Haithabu bell
The Haithabu bell is the oldest known, fully preserved bell in Northern Europe.
The bronze beehive-shaped bell from around 950 AD - at that time Haithabu was made a bishopric - was discovered in 1978 during survey work. It was found in the area of the former port of the Viking city of Haithabu. Today the bell is part of the permanent exhibition in the Viking Museum Haithabu . The official coat of arms of Haddeby shows both the bell and the Viking ship that was salvaged in Haddebyer Noor in 1979 .
In 1981 a documentary film about the recovery of the bell and the replica made at the time was made with the title The Bell of Haithabu . The cast should provide information about old bell casting techniques and the original sound of the bell, as the original was damaged by corrosion. The cast bell hangs outdoors in front of the Haithabu Viking Museum today. In 1991 the film won first prize at the German Crafts Film Festival in Ulm in the professional category.
A further reproduction cast in 2004 by the bell foundry Rincker for the Bell Museum Collegiate Church Herrenberg manufactured, where it can be seen today and heard.
The predecessor
Probably the bell of Haithabu was not the first church bell that was rung in Haithabu, as the Danish king Horik II granted permission to ring a bell in Haithabu as early as 854 . A fragment of an earlier bell probably goes back to this time. The so-called Ansgar bell was reconstructed in 1998 on the basis of the fragment .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Bells in historical order. Bells. In: Glockenmuseum Stiftskirche Herrenberg. Glockenmuseum Stiftskirche Herrenberg, accessed on November 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Haithabu Bell. Bells. In: Glockenmuseum Stiftskirche Herrenberg. Glockenmuseum Stiftskirche Herrenberg, accessed on November 22, 2016 .