The sites are grouped separately by foundry--first Apolda
and then Heidelberg.
For each foundry, the sites are listed in order by year of installation.
Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:
trad - carillon with traditional keyboard non-trad - carillon with non-traditional mechanism mech? - carillon with unknown mechanism chime - chime (any mechanism)NOTE: This index initially included only installations in the Americas. It is currently being expanded to have a wider geographic coverage.
LUEBECK : GERMANY-BRD 1908*F trad South tower St.Mary's Church (Marienkirche) * part cast for a site in Danzig/Gdansk
BUENOS AIRES - MU : ARGENTINA 1930 C non-trad Torre del Consejo Deliberante Municipio PHILADELPHIA - LHG : USA - PA 1930 F non-trad Harrison Bell Tower The Lutheran Home of Germantown (ELCA) (These bells were once part of a traditional carillon elsewhere.) MERCEDES : ARGENTINA 1931 C mech? Iglesia de los Palotinos
[INCOMPLETE]
LUEBECK : GERMANY-BRD 1954 E trad South tower St.Mary's Church (Marienkirche) KLAIPEDA : LITHUANIA 1987 C trad Central Post Office
[INCOMPLETE]
[none posted yet]
ROSTOCK - U : GERMANY-DDR 1986 C trad Fünfgiebelhaus
Apolda
The Apolda bellfoundry was begun in 1722 by Johann Christoph Rose, and later was operated by
his close relative Martin Rose.
In 1759, this foundry was taken over by members of the Ulrich family,
who had been bellfounders in Laucha since 1730.
The Ulrich family operated both foundries together for over a century,
only separating into distinct operations in 1862.
In 1878, the Apolda foundry was taken over by Franz Friedrich August Schilling (1853-1926),
though he seems to have made use of the Ulrich name and connection for some years thereafter.
(The Laucha foundry continued to operate until 1908; it is now a bell museum.)
F.F.A.Schilling retired in 1910, after which the name of the foundry was changed to
reflect its management by his sons, Otto Wolfgang Schilling (1882-1962),
August Heinrich Friedrich Schilling (1886-1928) and Franz August Schilling (1897-1977).
In the partition of Germany following World War II, Apolda fell into the Russian zone, which eventually became the German Democratic Republic (DDR), commonly called East Germany. In spite of the difficulties caused by the political situation, the foundry was reestablished under the management of F.A.Schilling, later joined by his son, Franz Peter Schilling (1930-2001; called Peter). In 1972, the foundry was nationalized; nevertheless, Peter and his wife, Margarete, were retained in management positions for a further four years, Peter being the plant manager. (After that, they were self-employed in a variety of fields.)
This foundry ceased operation in 1987. After the reunification of Germany, the foundry property was returned to Peter and Margarete Schilling in 1992; but they found nothing of value left there--only scrap metal and other rubbish.
The total production of the Apolda foundry during its 275+ years of operation was more than 20,000 bells. For a considerable part of that time, it was one of the largest bellfoundries (if not the largest) in Germany.
Heidelberg
The partition of Germany also led to the establishment of another Schilling bellfoundry,
this one in Heidelberg, West Germany.
It was operated by F.W.Schilling, son of O.W.Schilling, until his death in 1971.
It served the West German and worldwide markets, which the Apolda foundry could not then do.
Waren
There is evidence that there was also a Schilling bellfoundry
in Waren, Neubrandenburg, East Germany (see indexed sites, above).
It is not yet clear what connection it might have had with the Apolda foundry.
Return to Indexes to bellfoundries.
This index page was built from the database on 02-Jul-01 and last updated on 19-Mar-08.
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