Booze (bell)
The Saufang is the oldest surviving " bell " in Germany ; Since it was not cast, but forged and riveted, one should rather speak of a clamp .
shape
The so-called Saufang is 42 cm high and 33 cm in diameter. It was not cast, but made from three forged iron plates that are roughly riveted together with copper nails .
history
The time and circumstances of the origin of the booze, which hung in the Church of St. Cäcilien in Cologne for centuries , are unclear. Older local traditions connect the "bell" with Bishop Kunibert of Cologne , which would mean an origin in the 7th century. Today's bells, however, dates the booze to the 9th century.
Legends
The unusual name is to say , according to, go back to the "bell" of pigs was detected in a swamp near the St. Cecilia Church. The background varies slightly depending on the version of the story: Sometimes the booze is depicted as a pagan "bell" from ancient times, which was hung in the church tower after it was found . When attempting to ring it, however, it remained silent at first and then fell from the tower back down into the swamp, from which it had to be rescued again. Only after it was consecrated by Bishop Kunibert and thus withdrawn from paganism, it should have been possible to ring the "bell". Another version of the legend claims that the “bell” was created as a church bell even before Kunibert's time, but that it was hung in the tower unconsecrated, which means that it remained silent when it was rung and finally fell into the swamp. When it was dug up again after a long time by a pig, Bishop Kunibert made up for the neglected consecration and then handed it over to St. Cecilia.
A similar legend of acorn-seeking pigs who are said to have churned a bell out of the ground exists in Middle Franconia for the "Wildenberg" near Münchsteinach .
Whereabouts
Until the early 19th century, the "Saufang" hung in St. Cäcilien and was rung regularly. It was later taken to the Wallrafianum and is now in the Cologne City Museum .
literature
- Monika Lustig, Kurt Kramer: Bells and Glockenspiels: 17th Musical Instrument Building Symposium in Michaelstein, November 8-10, 1996 . Michaelstein Monastery Foundation, 1998
- Hans Weininger: About church bells , in: Westermann's Illustrirte Deutsche Monatshefte , No. 70, July 1862. Verlag G. Westermann, 1862
Web links
- Saufang - photographs at bildindex.de (dated 10th century)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Schöppner: Bell on Wildenberg .
- ^ Max Döllner : History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch up to 1933. Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt ad Aisch 1950. (New edition 1978 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Ph. CW Schmidt Neustadt an der Aisch publishing house 1828-1978. ) P. 69 f .