Bell foundry Hilzer

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The so-called death bell in the Othmarkirche in Vienna (1868).

The Hilzer bell foundry was a bell foundry in the city of Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria from 1838 to 1907 .

history

The Hilzer bell foundry was founded by Ignaz Hilzer (* July 24, 1810 in St. Bernhard bei Horn; † March 25, 1880 in Wr. Neustadt) after he started the small business of the late bell founder Josef Schweiger († 1802) in 1838 the widow was continued, took over. The company developed into the most important bell foundry of the imperial and royal monarchy and the owner received the commercial award of imperial court bell founder .

In 1871 Ignaz Hilzer's son Peter Ignatz, also Peter Ignaz, (born June 19, 1846 in Wr. Neustadt; † November 29, 1907 ibid.) Joined the company as a partner and became its sole owner in 1880 after his father's death. After the death of Hilzer's son, Max Samassa, an industrialist from Ljubljana (now Ljubljana ), took over the company and closed it in 1931.

By March 1906, the company had cast over 6,600 bells weighing over 1,800 tons. Among other things, in 1891 the large "Kaiser Franz" bell for the basilica of Mariazell with a diameter of 2.13 meters. In the course of the “ metal donation of the German people ” it was removed in 1942 and presumably melted down. Another work was the bells for the ringing in Vienna's second highest church tower . These have also not been preserved because they were melted down for armament purposes in the First World War .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hilzer, Peter Ignatz (1846–1907), bell founder. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 319.
  2. ↑ a b Wiener Neustadt: Crafts and Industry through the ages
  3. ↑ a b The anniversary commercial exhibition in words and pictures. Free supplement to the illustrated magazine "Der Humorist" from August 6, 1888 ( page 5 )
  4. ^ V. Valenčič:  Samassa, Max (1862-1945), industrialist. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 407.
  5. ^ Karl Walter: Glockenkunde published: F. Pustet, 1913
  6. ↑ basilika-mariazell.at:The bells of Mariazell; accessed April 24, 2013
  7. ^ Votive Church: structural condition and restoration; Retrieved April 25, 2013