Bell foundry Mabilon

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Bell foundry museum at the foot of the Saarburg

The Mabilon bell foundry in Saarburg has been family-owned since 1590, the family came from Saumur on the Loire . From there, bells were cast on the journey . At that time, the problem of transporting the heavy bells over long distances was circumvented by casting in front of the church. The first preserved Mabilon bell in Germany was cast in the Sauerland during the Thirty Years' War in 1639. In 1770 Urbanus Mabilon settled in Saarburg and founded a permanent foundry. The art of bell-casting has been passed on from generation to generation as a carefully guarded secret to this day. Bells were still cast in Saarburg until December 2002. Today the foundry has been preserved as a museum.

genealogy

  • Estienne Mabilleau, * 1647, Saumur
  • Louis Mabilleau (1670-1749), Saumur
  • Maurice Mabilleau (1714–1780), Metz , Saumur, Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein (Im Dahl), electoral piece caster
  • Urbanus (Urbain, Urban) Mabillo (t), (Mabillon), (1744–1818), Saarburg (from 1770)
  • Johannes-Josef Mabillon (1780–1845) Saarburg etc.
  • Johannes Mabilon (1825–1908), his sister married Peter Hausen
  • Wilhelm Hausen-Mabilon (1857–1927)
  • Johann Peter Hausen-Mabilon (1889–1969)
  • Wolfgang Hausen-Mabilon (1927–2012)

Works (selection)

  • 1746 (?) Two bells for the Assumption Church in Auw an der Kyll
  • 1772 bells for the church in Schoden , confiscated in 1941 for the war industry
  • 1777 Three bronze bells for the Evangelical Church in Kappel , preserved because of their monument status
  • 1816/17: Two bells for the St. Lukas Chapel in Körrig , 70 kg with a 52 cm diameter (tone f sharp), 30 kg with a 45 cm diameter (tone g sharp). One of the bells was cast by Mabilon in 1828.
  • 1833: Bell for the chapel in Portz
  • 1867: Donatus bell for Körrig, it had already jumped 10 days after its inauguration. 100 kg, (tone f sharp)
  • 1872: Bell for the chapel in Südlingen , 24 kg, the old bell of 20.5 kg was taken in payment
  • 1889: New bell of 25 kg for Südlingen, it had already cracked at the end of the year
  • 1893: Three bells in g sharp (537 kg) d (2218 kg) for the new Evangelical Church . The small bell had to be handed in in the First World War , the big bell in the Second World War .
  • 1897: Three bells in a (480 kg) h (340 kg) and cis (230 kg) for the new Evangelical Church in Konz-Karthaus . The two big bells had to be handed over to the Reich Military Treasury in 1917. The small bell was melted down in 1955 when the bell was redesigned.
  • 1917: Bell for the St. Ignatius and St. Celsus Chapel in Dittlingen , 58 kg, probably bronze
  • 1917: Bell for the St. Barbara and St. Blasius chapel in Südlingen , steel, diameter 32 cm, 80 kg, (tone a)
  • 1923: Donatus bell for Körrig, bronze, 60 cm diameter
  • 1923: Two new bells using old, damaged bells for the St. Sebastian Chapel in Portz : 65 kg (tone a) and 45 kg (tone b). They were probably given for war purposes.
  • 1925: Four-part chime (h ° –dis' – fis' – gis') for St. Martin (Trier)
  • 1925: A bell in h (420 kg) for the Evangelical Church in Saarburg as a replacement for the bell that was confiscated during the First World War.
  • 1928: Lucas and Arnold bell for Körrig, bronze, 50 cm in diameter. The two Körriger bells from 1923 and 1928 had to be handed in during the Second World War.
  • 1947: Two bells for the St. Sebastian Chapel in Portz : weight 70 kg, diameter 52 cm, (tone g); Weight 35 kg, diameter 44 cm (tone b)
  • 1949: Bells for the church in Schoden, 130 kg (tone e) and 85 kg (tone g), the smaller bell has been in the bell tower at the Schoden cemetery since 1992
  • 1951: Four bells for the parish church of St. Blasius and Martinus in Saarwellingen
  • 1954: Two bells in g´ (683 kg, Joseph's bell, no. 5496) and a´ (480 kg, Laurentius bell, no. 5497) for the two existing bells by Tilman von Hachenburg from 1477 for the church of St. Stephanus in Niederburg
  • 1955: Three bells in a (460 kg), c (280 kg) and d (190 kg) for the Evangelical Church in Konz-Karthaus
  • 1955: Three bells in a, c and g for the Evangelical Peace Church in Bonn-Kessenich
  • 1956: Four bells for St. Mauritius in Koblenz-Rübenach
  • 1956: Three bells for St. Michael in Waldbröl (b 'c "des")
  • 1957: Three bells for St. Nikolaus in Cologne-Dünnwald
  • 1957: Four bells for St. Johann Baptist in Bergisch Gladbach - Refrath
  • 1959: Seven bells for St. Antonius (Düsseldorf-Oberkassel) (g sharp ° h ° c sharp 'dis' e' f sharp 'g sharp'). The bell is one of the most beautiful and largest of its kind in the Archdiocese of Cologne
  • 1961: A bell in G sharp (580 kg) for the Evangelical Church in Saarburg as a replacement for the bell confiscated in World War II.
  • 1961: Two bronze bells for St. Lukas and St. Arnold in Körrig : Cross bell: diameter 54 cm, 95 kg, (tone f sharp); Luke Bell: diameter 46 cm, 55 kg, (tone a)
  • 1961: Two bronze bells as a cast for bells damaged in World War II in St. Gereon (Cologne)
  • 1964: Four bells for St. Anna in Düren (as °, b °, c ', des'); a planned f ° bell could not be realized due to static problems. The big Anna bell is the deepest bell that Mabilon has ever cast
  • 1965: Ten bells for the Mönchengladbach Minster (a ° h ° cis' e 'fis' a' h 'cis'' e '' fis' '). It is the most extensive chime of the Mabilon bell foundry
  • 1966: Two new bells for the parish church of St. Elisabeth in Elkenroth (Westerwald) . Christ bell (12 quintals) and Elisabeth bell (5.2 quintals) are replacements for bells confiscated during the war
  • ????: Bell for the St. Luzia Chapel in Bilzingen, Wincheringen community, donated by Horst Paulus
  • 1981: Four bells for the Catholic parish church of St. Mariä Namen in Engelskirchen-Osberghausen
  • 1987: 5 bells for the Church of St. Johannes Baptist in Willich-Anrath (b °, c ', es', c' ', f' ') to an existing inventory of d' (1898, Otto) and es' '( 1628 Claude Brochar) The bell is one of the most interesting and unusual in the diocese of Aachen.
  • 1989: Four bells for the parish church of St. Laurentius in Königswinter-Oberdollendorf
  • 1992: Bell for the church in Schoden, 240 kg (tone c sharp)
  • 1993: A bell in cis (240 kg) for the Evangelical Church in Saarburg.

  • Facade decoration

  • View of the courtyard

  • Bells in the yard

Events

Since 2012 in the bell foundry in December a Steampunk - Christmas market place.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Private page on the family ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) (Accessed Dec. 2013)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pulrulczyk.info

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Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '36 "  N , 6 ° 33" 25.2 "  E