Peace Bell (Frankfurt (Oder))

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The Peace Bell in the Old Bell House (2006)

The peace bell in Frankfurt (Oder) is a monument for the Oder-Neisse border , which was then known as the Oder-Neisse border . The GDR had already accepted the Oder-Neisse border with the Görlitz Agreement in 1949. Frankfurt (Oder) became a border town and the eastern districts became Polish as Słubice . Traditionally, the bell is rung on September 1st on World Day of Peace .

The peace bell is a three-ton cast iron bell that was cast in Morgenröthe in Vogtland. The bell rings in C sharp. It bears the inscription peace and friendship with all peoples . The GDR CDU made the bell VI. Congress founded on January 27, 1953. For this reason, permission must be obtained from the Frankfurt district group of the CDU if the bell is to be rung on certain occasions.

Until 2011 the bell hung in a bell house designed by Johannes Müller on Holzmarkt ( 52 ° 20 ′ 38.5 ″  N , 14 ° 33 ′ 28.2 ″  E ).

The peace bell in the new stainless steel tower (2011)

In 2002 it was decided to move the bell to the southern end of the wood market. In 2011 a new bell tower was built by the architects Gruber + Popp . The bell was removed from the bell house on February 2, 2011 and then renovated in Neuenhagen near Berlin . The total cost of the renovation and the new bell tower amounted to around 250,000 euros. A stone slab with a dedication from the inside of the old bell house was attached next to the new bell suspension. On August 30, 2011, the new location of the Peace Bell on the Oder promenade ( 52 ° 20 ′ 42.7 ″  N , 14 ° 33 ′ 26.7 ″  E ) was inaugurated. The bell is now framed and held by a stainless steel tower.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Klemm: Frankfurt Monument History - told based on the fate of individual monuments. In: Messages of the historical association to Frankfurt (Oder). Issue 1, 1997 pp. 15-17. Klemm emphasizes that the specification of Apolda as the casting location is incorrect, as only bronze bells were cast there.
  2. ^ Architectural guide of the GDR, monument topography of the city of Frankfurt (Oder)
  3. ↑ [slubice.de/texte/020808.html Cold War bell - on the history of the Frankfurt Peace Bell ]
  4. ^ Architecture Guide GDR: District Frankfurt (Oder). ISBN 3-345-00146-2 , page 22
  5. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung from February 3, 2011: Master Bittner is already waiting
  6. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung from February 10, 2011: No investor for the wood market
  7. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung from August 24, 2011: panel tells bell story
  8. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung from September 1, 2011: Words of warning at the peace bell

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Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 42.7 "  N , 14 ° 33 ′ 26.7"  E