Salvator Bell (Salzburg)
The Salvator Bell is the largest bell in Salzburg Cathedral .
history
The bell was cast in 1961 and, at 14,256 kg, is one of the largest church bells in the world. It is the second largest bell in Austria after the Pummerin in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna . The Salvator bell is the only bell hanging in the north tower of the cathedral, while the remaining six bells hang in the south tower. It is only rung on special occasions and on the highest public holidays or festive days. The bell hangs in a wooden belfry on a steel yoke. It has a double-sided bell drive and, like all bells in Salzburg Cathedral, is rung with a clapper . The clapper of this bell alone weighs approx. 500 kg, because of its great weight it has two drive motors.
inscription
TE DEUM LAUDAMUS, TE DOMINUM CONFITEMUR PATREM IMMENSAE MAJESTATIS, VENERANDUM TUUM VERUM ET UNICUM FILIUM SANCTUM QUOQUE PARACLITUM SPIRITUM ET LAUDAMUS NOMEN TUUM IN SAECULUM.
(You, God, we praise you, Lord, we praise you, the Father of immeasurable majesty, your true and only Son and the Holy Advocate Spirit. We praise your name forever.) Excerpt from the "Te Deum" - a solemn one Praise, thanks and supplication of the catholic. Church.
Data
| No. | Surname | Casting year | Caster |
Diameter (cm) |
Weight (kg) |
Nominal (1/8) |
| 7th | Salvator | 1961 | Robert Schwindt and Ing.Georg Sippel ( Bell Foundry Oberascher ) | 279 | 14,256 | it 0 +4 |
Remarks
- ↑ The numbering of the bells on the Salzburg Cathedral is contrary to the norm of assigning number 1 to the largest bell.