Johannes Reborch

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Augustinian of the same name, see Johannes Reborch (Provost) .

Foundry brand Reborchs

Bell of the Lübeck Katharinenkirche (1399)

Johannes Reborch ( bl. 1379-1399) was a German bell founder .

Little is known about his life; he was mainly active in Mecklenburg and Lübeck . Before 1384, when he called himself Frater Johannes , he must have entered a monastery.

Overview of the bells cast by Johannes Reborch

year	place	Surname	Weight in kg	Diameter in mm	Nominal	comment
1379	Steffenshagen village church
1384	Plön Castle	Hour bell		1050
1399	Katharinenkirche (Lübeck)			740		originally in the roof turret , today displayed in the north transept
undated	Village church Alt Brenz			920
undated	Dütschow village church	Big bell		860		Trade-in in 1957 for a new iron bell.
undated	Dütschow village church	Little bell		640		Trade-in in 1957 for a new iron bell.
undated	St. Georgen (Parchim)	Doorbell	119		f sharp² +8
undated	Zieslübbe village church, Domsühl municipality
undated	Greven village church, Granzin community
undated	Eichede village church, Steinburg (Stormarn) community
undated	Mödlich village church , Lenzerwische community

literature

• Frits Uldall : Sister bells from the Middle Ages in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and in the Kingdom of Denmark In: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher 70, 1905, pp. 153–178 ( digitized version )
• Theodor Hach : Lübecker Glockenkunde (= publications on the history of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck 2). Max Schmidt, Lübeck 1913, p. 193.

Web links

• Literature about Johannes Reborch in the state bibliography MV