City church St. Marien (Homberg) / bells
The bell of the Protestant town church St. Marien zu Homberg (Efze) belongs to the Reformation Church of Hesse's town church St. Marien and consists of five bronze bells .
The five bells
Reformation bell
Strike tone : c 1
Strokes per minute: 50.6
Ringing angle: 60.5 °
The bell was cast in Apolda in 1926 (bell foundry Franz Schilling Söhne ), weighs 1,790 kg and has a diameter of 1.47 m. It is a gift from the Protestant parishes of Hesse on the 400th anniversary of the Homberg Synod . In 1942 it was given for war purposes, but was found again in 1948 in the Hamburg bell cemetery.
Inscription:
FRANZ SCHILLING SOEHNE APOLDA 1926
REFORM BELL
FOUNDATION / THE / EVANGELIC / CHURCHES / HESSE
1526-1926
"ALONE BY GRACE"
Memorial bell
Strike tone: es 1
Strokes per minute: 53.2
Ringing angle: 67 °
The bell was cast by the Rincker brothers in Sinn / Hessen in 1949 , weighs 1,120 kg and has a diameter of 1.26 m.
Inscription:
YOUR DEAD ALSO IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY REST IN GOD'S HAND +
MEMORY BELL
IN MEMORY OF THE SONS OF THE CITY FALLEN IN THE TWO WORLD WARS
1590 † 1949
GEBR.
RINCKER
SENSE
6660
Prayer bell
Strike tone: f 1
Strokes per minute: 57
Ringing angle: 61 °
The bell was cast in Sinn by the Rincker brothers in 1949, weighs 780 kg and has a diameter of 1.11 m.
Inscription:
SOUL WHATEVER I SOUND AND CLAIM ALL DAYS ARE GOD'S DAYS +
PRAYER BELL
1590 † 1949
GEBR.
RINCKER
SENSE
6661
Celebration bell
Strike tone: as 1
Strokes per minute: 61.4
Ringing angle: 60 °
The bell was cast in Sinn by the Rincker brothers in 1949, weighs 470 kg and has a diameter of 0.94 m.
Inscription:
I WANT TO SHARE GOD'S PRAISE AND LIGHT UP THE HEARTS TO THANKS +
CELEBRATION BELL
1590 † 1949
GEBR.
RINCKER
SENSE
6662
Death or history bell
Strike tone: b 1
Strokes per minute: 64.8
Ringing angle: 70.5 °
The bell was cast in 1656 from fragments of the bells destroyed in 1640 by the caster Ambrosius Ulrich von Mansbach , it weighs 260 kg and has a diameter of 0.81 m.
Inscription:
AMBROSIUS ULRICH VON MANSBACH GOS ME
VNA CUM TEMPLO SEX AERAMENTA
HOSTILIS MAVORS IGNE PERIRE FACIT
HAEC TAMEN URBIS OPES ACCISAE RESTITUERUNT
TU PORRO AVERTAS O DEUS OMNE MALUM.
ANNO 1640
ANNO 1656
ADOLPHVS FABRICIVS ECCLESIAE
IOHAN CHRISTOPHERVS GVDENVS MINISTRI
CURT HENRICH MURHARDT + ADAM ANDFELDT
LAMP FVRSTL.
MARTIN ELNBERGER BURGERMESTERE
MARTIN ENGELHARD STAT HOMBERG
PETRUS MATTIASS TATS
THROUGH RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THROUGH GOT GOOD PAYMENTS
MAN THESE BELLS GOSS, ALSO THAT THROUGH YOUR THONE
TO AVOID SUND VND SHAME MANLIESEVER MOVE
OTHERWISE GOTS STRAFF WON'T REMAIN AS IT WAS BEFORE
THIS HAS ALREADY PLACED 6 CLOCKS THURN VND TEMBEL
THEREFORE, LAST VNS NO SUNDT CEMENTELES ARE WELL.
HILMAR VON BARLEBEN ANNAELISABETH LEIDHAUSIN S, LIKE THE ABOVE PEOPLE, HAVE CONTROLLED REICHLIC
Bell 1: Reformation bell
Bell 2: memorial bell
Bell 3:
prayer bell
Bell 4:
celebration bell
Bell 5:
history / death bell
Ringing order of the ringing (as of March 16, 2015)
The chime describes the ringing of bells in churches.
Weekly bells
| Time | Duration | Bell (noun) | Beats |
| 7.01 (Mon. – Sat.) | 3 minutes | Prayer bell | f ' |
| 12.01 (Mon. – Sat.) | 3 minutes | Prayer bell | f ' |
| 18.01 (Mon. – Fri.) | 3 minutes | Prayer bell | f ' |
Sunday and holiday bells
| Time | Duration | Bell (noun) | Beats |
| The evening before 18:01 (regular) | 5 minutes | Reformation bell, memorial bell, prayer bell, celebration bell | c'-es'-f'-as' |
| Eve 6:01 p.m. (Passion and Advent) | 5 minutes | Reformation bell, memorial bell, prayer bell | c'-es'-f ' |
| Eve 6:01 pm (high holiday) | 5 minutes | Reformation bell, memorial bell, prayer bell, celebration bell, death / history bell | c'-es'-f'-as'-b ' |
| 8:01 | 3 minutes | Memorial bell, prayer bell, celebration bell | es'-f'-as' |
| Sign (29 min. Before the service begins) | 3 minutes | Celebration bell | as' |
| Main bell (10 minutes before the start of the service, regular) | 8.5 minutes | Reformation bell, memorial bell, prayer bell, celebration bell | c'-es'-f'-as' |
| Main bells (10 minutes before the start of the service, Passion and Advent) | 8.5 minutes | Reformation bell, memorial bell, prayer bell | c'-es'-f ' |
| Main bells (10 minutes before the start of the service, major public holiday) | 8.5 minutes | Reformation bell, memorial bell, prayer bell, celebration bell, death / history bell | c'-es'-f'-as'-b ' |
| Our Father in worship | Prayer bell | f ' | |
| 12:01 pm | 3 minutes | Celebration bell | as' |
| 18:01 | 3 minutes | Celebration bell | as' |
Casualia and other occasions
| occasion | Duration | Bell (noun) | Beats |
| wedding | 8.5 minutes | Reformation bell, memorial bell, celebration bell, death / history bell | c'-es'-as'-b ' |
| Funeral (walk to the grave) | 9 minutes | Memorial bell, death / history bell | es'-b ' |
| New Year chimes (New Year 0.00) | 10 mins | Reformation bell, memorial bell, prayer bell, celebration bell, death / history bell | c'-es'-f'-as'-b ' |
After the Maundy Thursday service, the bells are silent until Easter Vigil. After the Easter Vigil service, all five bells ring.
Time stamping
The acoustic time is given daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. using a magnetic hammer. The quarter of an hour is struck by the death / history bell and the hours are struck by the prayer bell.
The bells are silent from Good Friday to Holy Saturday .
The smallest bell starts ringing in ascending order up to the largest bell.
