Durlach (Karlsruhe) (D - BW) Die Glocken der Stadtpfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul

This video presents the bells g#0 -h0 -c#1 -d#1 -e1 -f#1 -g#1 -h1 [sol#2 -si2 -do#3 -re#3 -mi3 -fa#3 -sol#3 -si3] of St Peter and Paul church in Durlach near Karlsruhe. The oldest bell [6] dates from 1931. It was cast in 1931 by the Klaus bell foundry in Wuerzburg and did not originally hang in Durlach. It was purchased from Malsch in 1997 when the project for the new monumental peal began to take shape. The existing chimes in Durlach consisted of four steel bells from 1922 and had a very bad sound quality. Thanks to a donation, it was possible to envisage a new peal of seven new bells for the 100th anniversary of the consecration of St Peter and Paul. In 2000, the Karlsruhe bell foundry created a large chime based on the jubilee bell [1] with a medium shape and a strong, ascending shape progression. Different bell shape variants were also used: The large bell and the two small bells [1+7+8] are made in the bell shapes of the Bachert bell foundry, the bell [2+3+4+5] in the bell shapes of Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling reconstructed by Karl Stumpf. This gives the ensemble a clearly recognisable tonal variance despite the modern casting year. In terms of their design and execution, the new bells and the system were regarded as a model of modern large bells at the time of their creation. However, the fact that the large bell hangs below the large sound openings cannot conceal the powerful external impression.