Bell foundry Johann Hahn

Brand of the Johann Hahn bell foundry on the damaged Marienglocke in the parish church of St. Martinus in Wangen im Allgäu , 1950

The Johann Hahn bell foundry was a bell foundry in Landshut .

history

The foundry was founded in 1890 by Johann Hahn (1832–1910) and Johann Hahn (1858–1928) as a bell and brass foundry in Landshut. It was continued in the second generation by Johann Hahn (1891–1954) and in the third generation by graduate and metallurgical engineer Johann Hahn (1916–1998). His mother, Therese Hahn († May 22, 1975), made a significant contribution to the development of the bell foundry. Over time, the company was expanded to include an iron foundry and a machine factory.

Since there was no successor - Johann Hahn had three daughters Bärbel, Ursel and Christel - the bell foundry was closed in 1972. Johann Hahn and his wife Helene († January 10, 2004) first moved to Munich and in 1994 to Berlin. Johann Hahn died on April 20, 1998 in Berlin.

A total of 3,187 bells were cast in the foundry. Many of these were in the First and Second World War melted down. After the Second World War, a particularly large number of bells were cast - as a replacement for war losses. The Johann Hahn foundry was the first after the war in 1947 to cast a bronze bell weighing more than 4.5 tons: the great Hosanna of the Ottobeuren basilica, which, despite the adverse circumstances, worked surprisingly well.

Johann Hahn, bell founder in Landshut

Most of the bells hang in Bavarian churches. The most important bells still preserved can be found in:

• Abensberg, St. Barbara : as °
• Bad Reichenhall, St. Nikolaus : gis °
• Kempten, Assumption of Mary : a °
• Munich, St. Benno : ges °
• Ottobeuren, basilica : g °
• Vilsbiburg, Assumption of Mary : g °
• Wangen im Allgäu, St. Martin : a °
• Hünfeld, St. Jakobus : b °

The Glockengießerweg in Landshut is reminiscent of the former Johann Hahn bell foundry.

literature

• Johann Gottfried Hahn: Campanology, or practical instruction on how ringing bells and clock bells are made, assigned to the bell caster, treated and repaired . Keyser, Erfurt 1802 ( uni-jena.de ).

Web links

Commons : Glockengießerei Johann Hahn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ringing of the parish church of Amtzell on YouTube .
• Ringing of the Martinskirche in Wangen im Allgäu on YouTube .
• The bell of the Ottobeuren Basilica with the great Hosanna from 1947 on YouTube .
• The largest bell in the Johann Hahn foundry. The big Bennoglocke Ges ° on YouTube .
• Hünfeld the bells of the cath. Church of St. James on YouTube
• Ringing of the parish church of St. Barbara in Abensberg on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The parish church of St. Jakobus Hünfeld. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7954-5060-1 .