Weitenauer (bell founder)

Weitenauer (spelling also Weidenauer, Weidnauer, Weitnauer, Wettnauer, Weidner ) was a piece , red and bell foundry workshop in Basel , which existed from the 17th century for several generations until the beginning of the 19th century and dominated the regional market . Numerous church bells originate from this workshop, especially in Basel, the Basel region , Markgräflerland and Alsace , but only a few have survived. Individual works from the Weitnauer workshop are now also in the metal art collection of the Basel Historical Museum .

Bells from the Weitnauer workshop

The following selection is arranged by location within today's national borders.

Switzerland

• Basel, St. Leonhard : two bells, 1693, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer
• Arlesheim , collegiate church , Hans Heinrich Weitnauer
• Pratteln , Maienfels Castle : bell in the roof turret, 1775, Johann Friedrich Weitnauer
• Dornachbrugg , St. Magdalena Chapel: St. Magdalena bell, 1805, Friedrich Weitnauer (= Johann Friedrich Weitnauer?); the church was demolished in 1874, the bell is now in the Schwarzbubenland local history museum in Dornach
• Bubendorf BL , Wildenstein Castle : 1785, Johann Friedrich Weitnauer
• Magden , Christian Catholic Church: two bells, 1694 and 1697
• Möhlin : Christian Catholic Church St. Leodegar: bell, 1700
• Allschwil , St. Peter and Paul: 1708, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer; 1803: two bells by Johann Friedrich Weitnauer
• Ziefen , St. Blasius: 1701, Hans Friedrich Weitnauer
• Saas-Fee , pilgrimage chapel Maria zur Hohen Stiege: 1693, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer I

France

• Fislis , parish church Saint-Léger: second quarter of 18th century, Johann Friedrich Weitnauer
• Cheery , Notre-Dame-de-Thierhurst chapel: one of two bells, 1701, Hans Heinrich Weitenauer
• Mittelbergheim , Town Hall: 1685, Hans Heinrich Weitenauer and Jacob Roth
• Fulleren , Chapel Saint-Michel: 1702, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer (the bell may originally have come from the old church of the no longer existing village of Rossburn )
• Guebwiller , Notre-Dame-du-Saering chapel: 1696, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer
• Hégenheim , parish church Saint-Rémi: 1790, Johann Friedrich Weitnauer
• Michelbach-le-Haut : Parish church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur: one of three bells (not preserved, uncertain attribution to Johann Friedrich Weitnauer)
• Michelbach-le-Bas , Saint-Théodore parish church: 1699, Hans Friedrich Weitnauer
• Magstatt-le-Bas , parish church of Saint-Michel: Hans Heinrich Weitnauer
• Uffheim , parish church Saint-Michel: 1700, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer and Johann Gintner
• Werentzhouse , parish church of Saint-Wendelin: 1716, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer

Germany

• Freiburg im Breisgau , Freiburg Minster : separating bell or death bell, 1735, Hans Friedrich Weitnauer (= Johann Friedrich Weitnauer?)
• Fiefdom (district of Freiburg im Breisgau), parish church of St. Cyriak : the smallest bell, called "Fief to God in honor of the entire bailiwick", 1698, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer II
• Benzhausen : St. Agatha Chapel : 1768, Johann Friedrich Weitnauer
• Glottertal , parish church St. Blasius: two bells, 1720, Hans Heinrich Weitnauer II
• Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl , Evangelical Church: Baptismal Bell, 1699, Hans Heinrich Weitenauer
• Blansingen , Peterskirche : 1686, Hans Heinrich Weitenauer
• Schliengen , St. Leodegar : 1685, Jakob Roth and Hans Heinrich II. Weitenauer (on site until 1951, today in the Basel Historical Museum)
• Kirchzarten , St. Marien pilgrimage chapel ( Giersbergkapelle ): small bell 2, 1711, Hans Heinrich II. Weitenauer
• Mambach (district of Zell im Wiesental ), Maria Frieden pilgrimage chapel (originally Atzenbach , parish church of the Assumption of Mary ): 1817, Friedrich Weitnauer

literature

• Sigrid Thurm: German Bell Atlas , Vol. 4: Baden, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1985

See also

• List of bell foundries

Web links

• Gun model made of bronze, cast in 1693 by Hans Heinrich Weitnauer , Landesmuseum Zürich - Militaria / Weapons Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Metal Art ( Memento from September 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
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7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2013 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. 
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10. ↑ Chapel "Maria zur Hohen Stiege" ( Memento from December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Tower bell ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
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