The Münster, highest church steeple in the world in the town in Southern Germany (ULM) where I was stationed with the US Army, 1967-68. Translation below from the desription on the German YouTube Website (link below). Also included a video showing the interior and views from the tower. Ulmer Münster - Festgeläut (Ulmer Minster - Festival Ringing) The Ulm Minster with the highest church tower (161,53m) in the world. This landmark is located on the Danube city of Ulm. The foundation stone of the church was placed in 1377. The subsequent introduction of the Lutheran Confession (Reformation) in the year 1520/1522 when the Gothic church became an Evangelical Church. It was until 1894 owned by the city of Ulm and then came into the possession of the Protestant church Ulm. It survived the bombing of the city of Ulm at the end of World War II 1944/1945 and remained largely undamaged In the tower construction - with 10 large bells - is the ringing of the biggest bells in the city of Ulm. The Oath Bell dating back to the 14th century is only rung on Oath Taking Day and set the tone c. Because of damage to the belfry, the bells were put out of service in 2005. After a large extensive restoration of the belfry, it was solemnly inaugurated at Easter in 2009 & returned to service. Bell. 1: Gloriosa (as °) Weight: 4912kg Foundry: Bell Foundry Kurtz (1956 ) Bell 2: Dominica (b °) Weight: 4301kg Foundry: Bell Foundry Kurtz (1931) Bell 3: Large prayer bell (c¹) Weight: 3800kg Foundry: Foundry Eger, Reutlingen (1454) Bell 4: funeral bell (des¹) Weight: 1750KG Foundry: Foundry Ernst, Lindau (1678) Bell 5: Small prayer bell (es¹) Weight: 1766kg Foundry: Bell Foundry Kurtz (1956) Bell 6: Keuzglocke (f¹) Weight: 1248kg Foundry: Bell Foundry Kurtz (1956) Bell 7: Country Fire bell (as¹) Weight: 900kg Foundry: unknown (. 14C) Bell 8: baptism bell (b¹) Weight: 506kg Foundry: Bell Foundry Kurtz (1956) Bell 9: Arbitration bell (c²) Weight: 345kg Foundry: Bell Foundry Kurtz (1956) Because the Ulmer Münster church has unfortunately said no to the publication of pictures from the belfry, only outside pictures of different positions can be shown. https://youtube/watch?v=cojYc4xv214 https://youtube/watch?v=_V7RlKMrT2k
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 15:28:46 +0000