After two bells were cast for the Windeckener collegiate church in 1891, the company ceased operations. Philipp Heinrich Bach moved to his son in Fechenheim and died there in 1906.

Characteristics

Sound comparison of Bach bells from different times: 1756, 1764 (both JP Bach), 1838 (Ph. H. Bach) and 1794 (P. Bach)
Bells by Johann Peter (Windecken, left) and Johann Philipp (Hungen, right) Bach, both from 1764 Bells by Johann Peter (Windecken, left) and Johann Philipp (Hungen, right) Bach, both from 1764
Bells by Johann Peter (Windecken, left) and Johann Philipp (Hungen, right) Bach, both from 1764

Bells belonging to the Bach foundry family have quite steep flanks and an expansive wolf. The crown handles are either round and unadorned or decorated with bearded men's heads . From around 1860 the Bachs switched from the classic six-handle crown with two single and two paired handles to the modern shape with six handles evenly spaced; The handle parts extending from the center are slightly protruding and beveled towards the outside. The shoulder is mostly decorated with a ribbon that shows repeating patterns , most often four-leaf clovers in curlicues . On the flank, the bell is surrounded by a multiline inscription in Baroque antiqua in capital letters , in addition to information about the casting - often in the form of the saying "IN GOD'S NAME FLOSS ICH (first name) BACH IN (place) GOSS ME (year) “- often the parish chairmen , pastors or mayors of the place are noted. Typical sayings for bells are rarely found, for example in Brensbach (and similarly in Büdingen and Bad Schwalbach ) in the rhyme : " GIVE JESV THAT MY TOHN SOUND IN THE PEACE OF STAET / KEEP THIS PLACE FOR FEVER AND VBERFALL ". The text is in the German language, but there are also bells with Latin (especially in Catholic churches) or French (e.g. in Friedrichsdorf ) text. The lines are separated by thin lines. Sometimes there is another ribbon below the text. Also, local crests or belief motifs were from time to time used, as well Bible - s  - about several times the Gloria ( Lk 2.14  LUT ) either on a bell or triple peals distributed to the bells. The bells cast in hangings are characterized by larger and clearer letters. Angel heads with wings often appear . Around 1850 the foundry inscription migrated to the Wolm and lower case letters were also used, the year was written in italics . The last bells have an inscription in classical antiqua . There are several decorative rings directly above the Wolm, the middle one being particularly thick. This style element remained almost the same from the first bells to the last.

Comparison J. Wagner ↔ JP Bach

In terms of sound, a minor sixth appears as an undertone - these are sixth bells typical of the Baroque era  - as well as a prime lowered by a third and a third raised again, resulting in a new minor chord. Since the first bells by Johann Peter Bach did not yet have these characteristics, this sound deviation from an ideal sixth bell was possibly even deliberate. A bell by Johann Wagner (1655) that is very similar in sound and appearance is in Hanau-Steinheim , for which Johann Peter Bach cast a bell in 1750. The typical features mentioned above only appear in bells after 1750 - so it is possible that Bach borrowed from the Wagner bell. This special sound was also adopted by his descendants Johann Georg and Philipp Heinrich (I), so that it remained almost the same for over a century.

The bells cast in hungen, whose undertone fluctuates between the minor sixth and minor seventh , are therefore predominantly seventh bells . The Prime can to large third lowered and the third also be increased, so that in some cases the partials major chord in the basic position or a major six-four chord results.

In the second half of the 19th century, when the family foundry in Windecken became the Bach & Söhne company, its rib changed to the seventh rib with a partially raised third, similar to the bells cast in Hungen. At the end of the 19th century from around 1870, Philipp Heinrich Bach (II.) Cast bells in a minor-octave rib , i.e. with a pure prime, minor third and the undertone in octave intervals.

Over the entire period, however, there were also apparently deliberate exceptions. Johann Peter cast the last of the three bells for Erbstadt to match the sound of the first bell, which was 15 years older. A bell cast by Johann Philipp with his son is designed as a Molloctave bell. At the time when he was already creating Molloktav bells, Philipp Heinrich (II.) Also cast a bell - as a casting of a work by the Schneidewind foundry family - based on the sound of its predecessor as a seventh bell and several sixth bells.

Received bells

Ringing bell by Joh. Ph. Bach (video)

In the two world wars , many bells were melted down for armament purposes or destroyed by fires. Some returned from the bell camp in Hamburg (“ bell cemetery ”) after the Second World War . Some were already poured in the 19th century , in wind corners or other foundries, after cracks or for new bells.

Three bells survived both world wars, but their whereabouts are partly unclear:

  • A bell by Philipp Heinrich Bach from 1875 was sold by Lorchhausen to a monastery in southern Germany after the Second World War .
  • When a four-bell ringer was re-cast in 1961 for a separate tower, the bells in the roof turret of the Church of St. Maria Magdalena in Dorn-Assenheim were removed, including one by Philipp Bach from 1832. Their whereabouts are unknown.
  • Of a triple bell by Johann Peter Bach from 1772 for St. Gangolf in Amorbach , the smallest is sold in 1951 and the middle one is cast. The whereabouts of the big bell is also unknown.

The following list gives an - certainly incomplete - overview of the surviving bells of the Bach foundry family (the bells of the Hungen line are highlighted in color). In the case of bells up to 1861, even if the information was not given in the table, of course Ph. H. (I.) Bach is meant, for bells from 1872 Ph. H. (II.) Bach.

year Foundry according to the inscription Casting location Suspension location (current) Building / use Chime Dimensions comment
1745 Johann Georg and (Johann) Peter Bach Hunger Gettenau ev. church c 3 Probably Johann Peter's second or third work, together with his father
1749 Johann Georg and Philipp Bach Hunger Altenburg (Alsfeld) ev. castle church d 2 Received three-way bell
e 2
f sharp 2
1749 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Gross-Auheim St. James b 1 Another crown shape
1750 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Hereditary City ev. church it 2 Much cleaner decoration and inscription than in Groß-Auheim, triple bell 1750/1760/1765
1750 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Romrod ev. church b 1
d 2
1752 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Gronau ev. church d 2
1752 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Oak trees ev. church h 1 Old ornament, inscription also on the Wolm
1754 Johann Philipp Bach Hunger Weiperfelden ev. church f 2 Still with old decorations on the shoulder (like Johann Peter in Windecken)
1755 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Lich Marienstiftskirche g 1 Has always been hanging in the neighboring city ​​tower . Old ornament, inscription also on the Wolm
1756 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Nieder-Rosbach ev. castle church a 1 350 kg Pure septum bell, old ornaments, typical crown shape
1757 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Mainz cath. St. Peter a 0 3,550 kg Savior's bell , originally a four-ring bell a 0 -c 1 -d 1 -e 1
1757 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Books Old school
1759 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Bindsachsen ev. church   preserved double bell
 
1759 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Altenvalbert cath. Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene
1759 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Stammheim ev. church c sharp 2
1760 Joh [ann] P [eter] Bach Wind corners Hereditary City ev. church g 2 Triple bells 1750/1760/1765. Typical modified sex rib and crown shape, old decorations such as bell from 1750 (above inscription) and typical clovers (below)
1761 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Court towns Village bell ges 2
1761 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Niederissigheim ev. church c sharp 2
1763 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Hain-Gründau ev. Laurentiuskirche dis 2 140 kg
1763 Johann Philipp Bach Hunger Heimertshausen ev. church f 2
1764 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Burgholzhausen vdH ev. church as 1 Preserved triple ring, typical late bells
b 1
of the 2nd
1764 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Reichelsheim (Wetterau) ev. Laurentiuskirche b 1 Typical late bell
1764 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Nieder-Wöllstadt ev. church b 1 Typical late bell, as an exchange from Nieder-Eschbach
1764 Johann Philipp Bach Hunger Upper limit stream ev. church g sharp 1
1765 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Hereditary City ev. church c 2 + Triple bells 1750/1760/1765. Similar atypical rib like the bell from 1750
1767 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Ober-Eschbach ev. church to the heaven gate g 1 original for the ev. ref. Church, Latin inscription, typical late bell
1768 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Wetzlar ev. Franciscan Church (Lower City Church) g sharp 1 Unusual in that Wetzlar is actually the catchment area of ​​the Hungen Line. Loud to Hungen.
1768 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Florshain ev. church f sharp 2
1769 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Bad Schwalbach ev. Martin Luther Church 132 kg
1769 Johann Philipp Bach Hunger Borsdorf ev. church
1770 Johann Philipp Bach Hunger Muschenheim ev. church f sharp 1 + Seventh bell with major third
1770 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Brensbach ev. Markuskirche a 1 Received three-way bell
c 2
it 2
1770 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Rupture bridges ev. Erasmus Alberus Church g sharp 1
1771 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Kleinheubach possibly St. Martin a 1
1772 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Okarben ev. church f 1 Cast for the Ilbenstadt Abbey , Latin inscription
1772 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Dörnsteinbach cath. Holy Spirit h 1 Remainder of a triple bell with the tones g 1 -a 1 -h 1 for St. Gangolf in Amorbach ; middle bell with preserved inscription cast by Czudnochowsky in 1951 , large one rejected and whereabouts unclear
1775 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Friedberg (Hesse) ev. city ​​church d 2 150 kg
1776 Johann Peter Bach us son Johann Georg Wind corners Bull town cath. St. Sebastian h 1 293 kg Originally for St. Aureus and Justina (Bommersheim) , there until 1921. Prime deepened to a 1, tuned in 1953 by FW Schilling According to the Limburg bell book of 1770, but unlikely because Johann Georg was not yet involved at that time; in the photo in the appendix also number 6 rather than 0 .
1776 Johann Peter Bach us son Johann Georg Wind corners Kaichen ev. church c sharp 2 Two other bells from 1760 and 1773 damaged in the Second World War in Hamburg, with preserved ornaments, crown and inscription cast by Grüninger in 1951
1776 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Buttocks ev. church h 1 240 kg
1777 c sharp 2 152 kg
1777 Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Selters (Ortenberg) ev. church b 1
1777 Johann Peter u. Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Forchheim cath. St. Antonius monastery church
1777 Johann Peter us son Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Rendel ev. church h 1
1777 Johann Peter us son Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Büdingen ev. Marienkirche ges 1 800 kg preserved double bell
b 1 320 kg
1777 Johann Peter us son Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Rodheim vdH ev. church as 1 for the reformed church, the former ref. church
1777 Johann Philipp Bach Hunger Arnshain ev. church e 2
1778 Johann Philipp Bach Hunger Rodheim (Hungen) ev. church
1779 Johann Philipp and Johann Peter Bach Hunger Frohnhausen (Dillenburg) ev. church g 1 630 kg Received three-way bell
b 1 410 kg
d 2 225 kg
1779 Johann Peter Bach Wind corners Wilhelmsbad Kurhaus, long building   Clock bell, probably JP Bach's last work
1780 [Johann] Philipp Bach and son Hunger Utphe old town hall / school building e 2
1780 Johann Philipp and Johann Peter Bach Hunger Griedelbach ev. church
1781 [Johann] Philipp and his son [Johann] Peter Bach Hunger Wickstadt cath. St. Nicholas c 2 Tonally untypical, pure Molloctave bell
1782 Johann Peter Bach Hunger Ober-Seemen ev. church as 1 480 kg
1783 Johann Philipp and Johann Peter Bach Hunger Burkhardsfelden ev. church f sharp 2
1784 Johann Philipp and Johann Peter Bach Hunger Muschenheim ev. church g sharp 1
1785 Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Stockheim ev. church g 1
1786 [Johann] Philipp and [Johann] Peter Bach Hunger Nonnenroth ev. church c 2
1786 Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Highest in the Odenwald ev. monastery church g 1
1788 Johann Peter Bach Hunger elections ev. church f 2
1789 Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Ilbenstadt cath. Mary, St. Peter & Paul a 1
1789 Johann Peter Bach Hunger Lardenbach ev. church dis 2 170 kg
1791 [Johann] Peter Bach Hunger Gedern ev. church f sharp 1 Indicated as 1721, but unrealistic, since the prince mentioned in the inscription only ruled from 1767 and P. Bach only poured himself from 1788
1793 Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Hailer Läuthäusi (former village chapel) g 2
1794 [Johann] Peter Bach Hunger Munzenberg ev. church as 1
of the 2nd
1794 [Johann] Peter Bach Hunger Ulm (Greifenstein) ev. church a 1 ø 940 mm
1797 Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Enzheim (Altenstadt) ev. church it 2
1800 Johann Georg Bach Wind corners Sea wood ev. castle church c sharp 2
1805 Johann Georg Bach and J [akob] B [ach] Wind corners Langen-Bergheim ev. church h 1 Tonally corrected by grinding out
1836 Philipp [Heinrich] Bach Wind corners Friedrichsdorf ev. Huguenot Church f 1 900 kg originally triple bells, French inscription
1837 Philipp [Heinrich] Bach Wind corners Bergheim (Ortenberg) ev. church f sharp 2 95 kg Originally a double bell
1838 Ph [ilipp Heinrich] Bach Wind corners Seulberg ev. church as 1
1838 Ph [ilipp Heinrich] Bach Wind corners Oberrodenbach St. Peter and Paul it 2 Originally a double bell. Relief St. Petrus, inscription "QUAM DILECTA TABERNACULA TUA DOMINE VIRTUTUM PSALM LXXXIII" , placed in the cemetery
1839 Ph [ilipp Heinrich] Bach Wind corners Breitenborn / Lützel Village community center g sharp 2 ø 460 mm, used to hang in the old school building and rang the bell in the event of a fire or the death of a villager. Today the bell is located in the former hose tower of the fire brigade (village community center) and rings three times a day for prayer. Inscription: "THIS BELL WAS POURED BY PH BACH IN THE YEAR 1839"
1840 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Praunheim ev. Resurrection Church h 1 250 kg
1844 Ph [ilipp Heinrich] Bach Wind corners Bad Nauheim Salt museum (collection) ø 550 mm, cast for the Electoral Saline Nauheim (inscription), from 1912 on the administration building of the Neue Saline am Goldstein, now not open to the public in the collection of the Salt Museum
1847 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Seligenstadt ev. church f 2 110 kg
1849 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach Wind corners Hesseldorf Old school Jumped in 1990 and hung rigidly
1850 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Wind corners Monument at the former Ostheimer Tor c sharp 2 Cast for the municipality of Lindheim, not ringable with a fixed clapper, hung as a memorial under a roof structure since 1959 ( coordinates )
1852 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach Wind corners Niederlauken ev. church d 2
1853 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach Wind corners Södel ev. Martinskirche c sharp 2 Originally a three-way bell
1854 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Neunkirchen (Modautal) St. Cosmas and Damian c sharp 2
1858 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Dudenrod Village community center (old school) f sharp 2 (possibly) 85 kg
1859 Philipp [Heinrich] Bach Wind corners Oberreifenberg cath. St. George g 1 originally triple bells
1859 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach Wind corners Open lakes ev. church f sharp 1 757 kg
1859 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Dorheim (Friedberg) Johanniskirche c sharp 2 , according to Fritzen in a bell from 1856, possibly Casting the same
1862 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach [&] sons Wind corners Glassworks (Taunus) cath. Holy Spirit f 2 Septim bell with typically modified rib
1865 Philipp Heinrich Bach [&] sons Wind corners To the ear town hall g sharp 2
1866 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach & Sons Wind corners Burg-Graefenrode ev. church d 2 Modern crown, originally a double bell
1867 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach & Sons Wind corners Wüstems possibly parish hall e 2
1868 Ph [ilipp Heinrich] Bach & Sons Wind corners Herrnhaag ev. church of the 2nd
1868 Philipp Heinrich Bach & Sons Wind corners Rommelhausen possibly parish hall c sharp 2 Until 1984 in the tower of the church, suspended due to sound deficiencies
1869 Philipp Heinrich Bach & Sons Wind corners Mainz-Kostheim cath. Mary help f 2 115 kg originally a three-way bell for St. Georg in Mz-Kastel
1870 Philipp Heinrich Bach & Sons Wind corners Heroes Mountains ev. bridge church d 2
1871 Philipp Heinrich Bach & Sons Wind corners Neuenhain ev. church (until 1912 simultaneously) a 1 Originally double bell, modern crown
1872 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Hofheim (Taunus) cath. St. Peter and Paul d 1 1,660 kg Casting of a Marienbell by Master Steffan in 1512
1873 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach Wind corners Kloppenheim cath. St. John Nepomuk b 2 49 kg Pure minor octave bell, plate crown, originally for the chapel in the Deutschherrenschloss
1877 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach Wind corners Blankenau cath. St. Simon and Jude h 1 Casting of a bell from 1736 by J. and A. Schneidewind (inscription). Modern crown, but based on the baroque bell, cast in the old septim rib
1877 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Felsberg graveyard a 2 Taken over from the St. Valentin Hospital
1879 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Nieder-Seemen ev. church c 2 According to Fritzen from 1863, but inscription without "& Sons"
1881 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach Wind corners Neuenhaßlau Christ Church it 2 1959 taken over from the town hall tower.
1884 Philipp Heinrich Bach Wind corners Frankfurt - Bornheim cath. St. Joseph's Church it 2 165 kg in the roof turret , only to be rung by hand until 1991
1886 Ph [ilipp] H [einrich] Bach Wind corners Cutting grove ev. Johanniskirche (simultaneous until 1949) d 2 Originally a two-way bell, pure minor octave bell, neo-Gothic ornamentation typical of the time, four-handle crown
1888 [Philipp Heinrich Bach] Wind corners Obbornhofen ev. church c sharp 2 Originally the middle bell of a three-ring bell, pure minor octave bell, neo-Gothic ornamentation typical of the time
1889 Ph [ilipp Heinrich] Bach Wind corners Oberissigheim ev. church a 1 375 kg Poured in the old sixth rib. According to Wenzel from 1883, according to the Bach directory from 1881, but with the inscription clearly 1889.

Individual evidence

Examples of different Bach bells, chronologically
Bell JP Bach Windecken 1750 Erbstadt.jpg
JP Bach, 1750, early sixth bell
Bell Ph H Bach I Windecken 1853 Soedel.jpg
Ph. Bach, 1853, septime bell with old style features
Bell Ph H Bach Soehne Windecken 1866 Burg-Graefenrode.jpg
Ph. H. Bach & Sons, 1866, September bell with modern crown
Bell Ph H Bach II Windecken 1888 Obbornhofen.jpg
Ph. H. Bach, 1888, octave bell with neo-Gothic decoration typical of the time
  1. ^ History Association Windecken 2000: Bach Research , accessed on April 8, 2012 and City of Nidderau: Famous Nidderau , accessed on April 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b c Private page from Peter Heckert
  3. ↑ a b Experiences of the Schlitzer fire engine from 1781. From the archive of the Schlitzer messenger. May 9, 2000, archived from the original on December 12, 2013 ; Retrieved December 4, 2013 .
  4. ↑ The inscription on the Schweinsberg fire engine names "Vatter and Sons", master Johann Georg, Johann Peter and Philipp Bach as the manufacturer.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Walter Reul: The bell foundry family Bach / Windecken . Ed .: Heimatfreunde Windecken (=  Windecker Museumhefte . No. 1 ). Wind corners 1963.
  6. ↑ a b Map of Windecken 1727 based on the original in the city archive, redrawn by Ernst J. Zimmermann
  7. ↑ a b c History Association Windecken 2000: For the 650th anniversary , accessed on April 10, 2012.
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Robert Schäfer: Hessian bell inscriptions. (PDF) In: Archiv für Hessische Geschichte und Alterthumskunde 15. 1884, pp. 475–544 , accessed on March 23, 2014 .
  9. ↑ a b c d e Heimatbrief 2/2004 of the Heimatgesch. Reiskirchen Association , accessed April 10, 2012.
  10. ^ At the Glockengusse in Windecken, from the memoirs of Heinrich Karl Bach on the pages of the History Association Windecken 2000, accessed on April 8, 2012.
  11. ^ Bach, Johann Michael (* approx. 1750), Windecken. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  12. ↑ Lt. Shepherd z. B. in Södel and Melbach, on a bell in Obbornhofen.
  13. ↑ a b c d e f Hubert Foersch: Limburger Glockenbuch. Verlag des Bischöflichen Ordinariats Limburg, Limburg 1997, DNB 957846738 .
  14. ^ Church leaders of the Gettenau Church, chapter bells .
  15. ^ Wagner, Heinrich: Kunstdenkmäler im Großherzogthum Hessen: Inventory and descriptive representation of the works of architecture, sculpture, painting and the arts and crafts up to the end of the 18th century. Century: Province of Upper Hesse: District of Büdingen , Darmstadt 1890. Online version in the Heidelberg University Library
  16. ↑ a b c d e f communication from D. Willershausen.
  17. ^ Church chronicle by Rev. Broscheit on a private page
  18. ↑ History on bueches.de.
  19. ↑ a b c Lt. Information from the responsible maintenance company is available.
  20. ↑ Bindsachsen fire brigade: The Bindsächser Church in the Internet Archive from February 8, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2017
  21. ↑ Chapel ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. and time table ( memento of the original from May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on the side of the Altenvalbert village community. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.altenvalbert.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.altenvalbert.de
  22. ↑ Church chronicle Stammheim (photo, note indication from Rincker)
  23. ↑ Chronicle of Hofstädten , p. 8 (PDF).
  24. ↑ Herold, Herbert: The bells of Bruchköbel (and photo), using Harich, Rudolf: 1737–1987 250 years of church jubilee Niederissigheim , Ev. Pfarramt Niederissigheim (Ed.), Pp. 29 and 44f.
  25. ↑ Brochure about the Laurentiuskirche on the parish website.
  26. ↑ Information flyer about the Evangelical Church in Nieder-Eschbach for the Open Monument Day on September 8, 1996 of the Nieder-Eschbach History Association.
  27. ↑ Ober Eschbacher bells - The ringing of the evang. Church "zur Himmelspforte".
  28. ^ Cultural monuments in Hesse: Schillerplatz 8 , State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse.
  29. ↑ Blick magazine June 2008 of EKKW.
  30. ^ Luthmer, Ferdinand: Architectural and art monuments of the administrative district of Wiesbaden . Review of volumes I to V, bell index and main register. Commission publisher by H. Keller, Frankfurt a. M. 1902, p. 124 ( online version at archive.org [accessed November 30, 2015]).
  31. ↑ a b Mader, Felix: The art monuments of Bavaria - district office Miltenberg . Oldenbourg, 1981, ISBN 3-486-50472-X , p. 351 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  32. ↑ Open churches in Bavaria: Kleinheubach (original URL that is no longer available: http://www.offene-kirchen-bayern.de/st.martin-kleinheubach , accessed on July 31, 2015)
  33. ↑ Information from the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Amorbach e. V., Mr. Springer in December 2013.
  34. ^ Wilhelm Georg Hahn: 250 years Kaicher Church 1737–1987 . The Kaicher Church - A contribution to its 250th anniversary. Ed .: Ev. Kaichen parish. luwei pressure, Butzbach 1987, p. 54-60 .
  35. ↑ Real Schematism of the Archdiocese of Bamberg, ed. v. Archbishop Ordinariate Bamberg, Bamberg 1960 vol. 1., p. 561
  36. ↑ Küsterblatt der EKHN No. 181, Die Marienkirche in Büdingen, p. 7.
  37. ^ Art monuments of the province of Upper Hesse, Büdingen district in the Internet Archive.
  38. ↑ Chronicle of the parish Rodheim vdH
  39. ↑ Festschrift of Rodheimer church.
  40. ↑ Frohnhausen on the website of the Dill Dean's Office, archived in the Web Archive on October 7, 2015
  41. ↑ Inventory by the bell expert of the Limburg diocese [sic] Hubert Foersch on April 20, 1990.
  42. ^ Wilhelmsbad, Hofgeismar and Nenndorf - three health resorts of Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel , dissertation by C. Putschky in the field of German and art studies in the archive of the University of Marburg (PDF).
  43. ↑ Description of the district Upthe on the CDU Hungen website.
  44. ↑ Emil-Karl Schneider, Hans-Gottlob Crull: History from Utphe. on the occasion of the 1,200 year celebration. 1973, OCLC 731936837 .
  45. ^ Sermon of the pastor on the 50th anniversary of the bells in Burkhardsfelden on September 16, 2001 in the sermon archive of the parish .
  46. ^ Homepage of the Stockheim parish , accessed on August 4, 2015.
  47. ↑ Description of the district of Nonnenroth on the CDU Hungen website.
  48. ^ The bells on the Gedern parish website , accessed on November 23, 2017
  49. ^ Bickell, Ludwig: The architectural and art monuments in the administrative district of Cassel (Volume 1). District of Gelnhausen: text volume. 1901, p. 147 , accessed on April 24, 2018 (archived in the digital library of the University of Heidelberg).
  50. ↑ Information about the castle church on the website of Gudrun Kauck
  51. ↑ Hellmut Schliephake: Bell customer of the district of Wetzlar. In: Heimatkundliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lahntal e. V. 12th yearbook. 1989, ISSN  0722-1126 , pp. 5-150, here: p. 141.
  52. ↑ Information about the castle church on the website of Gudrun Kauck
  53. ^ History of the parish of Langen-Bergheim
  54. ↑ Bells of the Evangelical Church in Friedrichsdorf in the hr4 bell special.
  55. ↑ Article  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Kreis-Anzeiger on December 8, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kreis-anzeiger.de  
  56. ^ Photo of the Neue Saline with description at the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt
  57. ↑ a b Baroque bells in the Groß Gerau district on the site of the Nauheim local history museum.
  58. ^ Bells friends Seligenstadt: inventory
  59. ↑ HESSELDORF - The former school in Triebstraße (private website), accessed on July 31, 2015.
  60. ^ Image of the bell ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on the Church website. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirche-herrnhaag.de
  61. ↑ Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the parish in 1993
  62. ↑ "... and founds his vault on the earth." - Church leaders of the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Freiburg 2011, p. 115 f.
  63. ^ Chronicle of the parish.
  64. ^ Bells of the parish church of St. Simon and Jude , accessed on July 31, 2015.
  65. ↑ History of the parish of Neuenhaßlau-Gondsroth
  66. ↑ In the course of the interior renovation of the Josefskirche in 1991, the bell received a new bell cage, as the old wooden bell cage was rotten and the bell could no longer be rung. In addition, a bell motor was installed.
  67. ↑ Festschrift of the parish of Schneidhain, 1991.
  68. ^ Heinrich Walbe: The art monuments of the district of Giessen. Volume 3: Southern part. Hessisches Denkmalarchiv, Darmstadt 1933, p. 334 f.
  69. ↑ Herold, Herbert: The bells of Bruchköbel, using files 362f of the Protestant parish of Oberissigheim

Web links

Commons : Bach (bell foundry family)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files