List of bell foundries

Example of a historic bell foundry from the 19th century in Dresden

This list includes former and active bell foundries that exclusively or partially produced church bells , temple or factory bells, ship bells, bells for clock towers and for carillons and other uses.

In the early days of the bell foundry, the foundries were traveling craftsmen, as the bells were mostly cast on site at their church. The transport of the heavy bells over long distances from a central foundry to the destinations was too lengthy, arduous and too dangerous for the staff and the bell. This is the reason that in the place name column (as of the 2010s) sometimes only a region and no place is given.

Note : In the table views, the columns place name , name of the foundry , company name (according to the last name of the first named founder, less often also according to region or place), period and active / historical can be sorted.

Germany

Place name	Company name	Period	Founder / 1st (well-known) caster	Other well-known foundries / owners	active / historical	Remarks
Erfurt	Melchior Mörinck (also Möringer )	17th century			historical	1609: Casting of the middle bell ("farmer's bell") in St. George's Church in Seebergen (Drei Gleichen) 1611: New casting of the large bell there Mörinck also created the bells for the Liebfrauenkirche in Arnstadt. 1600: Four bells for a church in Eilenburg 1597: Bell for the parish church of Lengenfeld unterm Stein 1593: Bell for the church in Sundremda 1616: Bell for the church of St. Johannes in Spangenberg 1594/96: Bell for the church in Plennschütz 1624: Bell for the church in Unternessa
Rudolstadt	Johann Fehr	1750			historical	1734: Casting of the big bell in St. George's Church in Seebergen (Drei Gleichen). The bell cracked in 1898 and was cast around by Schilling, Apolda.
Rudolstadt	Christian August Meyer	Early 19th century			historical	1803: New casting of the middle bell in St. George's Church in Seebergen (Drei Gleichen)
Gotha	Hanns Severus sweetheart	1650Mid of the 17th century			historical	Lt. Church book of Cobstädt (located in the parish of Seebergen) a bell was cast in 1669 (according to the bell inscription) and replaced on July 26th, 1874 in the Cobstadt church .
Gotha	Paul Seeger		* 1648 in Gotha, † 1721 there		historical	1708: Casting of the small bell in St. George's Church in Seebergen (Drei Gleichen). Also poured bells for the St. Catherine Church in Ernstroda, Castle Church in Meiningen, Trinity Church in Ohrdruf
augsburg	Bell foundry Fritz Hamm	1876-1922	Fritz Hamm		historical
Were	Illies, Carl	1841-1871	Johann Carl Ludwig Illies		historical
Rudolstadt	Meyer, bell foundry	1750	Johann Meyer		historical	Here took Friedrich Schiller information for his Song of the Bell
Stuttgart	Kurtz, bell foundry	1621-1962	Michael Kurtz (1621-1697)	Wilhelm Kurtz (1879–1974) Hans Kurtz (1917–2003)	historical	Family history at the Stuttgart Fire Brigade Museum (PDF; 1.40 MB) Picture of the Marienglocke at St. Bernhard in Karlsruhe
Schwäbisch Hall	Ars fundendi	Early 20th century	Peter Glasbrenner		active
Braunschweig	Wiese, Anton	17th century, first half	Anton Wiese		historical
Muenster	Wolter Westerhues	in the 15th / 16th Century	Wolter Westerhues (~ 1470–1548)		historical	Student of Gerhard van Wou
Hildesheim	Koster, Harmen	in the 15th / 16th Century			historical	Student of Gerhard van Wou , 34 casts 1494–1520 known
Hanover - Linden	Dreyer	in the 1880s		Friedrich Dreyer	historical	delivered a bell for the Friedenskirche (coasts) in 1865
Heidelberg	Schilling, Friedrich Wilhelm	1949-1971	Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling (1914–1971)		historical	after 1971 as Heidelberger bell foundry , in 1982 went to the bell foundry Bachert on
Lübeck	Strahlborn, Lorenz	1713-1750	Lorenz Strahlborn		historical	The company was taken over by Johann Hinrich Armowitz
Northern Germany	Reborch, Johannes	about 1379-1399	Johannes Reborch		historical
Northern Germany Lübeck	Passmann, Hermann	1563-1604	Hermann Passmann		historical
Westphalia	Paris, Antonius	1639-1660	Antonius Paris (1614 / 15-1660)		historical
Lübeck	Middeldorp, Karsten	1543-1561	Karsten Middeldorp (???? - 1561)		historical	Operation was taken over by Matthias Benningk
Flensburg	1538-1558	Gert van Mervelt		historical	The company was sold to Karsten Middeldorp .
Luneburg	Zylstorff, Martin	Early 16th century	Martin Zylstorff (around 1450 to around 1537)		historical	Hinrik Mente's father-in-law
Braunschweig	Mente, cord	1532-1574	Cord Mente (~ 1500–1574)		historical	Son of Hinrik Mente
Lübeck	Landré, Johann Georg Wilhelm	1790-1811	Johann Georg Wilhelm Landré (1755-1818)		historical
Heilbronn	Lachaman, Bernhart the Elder	1474-1517 / 26	Bernhart Lachaman the Elder (~ 1440–1517)	Bernhart Lachaman the Younger (14 ?? - 1523)	historical
Eisenach Burghaun	Kutschbach (bell founder)	18th century			historical
Lübeck	Kriesche, Johann David	1757-1790 / 99	Johann David Kriesche (1715–1790)	Johann David Kriesche II (son, 1764–1799)	historical
Lübeck	Kranemann, Gerhard	1351-1381	Gerhard Kranemann		historical
Mainz	Krafft, Georg	1490-1512	Georg Krafft		historical
Ulm	Korn, Gottlieb	1726-1745	Gottlieb Korn (1692–1763)		historical	1745 Merger of the company with that of Carl Christoph Frauenlob
Northern Germany Bremen	Klinghe, Ghert	1428-1478	Ghert Klinghe (around 1400 to after 1474)	Hinrich Klinghe (son)	historical
Northern Germany	Kampen, Hinrik van	1506-1517	Hinrik van Kampen (14 ?? - 1524)		historical
Northern Germany	1435-1442	Timmo Jegher		historical
Lübeck	Shepherd, Friedrich Wilhelm	1819-1858	Friech Wilhelm Hirt (1789–1871)		historical	last Lübeck council pouring master
Freiberg Dresden	Hilliger, bell foundry	1412-1560	Hans I. (Kannegießer) (early 15th century to ????)	Wolfgang I. (1511–1576)	historical
Freiburg in Breisgau	Grieshaber, Franz Anton	1751-1757	Franz Anton Grieshaber (II.) (1725–1757)	Franz Anton Grieshaber (I.), father	historical
Frankfurt am Main	Hans von Winterberg	1500-1514			historical
Frankfurt am Main	Steffan von Bingen	1512-1520			historical	Successor to Hans von Winterberg, married his widow
Frankfurt am Main	Göbel, foundry family	1520-1577	Simon Göbel (1520–24) and Conrad Göbel (1528–1560), Nikolaus Göbel (1560–1582) and Johann Simon Göbel (1570–1577)		historical	Successor to Steffan von Bingen
Frankfurt am Main	Rucker, Laux	1575-1603			historical	Student of Nikolaus Göbel, fled Frankfurt in 1588 and then worked as a traveling caster
Ulm	Wieland, Philipp Jakob	since 1820			historical
Ulm	Praise to women, Thomas	1805-1809	Thomas Frauenlob		historical	Successor: Philipp Jakob Wieland (nephew)
Southern Germany Ulm	Praise to women, Carl Christoph	1738-1781	Carl Christoph Frauenlob	Thomas Frauenlob , son	historical
Southern Germany	Ernst (bell foundry family)	1561–1808 (?)	Leonhard Ernst I (* 1561?) (1st family)	Bernhard Ernst (* approx. 1597; † after 1681) (2nd family)	historical
Havert	Bourlet, Johannes	1669-1695	Johannes Bourlet	Petrus Michelin	historical
Magdeburg	Borstelmann, Heinrich	1580 to around 1650	Heinrich Borstelmann		historical
Northern Germany Lübeck	Benningk, Reinhard	1608-1617	Reinhard Benningk	Father of Hermann Benningk	historical
Northern Germany Lübeck	Benningk, Matthias	1550-1608	Matthias Benningk	Grandfather of Hermann Benningk	historical
Northern Germany Hamburg	Benningk, Hermann	1647-1668	Hermann Benningk	Father of Albert Benningk	historical
Lübeck	Benningk, Albert	1665-1695	Albert Benningk (* (baptized before August 12, 1637) in Hamburg; † shortly before May 21, 1695 in Copenhagen)	probably the son of Hermann Benningk .	historical
Magdeburg	Backmaster, Klaus	1479-1523	Klaus Backmeister (* in the 15th century; † in the 16th century)		historical
Apolda	Bell foundry Rose Franz Schilling Franz Schilling sons Gebrüder Ulrich CF Ulrich VEB Bell foundry Bell foundry in Apolda	1722-1988	Johann Christoph Rosae	Brothers Ulrich CF Ulrich Heinrich Ulrich Franz Schilling Franz Schilling sons Peter & Margarethe Schilling	historical
Laucha on the Unstrut	Gebr. Ulrich, branch of the bell foundry in Apolda	until 1911	Ulrich brothers		historical	today the bell museum in Laucha
Neunkirchen (Baden)	Bachert, bell foundry	since 1745	Kaspar Bachert		active	Founded in Dallau in 1745 , later in Bad Friedrichshall- Kochendorf, Heilbronn and Karlsruhe . Temporarily with a fire fighting equipment factory . Numerous bells in important churches.
Berlin	Bachmann, Wilhelm; Bell foundry		Wilhelm Bachmann		historical
Glauchau	Bachmann, Johann Andreas; Bell foundry	around 1720–17 ??	Johann Andreas Bachmann		historical	Manufactured a fire engine for the community of Uhlmannsdorf in 1741
Dresden	Bierling, C. Albert; Bell foundry	1848-1922	Christian Albert Bierling		historical
Dresden	Weinhold bell foundry		Michael Weinhold (1662–1732), piece and bell caster		historical	- Casting and remaking a bell each for the Trinity Church in Neusalza in 1716, another casting of a bell for the same church in 1732 - New manufacture of a bronze bell for the village church Alt-Lönnewitz in 1721
Dresden	Weinhold bell foundry		August Sigismund Weinhold (1738–1769), piece and bell founder		historical	1779: Casting of a bronze bell for the Spremberg village church , 1787 a bell burst
Dresden	Grosse, Johann Gotthelf	around 1840	Johann Gotthelf Große (1808–1869), (piece and bell caster)		historical	His son Hermann continued the foundry under his father's company.
Überlingen	Biersch, Friedrich	1835–?	Karl-Theodor Blersch		historical	Was taken over by Adolf Auer in 1918, has since been dissolved Delivered three bells to the new church tower in Hindelwangen in 1888/89, delivered a fire engine to Hohenfels- Liggersdorf in 1866 and a fire engine to Hohenfels in 1901
Bochum	Bochum Association for Cast Steel Manufacture (BVG)	1842-1970	Jacob Mayer Eduard Kühne		historical	Made cast steel bells. Has merged into today's Krupp Group, in 1970 bell production was stopped.
Brockscheid ( Eifel )	Eifel bell foundry	since ~ 1620–2019		Hans-August Mark	historical	Maintenance of the Petersglocke in Cologne Cathedral from 1968 to 2010; In bankruptcy since December 2019.
Schalkenmehren ( Eifel )	Eifeler Glockenservice GmbH	since 2020			active
Erding	Erdinger bell foundry	1850-1971	Joseph Bachmair	Karl Czudnochowsky	historical	Delivered eight bells for the church in Sankt Ottilien in 1949/50. The foundry was taken over in 1971 by the Passau bell foundry Rudolf Perner
Aachen	Beduwe, Joseph , also: (Peter) Joseph Bedué	1840–1952	Joseph Beduwe (1805–1871)		historical	the only remaining complete bell in Wevelinghoven
Muenster	Feldmann & Marschel KG from 1960 Monasterium Eijsbouts KG	1950-1968	Josef Feldmann, Georg Marschel		historical	The company documents were taken over in 1968 by the Eifeler bell foundry in Brockscheid.
New Ulm	Grüninger, bell foundry	around 1740 – after 1950	Benjamin Grueninger		historical
Landshut	Hahn, Johann; Bell foundry	1890-1972	Johann Hahn, Johann Hahn (brother?)		historical
Freiburg in Breisgau	Koch, Johann Baptist (also "Gebr. Koch")	around 1820–18 ??	Johann Baptist Koch		historical
Maria Laach Abbey	Bell foundry Maria Laach	1999-2015	Brother Michael Reuter		historical	The only Benedictine monk in the world who cast bells in the 21st century (until 2015).
Lauchhammer	Lauchhammer Kunstguss und Glockengießerei GmbH & Co. KG	1834-1945, 1994-2017			historical	Site , formerly cast iron bells. Resumption of casting operations in 1994 under the direction of Rincker . Casting of the Dunna (8.3 t) on Halberstädter Domplatz . Bell cast 2017 discontinued.
Zweibrücken	Lindemann	around 1820–18 ??			historical	In 1822 Peter Lindemann delivered four bells, including the imperial bell, for the Speyer Cathedral In 1832 and 1841, Peter Lindemann cast bells for Blieskastel. In 1860, Friedrich Lindemann cast a bell for Oberbexbach. Peter Lindemann was the teacher of the bell foundry brothers Georg and Andreas Hamm from Wittersheim near Frankenthal in the Palatinate
Frankenthal (Palatinate)	Hamm, bell foundry	1844-1878/1960	Georg Hamm (1817–1878) active until 1850	Andreas Hamm (1824–1894) active until 1892 Karl Hamm (1866–1931) active until 1931 Hermann Hamm active until 1960	historical	Foundry of the Imperial Bell in Cologne Cathedral
Kaiserslautern	Hamm, Georg; Bell foundry	1850-2002			historical
Saarburg	Mabilon, bell foundry	1590 ( Saumur ) / 1770 (Saarburg) -2002	Urbanus Mabilon (1744-1818)	Johannes Mabilon (1825–1908)	historical	museum
Witten	Munte, bell foundry	1864-1957	Wilhelm Carl Ferdinand Munte		historical
Bremen	Otto, bell foundry	1874-1974	Karl Otto		historical
Saarlouis	Saarlouis bell foundry	1953-1960	Karl (III) Otto and Alois Riewer	Johannes Otto	historical	Poured over 50% of post-war bells in Saarland.
Gescher	Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock	since 1690	Joseph and Jean Petit	Joseph and Bernhard Wilhelm Edelbrock	active	In 1988 the heaviest bell after the Second World War , weighing 13,000 kg, was cast here.
Passau	Perner, Rudolf	1701–2013, since 2016	Jan Perner in Pilsen		active	Foundry operations temporarily suspended on December 31, 2013, resumption of foundry operations in 2016
Asslar- Werdorf	Schmid, Dilman	1684-1715	Dilman Schmid	Philipp Schweitzer (son-in-law)	historical
Asslar- Werdorf	1708-1741	Dilman Schmid (father-in-law)		historical
Asslar	Fei, Adoni	End of the 17th century			historical	Also known as Antonius Feil / Faer. Goss together with Dilman Schmid and also with Johann Jacob Rincker.
Sinn (Hessen) , Asslar - small Altenstädten , Leun	Rincker, bell and art foundry	since 17th century	Johann Jacob Rincker	Wilhelm Anton, Moritz, Heinrich, Philipp, Gottfried, Friedrich Wilhelm, Fritz and Curt (as Gebr. Rincker), Hans-Gerd, Hanns Martin and Fritz Georg (as of 2015)	active	One of the oldest (according to its own statement, oldest) existing bell foundries in Germany, supplied many bells for Protestant churches, casting over 20,000 bells from the 19th century to 2014.
Constancy	Nikolaus Oberacker died in 1533 or 1534	1507	Nikolaus Oberacker		historical	Cast a bell for the Church of St. Agatha in Gaienhofen-Hemmenhofen in 1507 and two bells for the Church of St. Gallus in Walbertsweiler in 1534. Before 1514 there is evidence of a collaboration with the bell and piece caster Hans Füssli in Zurich.
Constancy	Rosenlächer, bell foundry	1769-1900	Leonhard Rosenlächer		historical
regensburg	Schelchshorn, bell foundry	around 1500 – around 1700	Paul Schelchshorn	Johann Gordian Schelchshorn	historical
regensburg	Spannagl, bell foundry	1833-1901	Joseph Anton Spannagl	Lothar Spannagl	historical
regensburg	Hamm-Hofweber, bell foundry	1907 – around 1967	Karl Hamm	Georg Hofweber	historical
Berlin	Schultz, Johann Gottlieb	around 1610 - ????	Johann Gottlieb Schultz (Johann Jakob Schultz?)		historical	supplied the bronze bells for the Falkenhagen village church in 1705
Berlin	Thiele, Johann Friedrich	around 1710 – after 1818	Johann Friedrich Thiele, successor to ELW Thiele		historical	Delivered the carillon bells for the Potsdam garrison church in 1765. Delivered the bell for the Sophienkirche in Brüssow in 1778. In this foundry, the large bell for the Schinkelkirche in Wuthenow was built in 1818 .
Aachen	From Trier	around 1350 early 18th century	Peter I of Trier (?)		historical
Mainz	Zechbauer, Joseph	1800-1850	Joseph Zechbauer (1754–1828) from Erfurt		historical	Journeyman at Johann Martin Roth, a cooperation partner of Sprinkhorn & Schrader since 1819, the company was taken over by Carl Otto from Kastellaun in 1828 (the year J. Zechbauer died)
Arnsberg	Delapaix, bell foundry	1639-1728	Johann Delapaix		historical
Frankfurt am Main	Wagner, Johann	1639 – before 1670	Johann Wagner		historical	Journeyman with Wolfgang Neidhardt in Augsburg . From the period between 1651 and 1669, 18 bells are known from his hand
Frankfurt am Main	Schneidewind, bell foundry	around 1675–1798	Benedikt Schneidewind	Johann and Andreas Schneidewind Benedikt II and Johann Georg Schneidewind	historical	Successor to Johann Wagner
Cologne	Duisterwalt	around 1450– ~ 1510	Johann Duisterwalt Christian Duisterwalt Sifart Duisterwalt		historical
Frankfurt am Main	Barthels, bell foundry	around 1687–1856	Johann Georg Barthels († 1733)	Gebr. Barthels, Barthels & Mappes	historical	Successor to the Schneidewind foundry family
Mainz	Roth (bell foundry family)	1670-1800	Caspar Roth active until 1683 Simon Michelin (1683 to 1700) Georg Christoph Roth (1700–1751) Johann Martin Roth, nephew of Georg Christoph (1751–1793)		historical	Instructor from Joseph Zechbauer
Frankenthal (Palatinate)	Sprinkhorn & Schrader	1738-19. Century	Johann Caspar Schrader		historical	One of the forerunners of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Since 1819 cooperation with Joseph Zechbauer
Wind corners , hungers	Bach, bell foundry	1741-1891	Johann Peter Bach (1722–1780)	Johann Georg Bach, Johann Philipp Bach, Philipp Bach, Philipp Heinrich Bach († 1906)	historical
Giessen , Darmstadt	Henschel / Otto, bell foundry	1614-1895	Johannes Henschel	Andreas Henschel, Johann Philip Henschel, Friedrich Wilhelm Otto, Georg Otto	historical
kassel	Henschel & Son	1791-1865	Georg Christian Carl Henschel (1791–1817)	Johann Werner Henschel (1818), Carl Anton Henschel (1818–1860), Oscar Henschel (1859–1865)	historical	GCC Henschel from the Giessen foundry family came to Kassel in 1777 and became a journeyman at JFA Strock, whose daughter he married. From 1840 bells were cast under the company name Henschel & Sohn with mostly very modern, pure sound structures.
kassel	Johann Friedrich Anton Storck	1770-1792			historical	Princely piece caster based on the Köhler foundry family. His journeyman GCC Henschel married his daughter and later took over his position.
kassel	Foundry family Köhler	1621-1766	George Köhler (around 1621)	Gottfried Köhler (1626–1651), George Köhler (1708–1732), Jost Heinrich Köhler (1709–1719), Eobanus Köhler (1752–1766)	historical	Princely piece caster
Nuremberg	Herald, bell foundry		Balthasar Herold		historical	Brother of Andreas Herold , 1648 piece caster in Preßburg, active in Vienna from 1654
Rostock	Monkehagen, Rickert de	1376-1464	Rickert de Monkehagen		historical	The workshop is considered to be the most important in Mecklenburg and Pomerania in the 14th and 15th centuries, as evidenced by the large number of bells that were still preserved in the 21st century.
Brilon	Humpert	1762-1957	Caspar Greve from Grevenstein	Heinrich Humpert	historical	From 1929 to 1933 there was also a bell foundry school.
Speyer	Otto von Speyer	1387-1419	Otto von Speyer		historical	15 bells occupied.
Kaiserslautern Bad Kreuznach	Otto (bell foundry family)	1431-1500	Otto von Lautern (active 1431–1452)	Jacob Ott Crvc (en) a (c) h (1452 active), Johannes Ott (o) (1461 / 69–1486 active)	historical
Bad Kreuznach	Kanngießer, Hans	1484	Hans (Kangiser) from Cruczenach		historical	cast a bell in Becherbach near Kirn in 1484 , further attributions (Hahnenbach, Hennweiler) uncertain (perhaps identical to Hans Kangießer von Gießen)
to water	Kanngießer, Hans	1463	Hans (Kangießer) from Giessen		historical	cast the clock bell for the Nikolaikirche Siegen in 1463 , further attributions uncertain (perhaps identical to Hans Kangiser von Cruczenach)
Bockenem	Wail	1836-1966	Johann Friedrich Weule (1811-1897)	Friedrich Weule (1855–1952)	historical, chilled iron bells
Wetzlar	Buderus	1919-1920			historically, cast steel bells	Buderus only poured, the ribs came from the Humpert and Rincker foundries
Stralsund	Zach, bell foundry	1817-1866	Simon Zach	Eduard Zach	historical
Northern Germany	Apengeter, Hans	1290 – after 1351	Hans Apengeter		historical
Leipzig	Bernhard Zachariä GmbH	1808			active	Among other things, he made the tower clock with a three-part bell for the Wellner company in Aue around 1900 ; also the carillon in the town hall of Püttlingen and worldwide activities. Main business since privatization: Perrot GmbH & Co. KG Tower clocks and bell systems in Calw
Erfurt	Sorber, Nicolaus Jonas	1710-1759	Nicolaus Jonas Sorber (before 1690–1759)		historical	Among other things, it supplied five-part bells for the Erfurt Cathedral , Weimar Castle Church and Michaeliskirche in Ohrdruf , but also small bells such as for the wedding church of Johann Sebastian Bach in Dornheim
Bamberg	JB Keller	1695-1839	Johann Baptist Keller; ad interim Ignaz Höhn (1729–1749), later Joachim Martin Keller (son), Georg Michael K. (grandson)		historical	Bell and metal foundry, [fire extinguishing machine and pump factory]?
Bamberg	JP Lotter	1838-1960	JP Lotter; later David (I) L. and Leonhard L. (sons), Christian L. (grandson), David (II) L. (great-grandson)		historical	Bell and metal foundry, fire extinguishing machine and pump factory, supplier to the royal Bavarian court
Hildesheim	Cyclist	1853-1936	Jacob Radler	JJ Radler (1883-1907); Radler & Sons (1910–1922)	historical
Soest		1876	Bell foundry family Neelmann		historical
Roth an der Our Trier	Roth, Wilhelm Glockengießer from	1505-1520	Wilhelm Glockengießer or Wilhelm Roed (Rode; von Roeid; von Roide under Vianden)		historical	15 bells occupied in Karl , St. Goar , Steeg , Vianden , Wolsfeld , Lichtenborn , Rachtig , Osann , Mettendorf (Eifel) , Weisel , Trimport and Echternach .

Italy

Place name	Company name	Period	Founder / 1st (well-known) caster	Other well-known foundries / owners	active / historical	Remarks
Bolzone di Ripalta Cremasca ( Province of Cremona )	Fonderia Allanconi	since 1980			active	Website
Burgio ( Province of Agrigento )	Fonderia Virgadamo	since 1500	Rocco Cacciabaudo	Rocco Cacciabaudo (current owner)	active	Sicily's only foundry website (under construction) Information on the municipality's website
Castelnovo ne 'Monti ( Province of Reggio Emilia )	Fonderia Capanni	since 1665		Bernardo Capanni (1665-1744)	active	In 1846 the blacksmith Paolo Capanni took over the bell foundry of the Betalli family, which had been in existence since 1665. The business is run by the sixth generation of the Capanni family (as of 2013). Website
Vittorio Veneto ( Province of Treviso )	Fonderia De Poli	since 1453			active	One of the oldest still producing bell foundries in Italy, in which bells from 8 to 240 cm in diameter are cast. Website
Mondovì ( Province of Cuneo / NW Italy)	Fonderia Ecat	since 1997	Mazzola Achille di Valduggia		active	Website
Agnone ( Province of Isernia / Central Italy)	Fonderia Marinelli	since ~ 1200	Nicodemo Marinelli (1339)		active	Website
Squinzano ( Province of Lecce / Apulia, S-Italy)	Fonderia Campane Pellegrino	since the 20th century			active	Website

Austria

Place name	Company name	Period	Founder / 1st (well-known) caster	Other well-known foundries / owners	active / historical	Remarks
Wiener Neustadt	Bell foundry Hilzer	1838-1907	Ignaz Hilzer	Peter Ignaz Hilzer	historical
Waidring	Artificial and bell casting Foidl	Since 1993	Richard Foidl		active	Small bells up to 25 kg, operation has existed for generations according to the company's website
Hötting	Löffler foundry	1503-1623	Peter Löffler (~ 1468 – before 1530)	Gregor Löffler (~ 1490–1555) (son) Hans (~ 1530–1595) (grandson) Christoph (1568–1623) (great-grandson)	historical	This foundry in Büchsenhausen was continued by other foundry families until 1854, e.g. B. by Reinhart and Miller.
Hötting	Miller bell foundry	1774-1854	Simon Peter Miller	Josef Georg Miller	historical	last owner of the foundry founded by Löffler
innsbruck	Bell foundry Grassmayr (Innsbruck)	since 1599	Bartlme Grassmayr ( Habichen )		active	Market leader in Austria, but also very active internationally. The largest bell to date is the bell for the Cathedral of the Redemption of the People in Bucharest (Romania) with a weight of 25,190 kg, a diameter of 313.0 cm, and the strike tone c 0 . Website
Salzburg	Bell foundry Oberascher	1618 / 1665-2003	Jakob Lidl (1618) / Johann Baptist Oberascher (1665)	Johann Eisenberger Benedikt Eisenberger Johann Hackhl Johann Georg Leschinger Johann Oberascher Franz Oberascher I Josef Oberscher Franz Oberascher II Ing. Georg Sippel	historical	Cast the Concordia 2000 , the second largest bell in Italy. Information on Salzburg-Wiki Press report on the competitive behavior of Grassmayr-Oberascher ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Vienna	Bell foundry Pfundner	1906-1970	Josef Pfundner Sr.	Josef Pfundner jun.	historical
St. Florian	Upper Austrian bell and metal foundry	1917-1994	Anton Gugg	Johann Dettenrieder Karl Geiß Eiglsberger	historical	In 1951, Karl Geiß cast the pummer for St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna
Feldkirch	Grassmayr bell foundry (Feldkirch)	1791-1914	Jakob Veit Grassmayr	Anton Josef Grassmayr	historical	Uncle of Johann Grassmayr
Vienna	Johann Achamer	1678-1712	Johann Achamer		historical	Made the Josephine Bell in 1711 .
Krems at the Donau	Mathias Prininger	1683-1718		Mathias Prininger	historical
Vienna	Scheichel bell foundry	1719-1809	Franz Ulrich Scheichel	Franz Josef Scheichel Theresia Scheichel	historical
Kapfenberg	Boehler	1917-1926	Böhler brothers		historical	Casting of steel bells
Bad Haring	Alpenländische Metallwerke Bühl	1949- circa 1970	Kurt Buhl		historical	Casting of bronze bells, largest ring in Kirchbichl
Groeding	Bell foundry Hamm & Hartner	1947-1965			historical	biggest bell: pilgrimage church Maria Plain

Switzerland

Place name	Company name	Period	Founder / 1st (well-known) caster	Other well-known foundries / owners	active / historical	Remarks
Basel	Ludwig Peiger	1470-1496	Ludwig Peiger		historical	Delivered the famous Schiller bell from Schaffhausen, see also: Weather chimes
Rickenbach TG	Bell foundry Eschmann AG	1957-1973	Emil Eschmann	Bell foundry Eijsbouts NV, Asten (Holland)	historical	Eschmann's first bell casting was on December 23, 1955, the company was founded on November 19, 1957, Emil Eschmann left on May 31, 1970, taken over by the Eijsbouts bell foundry until its liquidation in 1973. A total of around 600 church bells were cast in Rickenbach.
Zurich	15th century	Peter Füssli (died 1476)		historical	Delivered bells for St. Peter and the Preacher Church. In the 14th century, members of the family are recorded as founders. The foundry existed until the 19th century.
Zurich	Bell foundry cellar
Zurich	Hans Füssli	15.-16. Century	Hans Füssli (1478-1538)		historical	In the 14th century, members of the family are recorded as founders. The foundry existed until the 19th century. Before 1514, a collaboration with the bell and piece caster Nikolaus Oberacker is documented.
Zurich	Peter Füssli (bell founder, 1482)	15.-16. Century	Peter Füssli (1482–1548)		historical	In the 14th century, members of the family are recorded as founders. The foundry existed until the 19th century.
Zurich	Peter Füssli	1604-1629	Peter Füssli (1577–1629)		historical	In the 14th century, members of the family are recorded as founders. The foundry existed until the 19th century.
Basel	Weitenauer bell foundry	before 1685-1825	Hans Heinrich Weitenauer (?)		historical
Basel	Johann Jakob Schnegg	1826-1889	Johann Jakob Schnegg		historical
Aarau	Bell foundry Rüetschi AG	since 1367	Walter Reber	Hans-Jakob Stalter	active
Staad	Egger bell foundry	1873-1940	Jakob Egger	Wilhelm Egger	historical
Riedtwil	Kohler foundry	???? - 2008	Alfred Kohler		historical	was taken over by Glutz AG in 2008
Schaffhausen	Schalch gun and bell foundry	1661–1738 (company existed for almost 90 years)	Tobias Schalch		historical	In 1700 delivered a bell cast from a bell newly created in 1622 for the church in Uesslingen . Delivered the bell from the former house "Zum Sternen" in Neuhausen am Rheinfall in 1692. Delivered one of the three bells for the pilgrimage church in Klingenzell in 1705. Delivered a bell to the Benedictine Abbey of Fischingen in 1705
Brow	Bell foundry Berger GmbH	since 1730			active	According to the co-owner, Ms. Kern-Berger, there are no records of the family history.
Villars-sur-Glâne	Fonderie Brugger	???			active

Other countries

Country	Place name	Company name	Period	Founder / 1st (well-known) caster	Other well-known foundries / owners	active / historical	Remarks
Russia	Kaliningrad / Königsberg i.Pr.	Bell foundry Dörling	1750	Andreas Dörling		historical	In 1726 he delivered the Peter and Paul bell for the Katharinenkirche in Braniewo Goss in 1727 the bell for the St. Andrew's Church in the village of Kalkstein in East Prussia in the Heilsberg district (Warmia) In 1746 he delivered the bell for the Protestant church in Prawdinsk Goss 1736 the silver bell for the Königsberg Cathedral
Netherlands	Aarle-Rixtel	Royal Bell Foundry Petit & Fritsen	1660-2014	Nicolas Jullien		historical	Was taken over in May 2014 by the competing company Eijsbouts, as there was no company successor. Petit & Fritsen cast many carillons, including the carillon as early as the middle of the 18th century , which was later installed in the Berlin Parochial Church. Also one of the largest in the Netherlands for the Eusebius Church in Arnhem (basic bell e ° with 9,200 kg, cast in 1994).
Poland	Węgrów	Kruszewscy Bell Foundry	1920	Jakub Kruszewski (1886–1946)		active
Netherlands	Beerta	Reiderland bell and art foundry	1988	Simon Laudy		active	New casting of seven bells in Van Wou ribs for the Bovenkerk in Kampen-Overijssel; second largest free-swinging chime in the Netherlands.
Netherlands	Zutphen	Franz and Pieter Hemony	1640-1657	François (* 1609 in Levécourt, † 1667 in Amsterdam)	Pieter (Pierre) (* 1619 in Levécourt, † 1680 in Amsterdam)	historical
Poland	Krakow Lviv	Valentin Faltin	1450	Valentin Faltin		historical
France	Le Mans	Fonderie de cloche Bollée	1715-1896?	Joseph Bollée (1669–?) Jean-Baptiste Bollée (1715–1785) Alexis-Nicolas Bollée (1744–1815) Jean-Baptiste Amédée Bollée (1812–1912) Ernest-Sylvain Bollée (1814–1891) Amédée-Ernest Bollée (1844–1917) Amédée-Ernest Marie Bollée (1867-1926)		historical	Family connection with Bollée in Orléans. Ernest-Sylvain diversified, son Amédée ran the business alongside the production of steam cars . In the 1890s, Amédée fils handed over the casting orders to Bollée Orléans and concentrated on automotive engineering and its inventions.
France	Saint-Jean-de-Braye and Orléans	Fonderie de cloche Bollée	1715	Joseph Bollée (1669–?) Jean-Baptiste Bollée (1715–1785) Alexis-Nicolas Bollée (1744–1815) Jean-Baptiste Amédée Bollée (1812–1912) Georges Bollée (1849–1930) Louis Bollée (1878–1954) Jean Bollée (1908–2009) Dominique Bollée (* 1939)		active	Website . The Bollée bell foundry in Orléans also traces its tradition back to 1715 (8 generations) (1715–1839: see Bollée in Le Mans). JBA Bollée founded his company in 1839, his brother Amédée Bollée ran the business in le Mans.
Poland	Danzig	Gerdt Benningk	1601-1643	Gerdt Benningk		historical
Belgium / Luxembourg France	Tellin (B.) Diekirch (L.) (1864) Colmar (F.) (1871) Anhée (B.) (1885) Strasbourg (F.) (1892)	Causard bell foundry	1832-1970	Charles Causard	Jean-Baptiste Causard	historical	About 13,000 bells with a total weight of 3,000 tons were cast.
France	Villedieu-les-Poêles	Cornille-Havard	1865	Adolphe Havard		active
France	Annecy	Bell foundry Paccard	1796	Antoine Paccard		active
France	Lorraine	Claude Rosier	around 1615–16 ??	Claude Rosier († 1673)		historical
Netherlands	Branches	Klokkengieterij Eijsbouts	1872	Bonaventure Eijsbouts		active	Cast the largest free-swinging bell in the world, the Tokinosumika bell in Japan, weighing 36,250 kg.
Netherlands	Kampen	Klokkengieterij van Wou	1482-1527	Gerhard van Wou	Johannes van Wou (father)	historical	In 1497 the Gloriosa was cast for the Erfurt Cathedral, teacher of Wolter Westerhues
Poland	Wroclaw	Bell foundry Krieger	1750	Johann Georg Krieger (born September 17, 1728, † June 6, 1810)	Benjamin Krieger (born Sept. 13, 1764 in Breslau, † Nov. 2, 1834 in Breslau), son; Peter Adolf Krieger, grandson (born April 15, 1805 in Breslau, † April 15, 1867 in Breslau, ⚭1849)		In 1769 he made the most beautiful, still preserved bell for the Kreuzkirche in Breslau . The bell is richly decorated and contains the following inscriptions: on the upper edge Johann George Krieger Me Fudit Breslau , below it reads : Friederico Borussorum Rege Feliciter Gubernator . In the middle of the bell mantle is the relief image of St. Bartholomäus, on both sides the dedicatory inscription: Sup [sic!] Patrocinio S: Bartholomaei Apostoli . The following other church bells were delivered: 1786 for the St. Laurentius Church in Halle-Seeben , in 1829 the first two bells for the church in Markt Bohrau , 1771 and 1788 for the St. Nicholas Church in Glogau , 1783 a new bell for the church in Leuthen , 1806 the Dominika for the Martinskirche in Stuttgart- Möhringen , 1771 one bell for the Maria-Hilf-Kirche in Wiesbaden, 1789 two bells for the castle church in Groß Wartenberg
Poland	Szczecin	Bell foundry Scheel	1721 – before 1798			historical	Delivered the following church bells: 1726 (one) for the church in Casekow-Petershagen , 1751 (one) for the Sophienkirche in Brüssow , 1734 (two) for the church in Luckow Schhel was also active as a foundry in Stettin and delivered a bell to Menkin from there in 1767
Poland	Przemyśl	Jan Felczyński	1808			active
Romania	Arad			Friedrich Koenig
Russia	Yaroslavl	Yaroslavl bell foundry				?
Russia	Tutayev	Shuvalov bell foundry	1990	Nikolai Shuvalov		active	Information by Voice of Russia In 2001, he delivered the 13 new bells for the Russian Orthodox Cathedral Church in Munich
Sweden	Sigtuna	Bergholtz klockgjuteri	1853			active
Sweden	Ystad	M & O Ohlsson	1805	Grandfather of the brothers M ( Martin Wilhelm ) (born November 22, 1865; †?) And O ( Olof ) (born May 6, 1854 in Ystad; † January 16, 1935 in Lübeck) Ohlsson		active
Spain	Meruelo	Bell foundry Meruelo				?	There is a bell museum in Meruelo
Czech Republic	Komotau	Herold bell foundry	1790-1945	Pietschmann	Julius Herold, Richard Herold	historical	A bell founder named Pietschmann lived in Glockengasse about 200 years ago. From this the business passed to his son-in-law Herold. The Herold bell foundry was one of the largest in Bohemia until 1945. Georg Herold came from the famous and widely branched ore foundry dynasty Herold, a family of masters. His son Balthasar was a Nuremberg bell and piece caster (* 1625 Nuremberg, † 1683) and worked a. a. in Warsaw and Vienna (imperial bell founder) together with Wolf Hieronymus Herold, who cast the statue of Johannes Nepomuk that was erected on Prague's Charles Bridge in 1693 . A Christoph Herold, perhaps Georg's brother, created richly decorated bronze frames in 1607. B. for a church in Salzburg, an Andreas Herold (1623–1696) worked in Dresden in 1650 and in Meißen in 1667, his son Adam (1659–1711) was a German educator and theologian. Andreas' brother Balthasar jun. worked as a piece caster in Pressburg in 1648 and in Vienna in 1654 and cast not only cannons but also baptismal fonts and figures as well as magnificent baroque bells in two workshops at the same time. There is a Hans Georg Herold in Breslau in 1671. Johann Balthasar cast around 1708 in Nuremberg and an A. Gg. an epitaph around 1802 again in Nuremberg. The famous Nuremberg foundry was continued by a Georg Herold in the 19th century with orders such. B. in Australia and Sweden. Bronze bells existed as early as 1200. Wolfgang (* 1620) worked in Nuremberg in 1652 as a gun puller with other well-known craftsmen and cast materials for building wells in bronze
Czech Republic	Herrnhübel , after 1945 (Czech) Hledany vyraz, a place that has disappeared		1799		Joseph Kittel , (piece caster)	historical	1802: Casting of a bell of the Trinity Church Neusalza , since the end of the 20th century (district of the city of Neusalza-Spremberg in Upper Lusatia)
United Kingdom	Chew Stoke ( Somerset )	Bilbie family	1680 – early 19th century		?	historical
United Kingdom	London	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	1670-2017			historical
United Kingdom	Loughborough	John Taylor & Co. Bell Foundry	1784			active
United States	Cincinnati, Ohio	Verdin Company	1842			active
Hungary	pest	Heinrich Eberhard	1800-1839	Heinrich Eberhard		historical
Hungary	Sopron	Friedrich Seltenhofer	1815-1945	Friedrich Seltenhofer	Ludwig Seltenhofer (son)	historical	Delivered a bell for the Antonius Church in Raiding in 1846 , a bell for the Evangelical Parish Church in Mörbisch am See in 1854 and a bell for the Evangelical Church in Sopron in 1927 .
Hungary	Budapest	Laszlo Szlezak	around 1900? –195?	Rafael Szlezak		historical
Hungary		Lajos Gombos	1900	Lajos Gombos (stepson of Leo Szlesak)		active
Hungary		Johannes Schmox	1678-1679	Johannes Schmox		historical
Hungary		Georgius Podolinski	1704	Georgius Podolinski		historical
Russia	Koenigsberg	Johann Hinrich Armowitz	1725-1771	Johann Hinrich Armowitz (* late 17th century, † January 2, 1771)		historical	In 1750 he was appointed as the successor to his brother-in-law Lorenz Strahlborn as Lübeck's council casting master. Theodor Storm made Armowitz, as Franz Armowitzer, the main character in his incomplete story, The Bell of the Poor, which is only preserved in fragments .
Slovakia	Spišská Nová Ves	Konrad Gaal	1357-1516	Konrad Gaal	Jan Weygel (1386–1426), Nikolaus Gaal (14th / 15th century), Matthew Gaal (1427–1472), Pavol Gaal (15th century), Vincent Gaal (1456–?), Jan Wagner (1475– 1516).	historical	In 1357 a 13,700 kg bell was cast for Visegrad.

Web links

• Register of bell founders who worked for the Archdiocese of Cologne (PDF; 63 kB)
• List of the largest bells in Switzerland

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} In the course of history the locations of the companies were in different domains. Since the period of existence of a foundry is not always known, the place should be entered here if it is in the area of ​​the country named in the heading of the section.
2. ↑ HAZ: Hanover's bells tell many stories , last accessed on February 15, 2014
3. ^ Website of the Ziegelheim community
4. ↑ Information on www.brandhilfe.info from Neckar-Verlag  ( 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.  
5. ↑ Information on this on the Nellenburg website
6. ↑ Information on the Hohenfels Fire Brigade's website ( memento of the original from July 10, 2012 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. 
7. ↑ Website of the Maria Laach Abbey ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2012 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. 
8. ↑ Document on Wilhelm von Zweibrücken's website  ( 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.  
9. ↑ Receipts from Google Books
10. ↑ Frankenthal website (PDF; 20 kB)
11. ↑ Website of the museum ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2011 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. 
12. ↑ Bell books ( 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. (PDF; 63 kB) 
13. ^ Tower and bells of the church in Wuthenow on the community website
14. ↑ ELW; Bell jar ; Address Klosterstrasse 58 in Berlin. In: Berlin address book 1818 .
15. ↑ Mentioned at www.carillon-berlin.de
16. ↑ Description in the Pasewalk parish
17. ↑ ^{a b c d e} information at Arcor.de
18. ↑ ^{a b} Konrad Bund: Frankfurt bell foundry. In: Frankfurter Glockenbuch. Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-7829-0211-0 . (Messages from the Frankfurt City Archives 4)
19. ↑ Baroque ringing of the Augustinerkirche in Mainz completely again , 57 kilograms of bells were made in the Roth bell foundry in Mainz, Mainz Diocesan News No. 1 of January 7, 2015, accessed on January 10
20. ^ Information from TU Darmstadt, p. 144.
21. ↑ Gustav Ernst Köhler: Old bell foundries in the Lahn-Dill area (PDF; 339 kB), in: Heimatbrief of the HGV Reiskirchen eV, edition 2/2004.
22. ↑ ^{a b c} Wenzel, Heinrich: Bell foundry in the Kassel administrative district from 14. – 20. Century , in: Hessenland, Volume 29, Issue 1/1915, p. 227, online in the library of the University of Kassel, accessed on October 2, 2017
23. ↑ Homepage of the company Zachariä, tower clocks and bells
24. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Jörg Wernisch: Bell customer of Austria . Journal-Verlag, Lienz 2006
25. ↑ Information on Youtube
26. ↑ Website ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2012 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. 
27. ↑ Information on the Glutz website
28. ^ Website of the company Glockengiesserei Berger
29. ↑ Information about bells in the Bergheim dean's office ( memento of the original from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 522 kB) 
30. ↑ Uwe Aulich: A point on the stump . In: Berliner Zeitung of Oct. 27, 2014, p. 18.
31. ↑ website
32. ↑ website
33. ↑ Information at Watch-Wiki.org
34. ↑ Information in French ( Memento of December 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
35. ↑ website
36. ^ Gerhard Scheuermann: The Breslau Lexicon. Laumann-Verlag, Dülmen 1994, ISBN 3-87466-157-1 , p. 858.
37. ↑ Information at briccius.de
38. ^ History of the parish of Markt Bohrau
39. ↑ Information from the Glogauer Heimatbund
40. ^ The city under the Kingdom of Prussia ( Memento from May 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
41. ↑ Chronicle of the Möhringer Martinskirche
42. ↑ Description of the bell on Youtube
43. ↑ Information from Groß Wartenberg
44. ↑ Pyritzer Kreiskalender ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2012 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. 
45. ^ Information from the Pasewalk parish
46. ^ Information from the Pasewalk parish
47. ↑ Information at Frohebotschaftblog.wordpress.com  ( 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.  
48. ↑ Information from the Pasewalk parish
49. ^ Company website
50. ↑ Information at Sobor.de
51. ↑ Information at Flickr.com
52. ↑ Almost literally taken over from: Family Herold  ( 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.  
53. ^ Company website
54. ^ Company website
55. ^ Company website
56. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Information at Baufachinformation.de  ( 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.