KOELN - D : GERMANY-BRD

*Location:

   Southwest tower
   Dom (Cathedral)
   Köln (Cologne)
     Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

  (unknown)

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Sub-bourdon C c.24000 kg, by Heinrich
   Ulrich, Apolda, 1923, is the heaviest
   swinging bell in the world.  It
   replaces a heavier bell by Andreas Hamm,
   1874, which was broken up in 1918 for
   munitions.  Bourdon G c.10500 kg, by
   Heinrich Brodermann & Christian Cloit,
   was the largest bell in the western
   world when cast in 1448.  Others:
   A c.5600 kg, 1449, Johannes (Hoerken)
     de Vechel
   B c.3800 kg, 1880, Hermann Grosse,
     Dresden
   C c.2550 kg, 1862, Joseph Beduwe,
     Aachen
   D c.2110 kg, 1990, Hans August & Cornelia
     Charlotte Mark, Brockscheid bei Daun
   E c.1400 kg + G c.830 kg, both 1911,
     Frans Otto, Hemelingen (Bremen)
   Also 3 ancient smaller bells in the
   turret over the crossing.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G  in the bass octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in    *
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

*Links:

Where the previous bass bell of this peal lies in the sequence of output of the miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the present bass bell of this peal lies in the sequence of output of the miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the present second bell of this peal lies in the sequence of output of the miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the present third bell of this peal lies in the sequence of output of the miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
(The rest of the chime being composed of miscellaneous bells, it is not indexed by foundry.)

Where the previous bass bell of this peal ranks among all great bells in Europe.
Where the present bass bell of this peal ranks among all great bells in Europe.
Where the present second bell of this peal ranks among all great bells in Europe.
Where the present third bell of this peal ranks among all great bells in Europe.

Ranking among all European chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European chimes by size (number of bells).
(Since no founder's work predominates, this chime is not indexed by year of completion.)

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  7-May-06
   based on textual data last updated on 1995/04/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/30

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