Cologne cathedral bells

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Main bell, photographed from the south
Cologne cathedral bells

The bells of Cologne Cathedral are one of the largest and most historically significant cathedral bells ever, whose individuality is based on the combination of eleven very characteristic bells .

The supporting foundation of the cathedral bells is the St. Peter's Bell , which was cast in 1923 and weighed around 24 tons ; it is one of the largest ringing bells in the world. With the delivery of its predecessor to the First World War , the so-called Imperial Bell from 1874, as well as the breakage and crash of the clapper in 2011, it has a special history.

Main bell in the south tower

The main bell hangs in the south tower. It includes 8 bells hanging in a steel bell cage. The bell cage is divided into three compartments. In the middle compartment hangs the Petersglocke from 1923, which is affectionately known by the Cologne residents as the D'r decke Pitter or decker Pitter (i.e. fat Peter). The two large late medieval bells hang one behind the other in the northern compartment (the Pretiosa from 1448 and the Speciosa from 1449). The remaining five bells hang one behind the other in the southern compartment; in the upper half hang the two bells from the end of the 19th century (Epiphany bell and Ursula bell), in the lower half the three small bells (Joseph's bell, chapter bell and ave bell). All bells are driven electrically, the Petersbell by two motors.

Technical specifications

No.
  		Surname
  		Casting year
  		Foundry, casting location
  		Diameter
(mm, approx.) 		Mass
(kg, approx.) 		Strike tone
( HT - 1 ⁄ 16 ) 		Predecessors
  		Audio
 
1 Petersglocke
(thick pitter)		 1923 K. Richard Heinrich Ulrich ,
Apolda		 3,220   24,000 c 0 −5 Imperial Bell (1874)
2 Pretiosa 1448 Heinrich Brodermann &
Christian Cloit, Cologne		 2,400   10,500 g 0 +1 Pretiosa (around 1360?, 1418?, 1437)
3 Speciosa
(Marienglocke)		 1449 Johannes (Hoer [n] ken) de Vechel,
Cologne		 2,030   05,600 a 0 −2 ?
4th Epiphany Bell 1880 Carl Louis Hermann Große ,
Dresden		 1,740   03,800 h 0 +5 Three Kings Bell (1418, 1693, 1862)
5 Ursula bell 1862 Joseph Beduwe ,
Aachen		 1,600   02,550 c 1 +5
6th Joseph Bell 1998 Hans A. Mark & ​​Cornelia Mark-Maas, Eifeler bell foundry ,
Brockscheid		 1,468   02.110 d 1 +2 Joseph Bell (1990)
7th Chapter
bell (charles bell)		 1911 Karl (I) Otto ,
Bremen-Hemelingen		 1,287   01,400 e 1 ± 0 Fire bell (1621)
8th Avebell 1911 Karl (I) Otto,
Bremen-Hemelingen		 1,080   00.780 g 1 ± 0
  • Remarks
  1. ↑ The fire bell or chapter bell from 1621 is no longer used today. It hangs on the high roof of the south transept.

Inscriptions

image No. Surname Inscriptions
Petersbell 1 Petersglocke
(thick pitter)		 IN 1922 AFTER CHRIST'S BIRTH ◊ 600 YEARS AFTER THE DOMEDICATION ◊ UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE POPE PIUS XI ◊ THE ARCHBISHOP KARL JOSEPH CARDINAL SCHOOL ◊ UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DOMPROPSTES ARNOLDARE MIDDENDORCH THE DOMPROPSTE AND THE DOMPROPSTE AND THE DOMPROPSTOLD WINDENDORCHAN WINNOLD LAWDENDORKO ◊ JOSEPH ROMUNDE ◊ KARL COHEN ◊ JOSEPH VOGT ◊ ADOLF OTT ◊ FRIEDRICH GRAF SPEE ◊ OTTO PASCHEN ◊ CHRISTIAN BERRENRATH ◊ JOSEPH STOFFELS ◊ I BECAME APOLDA FROM MASTER HEINR. ULRICH GEGOSSEN ◊ THE MEANS GIVED THE GERMAN EMPIRE ◊ THE PRUSSIAN STATE AND FATHERLAND-MINDED CITIZENS OF COLOGNE
Pretiosa 2 Pretiosa INSIGNIS STATUS ECCLESIE PROVIDUS SENATUS * CONCILII SANCTE PARILES UOTIS CIUITATIS * HUIUS CUM RELIQUIS GEMINI SEXUS DEO NOTIS * DENUO CONFLARI DANT ME SIMUL ET REOUARI * SUM [M] E CHRISTIFERE SINGULIS HORIS * TERQ REFORMATA QUATRO PRECIOSA UOCATA * MILLE QUADRINGENTIS QUADRAGENIS OCTO DONATIS * DUM SONO TRISTATUR DEMON XPS UENERATUR * BRODERMAN HEINRICH CLOIT CHRISTIAN HANT GEMACHET ME * ◊ *

(The excellent state of the Church and the prudent Senate, united with the wishes of the council of this holy city, together with the rest of these two estates, which God distinguishes, made me again pour and renew, in honor of the Christ-bearer, Peter and the kings. At every hour I give back the singing to the choirs, which was prevented. Three times reshaped, the fourth praised as “precious.” One thousand four hundred and forty-eight [years] were given. The devil is saddened when I sound, but Christ is worshiped. Heinrich Brodermann and Christian Cloit made me.)

Speciosa 3 Speciosa
(Marienglocke)		 SUM GRANDIS SONOROSE SOROR TESTIS MICHI FACTOR * CUIUS HEROS FANI DECOR ET RESONANTIA TONI * ◊ * MOUIT QUOD FIERI DANT ME SUB HONORE PATRONI * ◊ * UT SOCIEM SOCIAM REDDENDO TONIS MELODIAM TONIS MELODIAM * PELLO IOR IDCUM * ANGELS PELLO IOS IDCUM ◊ * IOHANNES DE VECHEL *

(I am, for this may the Creator be witness to me, the sister of the great and rich in sound, whose decoration and harmony of sound caused the lords of the church to have me poured in honor of Christ, so that I, joined with my companion, can enjoy the sounds That is why I am called the beautiful and drive away the stormy clouds. One of the years of my sister has been added to me.)

Epiphany Bell 4th Epiphany Bell AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINVS TECVM BENEDICTA TV IN MVLIERIBVS ET BENEDICTVS FRVCTVS VENTRIS TVI IESVS ◊ CVIVS ​​INCVNABVLA CASPAR MELCHIOR BALTHASAR STELLA FVCE VENERATI SVNT. PETRVS FILIVM THE VIVI PROFESSVS EST. ◊ FVSA A. MCCCCXVIII DISRVPTA PROCVRANTE HENRICO MERING PR (es) B (iter) O CANONICO MAGISTRO FABRICAE PER IOANNEM BOVRLET REFVSA A. MDCXXXXIII. ◊ PRAECLARIS REGIBVS SVM DICATA TVRRIBVS PERFECTIS RENOVATA DISRUPTA DENUO ET SUMPTIBUS FABRICAE METROPOLITANAE PER JOSEPHUM BEDUWE AQUISGRANI REFUSA A: MDCCCLXII. SUMPTIBUS FABRICAE ECCLESIAE METROPOLITANAE IG GREAT DRESDENAE ME REFUDIT A. D. MDCCCLXXX. IOSEPH CLEMENS ARCHIE COLL SRI PN EL V. TR BAV DVX. METALLVM SVPPLEVIT

(Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, you are blessed among women, and blessed is the fruit of your body, Jesus, who in the form of the child Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar, led by the stars, have worshiped and publicly known Peter as the son of the living God. Cast in 1418, jumped and re-cast by Johann Bourlet in 1693 at the instigation of the priest-canon and custodian Heinrich Mering. I am consecrated to the exalted kings and after completion of the Towers renewed.)

Ursula bell 5 Ursula bell ECCLESIAE METROPOLITANAE NAVI PERFECTA AD CIENDUM PLENIOREM CAMPANARUM CONCENTUM FABRICAE SUMPTIBUS FUSA ET SANCTAE URSULAE CIVITATIS COLONIENSIS PATRONAE DEDICATA ANNO MDCCCLXII. JOHANNES SRE CARDINALIS DE GEISSEL ARCHIEPISCOPUS COLONIENSIS. JOS. BEDUWE AQUISGRANENSIS ME FUDIT

(After the completion of the nave of the Metropolitan Church, in order to achieve a more complete harmony of the bells, I was cast at the expense of the factory and consecrated to St. Ursula, the patroness of the city of Cologne, in 1862.)

Joseph Bell 6th Joseph Bell mIssVs est angLVs gabrIeL a Deo In cIvItatem nazareth ad VIrgInem desponsatam VIro CVI nomen erat Ioseph de domo daVId et nomen VIgInIs MarIa et IngressVs angeLVs ad eam dIXIt aVe gratIa pLena domInVs teCV

(The angel Gabriel was sent by God to the city of Nazareth to a virgin who was betrothed to a man named Joseph of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in to her and said: “Greetings , full of grace, the Lord is with you. ")
in honor of St. Joseph and in memory of Cardinal Joseph Frings and Cardinal Joseph Hoffner donated by civil society Cologne in 1863 and cast by Hans August and Cornelia Charlotte Mark in Brockscheid.

Chapter bell 7th Chapter
bell (charles bell)		 FELIX FAVSTAQVE COLONIA QVAE IESV CHRISTO DEI FILIO IN EVCHARISTIA LATENTI CATHOLICI ORBIS LAVDES OBTVLISTI (1911) FUSA SUM ANTONIO CARD: FISHERMAN IN COLONIENSI S. MATERNI CATHEDRA SEDENTE. CAROLO BERLAGE PRAEPOSITURAE CAPITULI METROP. V IUSTRA FELICITER COMPLENTE. JOSEPHO MUELLER EPO. TIT. SAREPT. ET SUFFR. COLON. DECANI MUNERE FUNGENTE, DUM ESSENT CANONICI: ALEXANDER SCHNÜTGEN. CAROLUS KREUTZWALD. CAROLUS HESPERS. HENRICUS LUDWIGS. WINANDUS BLANK. FRANCISKUS DUESTERWALD. ARNOLDUS STEFFENS. JOHANNES WEINAND. JOSEPHUS ROMUNDE. CAROLUS COHEN.

(Happy Cologne, that you announced the praise of the Catholic world to the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was hidden in the host. I was poured when Antonius Cardinal Fischer held the chair of St. Maternus in Cologne, Karl Berlage in the office of Provost of Metropolitan Chapter had successfully completed five Lustres, Joseph Müller was titular bishop of Sarepta and, as auxiliary bishop, was cathedral dean in Cologne, while Alexander Schnütgen, Karl Kreutzwald, Karl Hespers, Heinrich Ludwigs, Winand Blank, Franziskus Düsterwald, Arnold Steffens, Johannes Weinand, Joseph Romunde and Karl Cohen Cathedral capitals were.)

Avebell 8th Avebell EN. CELUM. MATRE. QUEM. TERRA. PARIT. SINE. PATRE. PANIS. MONSTRATURE. DEUS. EST. CARO. VIVA. LEVATURE

(Behold, O earth, heaven bears motherless father; it is shown as bread, is God, and is raised as living flesh.)

Choir bells in the crossing tower

In the ridge above the crossing there are three other smaller bells from the 18th and 14th centuries; they form the so-called choir bells.

Technical specifications

No.
  		Surname
  		Casting year
  		Foundry,
casting location 		Diameter
(mm) 		Mass
(kg) 		Strike tone
( HT - 1 ⁄ 16 ) 		Audio
 
09 Angelus bell (formerly Aveglocke ) Beginning 14th century unknown 1,047 762 g sharp 1 +2
10 Transformation bell (formerly clock bell ) Beginning 14th century unknown 0.806 428 e 2 −2
11 Mettglocke (formerly Capitelsglocke ) 1719 Antonius Cobelenz, Cologne 0.788 280 h 1 +7

Inscriptions

image No. Surname inscription
Angelus bell 09 Angelus bell
(formerly Aveglocke )		 † EN • CELVM • MATRE • QVEM • TERRA • PARIT • SINE • PATRE • PANIS • MONSTRATURE • DEVS • EST • CARO • VIVA • LEVATVR

(Behold, O earth, heaven bears motherless father; it is shown as bread, is God, and is raised as living flesh.)

Transformation bell 10 Transformation bell
(formerly clock bell )		 (without inscription)
Mettglocke 11 Mettglocke
(formerly Capitelsglocke )		 MR. WILHELM HENRICH GOHR THUMBRHENT - MASTER. ANTONIUS COBELENZ ME FECIT COLONIAE ANNO 1719

(Antonius Cobelenz established me in Cologne in 1719.)

See also

Portal: Cologne Cathedral  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the subject of Cologne Cathedral

literature

  • Gerhard Hoffs: Bell music of Catholic churches in Cologne ( PDF; 2.25 MB ).
  • Gerhard Hoffs (Ed.): Bells and chimes in the Archdiocese of Cologne. Inventory . Press office, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-931739-25-2 .
  • Kurt Kramer : The bell and its ringing . 3. Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1990.
  • Jörg Poettgen: 700 years of bell casting in Cologne. Masters and workshops between 1100 and 1800 . Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2005, ISBN 3-88462-206-4 .
  • Martin Seidler: The Cologne cathedral bells . 2nd Edition. Verlag Kölner Dom, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-922442-40-4 - CD with booklet.

Web links

Commons : Cologne Cathedral Bells  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Martin Seidler: The Cologne cathedral bells . 2nd Edition. Verlag Kölner Dom, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-922442-40-4 - CD with booklet.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Gerhard Hoffs: Bells of Catholic Churches in Cologne ( PDF; 2.25 MB ( Memento of the original from April 28, 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 note. ), P. 832. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glockenbuecherebk.de
  3. ↑ J. Poettgen (see below), p. 113: 10300 kg.
  4. ↑ K. Kramer (see below), p. 39: 10000 kg.
  5. ↑ K. Kramer (see below), p. 39: 4300 kg.
  6. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto bells. Family and company history of the Otto bell foundry dynasty . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588, especially pages 112-114, 296-299, 518 .
  7. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556, especially pp. 127-129, 264-268. 482 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen).

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 28.1 ″  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 26.1 ″  E