Peace Bell (Bad Neustadt an der Saale)
The peace bell is one of four bells in the parish church of the Assumption of Mary (Bad Neustadt) . In addition to the popular colloquial name "Peace Bell", it was actually baptized with the name "Johannes Baptista".
history
The peace bell was cast in the year of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. As one can learn from the chronicle of the mayor Valentin Herr , the bell founder Jean Maillard from Toul had stopped in Bad Neustadt while passing through. After the original church bell was damaged, the townspeople were able to hire the bell founder to create a new bell. It was originally made for the previous church of St. Oswald.
The bell was cast on May 29, 1648. The contract provided for three payment dates for the installments. Once at the beginning of the work. Then when completing the cast. The last installment followed at the end of 1649.
Inscription and ornament
The inscription on the bell reads: PARCE DOMINE, PARCE POPULIO ET NE DES HAEREDITATEM TVAM IN OPPROBRIUM German: Have pity, Lord, for your people and do not leave your inheritance to shame, so that the peoples do not mock us (Joel 2:17) there are several decorations on the bell. The three most important are: a) the city arms b) Mary with the baby Jesus c) St. George slaying the dragon.
Technical
The bell weighs 2098 kilograms. The bell tone is "des".
literature
- Alfons Maria Borst , The Neustadt church bells. In: The parish church in Bad Neustadt. Typescript in the Bad Neustadt city archive, 1953.
- Valentin Herr : War chronicle Bad Neustadt 1651.
- Invoices and contracts for bell casting (signature: II / 4-K9, II0008), (digitized [1] ) originals in the Bad Neustadt an der Saale city archive .
- Frank Kupke, peace call from warlike times, Würzburger Catholic Sunday Gazette 12/2019.
Web links
(With sound file of the bell ringing of the Church of the Assumption of Mary)