Heinrich Humpert bell foundry

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The Heinrich Humpert bell foundry (associated with JB du Bois) was located in Brilon from 1762 to 1957 . From 1918 until it was dissolved in 1957, the company was called the Bell Foundry Albert Junker . Named after the new owner.

history

Bell at the former production site

The foundry existed since 1762. It was founded by Caspar Greve from Grevenstein, who was part of the Lorraine-Westphalian bell foundry tradition, and remained in the family until 1918 through Jacob Greve, Heinrich and Franz Humpert. The foundry was then sold to Albert Junker and Bernard Edelbrock, as Franz Humpert's son died in the First World War . Elsewhere it says: The Heinrich Humpert bell foundry was connected (probably a successor company) with Jean Baptiste du Bois (Dubois), one of several French bell foundries (alongside Alexius Petit the Younger and Petrus Boitel) who were active in Westphalia and significantly improved the sound and cast quality of Westphalian bells. Since heavy bells could not be transported at the time, bell-makers like du Bois were on the move. The big bells were cast on site. Jean Baptiste du Bois settled in Paderborn and Brilon around 1844 . Heinrich Humpert (1815–1888) learned from du Bois and took over the company which from then on bore his name. It was continued by his son Franz (1851-1934). Thereafter, Albert Junker (1884–1952) and Bernhard Edelbrock († 1934) owned the company. It is not known whether Edelbrock came from the Gescheraner bell foundry family Edelbrock (Petit and Edelbrock). The son Albert Juncker junior managed the company from 1952 to 1955. In 1957 it was dissolved.

The bell foundry was known for the Brilon special bronze: This is a tin-free, currency-saving alloy made of approx. 92% copper and approx. 8% silicon, which was only developed in Brilon. Whether the Humpert bell founders also cast the Brilon citizen bell in 1506 has not yet been researched.

After the First World War , many church bells were cast because, as a result of the melting down to procure material during the war, bells were missing in numerous church towers . In the post-war period there were initially problems with the supply of raw materials. The subsequent inflation delayed the appointment of many parishes. During this time, the bell foundry worked with the Bochumer Verein and Buderus in Wetzlar , who produced bells in cast steel. Humpert sold these bells.

In the Archdiocese of Cologne , the bell foundry cast at least 38 bells.

Bell foundry school

At an international congress of bell experts and founders in Frankfurt in July 1927, Peter Giesbacher called for the establishment of a bell foundry school. In mid-1929, the Heinrich Humpert Company's bell foundry school was opened in Brilon. The school was supported by many leading experts. Students should be trained scientifically and practically. The students came from Germany, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and Austria, among others. This only bell-casting school in the world was closed by the National Socialists in 1933 on the pretext that teaching the art of bell-casting internationally was hostile to patriarchy.

Bell production

Bell of the former clockwork of the provost church of St. Petrus and Andreas ; cast by Heinrich Humpert and Jacob Greve .
  • St. Nikolaus in Meschede : (1771 du Bois one bell), (1843 du Bois three bells), (1921 four bells), (1945 three bells).
  • St. Marien in Lemgo: Casting a bell together with Jacob Greve (1835).
  • Marienkirche in Witten : originally three bells by du Bois (1844), four cast steel bells procured by the Humpert brothers from Brilon, which were cast at the Buderus works in Wetzlar (1920).
  • Parish church of St. Marien in Ahlen: third bell (d '?) Cast by Dubois in 1844; Bell casting in Ahlen, Südwall; Delivery August 25, 1918.
  • Evangelical Reformed Church in Wuppertal-Ronsdorf: In 1858 the Du Bois company from Paderborn delivered three bronze bells with the tuning Es, F and Ges.
  • St. Kilian in Welda: three bells (1921).
  • St. Augustinus Keppel in Hilchenbach- Dahlbruch: three bells (1924); replaced by three new bells in 1947 (Albert Junker, Brilon).
  • St. Lambertus in Erftstadt-Bliesheim : Heinrich Humpert bell foundry (May 22, 1926).
  • St. Blasius in Balve: six bells (one bell 1926), (five bells 1949).
  • St. Petrus in Gesmold: two bells in 1927, renewed in 1949.
  • St. Liborius in Bad Wildungen : three bells 1937 (Schlagtonfolge it one -ges 1 -as 1 )
  • St. Saturnina in Bad Driburg : Angelus bell 1946
  • Catholic St. Bonifatius Church in Lorchhausen : Four bells made of special Birilon bronze, chime motif: d`- fis`- a`- h`, year of casting: 1947 (Albert Junker)
  • Evangelical Church of the Resurrection in Bebra : four bells 1947 (strike tone sequence a 0 –c 1 –d 1 –f 1 ), extension 1965 (strike tone g 1 )
  • Parish Church of St. Vinzenz in Echthausen near Wickede: three bells (1949)
  • Provost church St. Petrus and Andreas in Brilon, three bells
  • City Church of St. Stephan in Schweinsberg : a bell with a striking sound h 'from 1949
  • Catholic parish church St. Nikolaus in Kottenheim : The Nikolaus bell (es, 27 ct.), Marien bell (total, 15 ct.), Antonius bell (as, 11 ct.) And Josef bell (b, 8 ct.) .) are delivered in 1952. In 1999, three of the bells were donated to the parish of the city of Baranowiczi in Belarus. The Nikolaus bell is on the church grounds today.
  • Evangelical Martinskirche in Pfinztal-Berghausen : Three bells f´-g´-b´ (1950)
  • Catholic St. Anna Church in Sauerthal : three bells made of special Birilon bronze, chime motif: e``- g``- a``, year of casting: 1952 (Albert Junker)
  • Catholic St. Katharina Church in Ransel : Three bells made of special Birilon bronze, chime motif: h`- d`` - e``, year of casting: 1952 (Albert Junker)

literature

  • Gerhard Best, Theo Halekotte: The former bell foundry Albert Junker - formerly Heinrich Humpert - in Brilon / Westphalia 1918 to 1957. In: Jahrbuch für Glockenkunde, Vol. 3/4, 1991/92 (1992), pp. 31-70 (9 Ill. And portr., Graphical representation, numerous tab.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G. Best, Th. Halekotte: The former bell foundry Albert Junker formerly Heinrich Humpert. Jb. Glockenkunde, Vol. 3-4, 1991-1992, pp. 31f.
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.meschede.de
  3. ↑ http://www.petit-edelbrock.de/geschichte.htm
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glockenbuecherebk.de
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  6. ↑ http://www.glockengiesserei-munte.de/HomepageClassic01/marienkirche-glocken.htm
  7. ↑ Marienkirche Ahlen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kathahlen.de  
  8. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cms.reformiert-ronsdorf.de
  9. ↑ http://www.bastgen.de/projekte/lambertus/rundgang/Glocken/Glockenstuhl.htm St. Lambertus Erftstadt
  10. ↑ http://www.pv-bad-driburg.de/index.php?id=179
  11. ↑ Hubert Foersch: Limburger bells Book - bells and chimes in the diocese Limburg. Verlag des Bischöflichen Ordinariates, Limburg 1997
  12. ↑ http://www.pv-wickede-ruhr.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243&Itemid=313&limitstart=14
  13. ^ Claudius Engelhardt: The parish church in Kottenheim: A tour through the church and its history. BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7322-9829-7 .
  14. ↑ Hubert Foersch: Limburger bells Book - bells and chimes in the diocese Limburg. Verlag des Bischöflichen Ordinariates, Limburg 1997
  15. ↑ Hubert Foersch: Limburger bells Book - bells and chimes in the diocese Limburg. Verlag des Bischöflichen Ordinariates, Limburg 1997