Cathedral And Metropolitan Church Of Saint Stephen And All Saints, Vienna, Austria. (Part Six).

English: 

Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of 

Saint Stephen and All Saints, Vienna, Austria.

Deutsch: 

Dom-und-Metropolitankirche zu 

Sankt Stephan und allen Heiligen, 

Wien, Österreich.

Photo: 8 October 2017.

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Bells.

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven discovered the totality of his deafness when he saw birds flying out of the Bell Tower as a result of the Bells tolling, but he could not hear the Bells.

Saint Stephen’s Cathedral has twenty-two Bells in total. The largest is officially named Saint Mary, but usually called “Pummerin” (“Boomer”) and hangs in the North Tower. At 20,130 kilograms (44,380 lb), it is the largest Bell in Austria and the second-largest Swinging Bell in Europe after the 23,500 kilograms (51,800 lb) “Peter” in Cologne Cathedral. 

Originally cast in 1711 by Bell Founder Johann Achammer, from Cannons captured after the Ottoman Empire’s siege of Vienna in 1683, it was recast (partly from its original metal) in 1951 after crashing onto the floor when its wooden cradle burned during the 1945 fire.

The new Bell has a diameter of three metres (ten feet) and was a gift from the province of Upper Austria. It sounds on only a few special occasions each year, including the arrival of the New Year.

The Pulpit, Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, 

Vienna, Austria.

Photo: 31 July 2006.

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One of John Menard's Vienna photos.

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Also in this Tower are two (formerly three) older Bells that are no longer used: “Kleine Glocke” (“Small Bell”) (sixty-two kilograms (137 lb)) cast around 1280; “Speisglocke” (“Dinner Bell”) (240 kilograms (530 lb)) cast in 1746; and Zügenglocke (“Processions Bell”) (sixty-five kilograms (143 lb)) cast in 1830. However, “Kleine Glocke” was restored at the Grassmayr Foundry in Innsbruck in 2017 and rehung in the North Roman Tower.

A peal of eleven electrically-operated Bells, cast in 1960, hangs in the soaring South Tower. The largest of these Bells is Saint Stephan’s Bell, which is the second Bourdon Bell in the Cathedral.

Replacements for other ancient Bells also lost in the 1945 fire, they are used during Masses at the Cathedral: Four Bells are used for an ordinary Mass; the quantity increases to as many as ten Bells for a major Mass; and the eleventh and largest Bell is added when the Archbishop of Vienna is present.

Also in this Tower are the “Primglocke” (recast in 1772), which rings on the quarter-hour, and the “Uhrschälle” (cast in 1449), which rings on the hour.

Bells of Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna:

1.    “Pummerin” / “Marienglocke”. “Boomer” / “Saint Mary”; 

2.    “Stephanusglocke”. “Saint Stephen”;

3.    “Leopoldsglocke”. “Saint Leopold”;

4.    “Christophorusglocke”. “Saint Christopher”;

5.    “Leonhardsglocke”. “Saint Leonard”;

6.    “Josefsglocke”. “Saint Joseph”;

7.    “Petrus-Canisius-Glocke”. “Saint Peter Canisius”;

8.    “Pius-X.-Glocke”. “Saint Pius X”;

9.    “Allerheiligenglocke”. “All Saints”;

10.    “Clemens-Maria-Hofbauer-Glocke”.

         “Saint Clement Maria Hofbauer”;

11.    “Erzengel-Michael-Glocke”. 

         “Saint Michael-the-Archangel”;

12.    “Tarzisiusglocke”. “Saint Tarsicius”.

The North Roman Tower contains six Bells, four of which were cast in 1772, that ring for Evening Prayers and toll for funerals. 

They are Working Bells of the Cathedral and their names usually recall their original uses: 

“Feuerin” (“Fire Alarm”), but now used as a call to Evening Prayers, cast in 1879; 

“Kantnerin”, calling the Cantors (Musicians) to Mass;

“Feringerin”, used for High Mass on Sundays;

“Bieringerin” (“Beer Ringer”), for last call at Taverns; 

“Poor Souls”, the Funeral Bell;

“Churpötsch”, donated by the local Curia in honour of the Maria Pötsch icon in the Cathedral;

“Kleine Glocke”, cast in 1280 and is the oldest Bell in the Cathedral;

The 1945 fire destroyed the Bells that hung in the South Roman Tower.[7]

During The Middle Ages, major Cities had their own set of measures and the public availability of these standards allowed visiting Merchants to comply with local regulations.

English: Official Viennese Linen “ell” and Drapery “ell” 

length standards embedded in the Cathedral wall.

Deutsch: Elle (Wiener Tuchelle, 776 mm, und 

Leinenelle, 896 mm) sowie runde Gebrauchsspuren 

eines Gitters am Stephansdom, Wien, Österreich.

Photo: 17 June 2018.

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Author: Dietmar Rabich.

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