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Six bells for the parish church in Fulda were consecrated 100 years ago. The bells from back then have long been history, but pictures still remind us of the consecration.
Fulda – A bell consecration is not an everyday event for a parish. On March 28, 1926, six bells were consecrated in the parish church of St. Blasius. The picture on a postcard that was sent to a reader of the Fulda newspaper recently fell into his hands again.
100 years ago six bells were consecrated for the town parish church
However, the bells themselves no longer exist; During the Second World War it shared the fate of several other bells in Germany, which were melted down for the production of weapons and ammunition. Pictures from the Fulda city archives also show how the bells were delivered by horse and cart.
Both the old and current bells in St. Blasius came from the Otto foundry in Bremen-Hemelingen. Among other things, those for the Fuldaer Frauenberg and the Basilica of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalemwhose Today's abbot Nikodemus Schnabel grew up in Fuldahad poured.
In 1951, Otto delivered three new bells, of which the F sharp bell – the 980 kilogram Simplicius bell – still hangs in the tower of St. Blasius today. This was followed in 1966 by the Redeemer, the Rosary Queen, the Council and the Blasius bells with weights between 1.36 (Blasius) and 4.37 tons (Savior).
However, the city parish church in the north tower still has a special feature to offer in terms of the bells. The Ave and Lost Bell, a bell from an unknown foundryman from the 14th century, rings from there every evening. The casting is one of the oldest in Hesse and is therefore older than the current church building from the 1780s itself.
