Benjamin Muchenberger
Benjamin Muchenberger (born August 23, 1823 in Blasiwald ; † September 9, 1876 in Wehr (Baden) ) was a German bell founder .
Life
Benjamin Muchenberger did an apprenticeship with his father Joseph Muchenberger (1791–1863) and after his apprenticeship he worked in foundries in Constance, Munich, Regensburg, Lyon and Tyrol. He traveled as far as Paris. In 1846 he was given the ownership of the foundry, which had got into economic difficulties, from his father, from 1848 to 1851 it came into third-party ownership, but was repurchased by Benjamin Muchenberger by 1863. In 1872 he relocated the foundry to Wehr in Öflingerstraße for traffic reasons. In 1876 he died of a stroke, his business closed and the widow moved to Riehen with her three children .
Muchenberger was a council clerk and member of the local school council in Blasiwald for many years, and was a jury member of the Constance jury.
Works (selection)
- 1843 Fire brigade syringe for Saig
- 1847 bell for the Evangelical Church (Gresgen)
- 1857 Bell for the St. Anna branch chapel in Görwihl -Segeten
- 1864 Fire engine for Gündelwangen
- 1865 Fire engine for Herrischried
- 1867 bell for the Evangelical Church (Gersbach)
- 1870 Bell for the Evangelical Church in Neuenweg
- 1870 bell for the Evangelical Church in Tegernau
- 1874 three bells for St. Martin in Wehr (Baden) , melted down in 1917
- 1876 Four bells for St. Urban (Rheinfelden-Herten) , melted down in 1941
- 1876 bell for St. Michael (Whiting)
- 1876 Three bells for the Evangelical Parish Church in Wollbach , melted down in 1917.
literature
- Rudolf Morath: Blasiwald in the Black Forest . 2nd, expanded edition, Blasiwald 1972, pp. 399-402.
- Sigrid Thurm: German Bell Atlas . Volume 4: Bathing . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-422-00557-9 , p. 66. 108 note 394. 697–698 (bell list).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lenzkirch fire brigade, Saig dept., Former vehicles .
- ↑ Bell inspection Freiburg .
- ↑ Fig .
- ↑ From firefighter to rescuer from all walks of life , Badische Zeitung of June 5, 2015.
- ↑ Ringing ( memento from April 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bell .
- ↑ The bells of the parish church of St. Martin before 1950 .
- ↑ Emil Himmel HEIFER: History of Wolbach . Wollbach 1900 (reprint Wolbach 2002), pp. 24-25. 170.
Web links
- Information about Benjamin Muchenberger on the website of the parish of St. Martin Wehr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muchenberger, Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bell founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blasiwald |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1876 |
| Place of death | Weir (Baden) |