!!!Glocken

Bells: About 2,500 antique bells still exist in Austria. During the 
two World Wars numerous bells were melted down for the production of 
munitions and armaments. However, after 1945 more than 15,000 new 
bells were produced in the Austrian bell foundries. The oldest bell, 
an 11%%sup th/%  century piece from the church of Maria Schmerzen am 
Freudenberg is exhibited in the diocesan museum of Klagenfurt. The 
oldest bell whose date of manufacture (1200) is known is at Sankt 
Martin am Ybbsfeld (Lower Austria). Austria´s biggest bell is 
the  Pummerin (20,132 kg) at St. Stephen´s cathedral in Vienna. 
Biggest bells in the provinces: Schloss Eisenstadt, palace (1692, 
7,200 kg); Maria Saal, church (1687, 6,000 kg); Stift Melk, 
collegiate church (1739, 7,840 kg); Stift St. Florian, collegiate 
church (1717, 8,843 kg); Salzburger Dom, cathedral (1961, 
14,256 kg); Mariazell, pilgrimage church (1950, 5,702 kg); 
Jesuitenkirche, church, in Innsbruck (1959, 9,050 kg); Dicker 
Turm (Katzenturm), bell tower in the town of Feldkirch (1857, 
7,500 kg). Nowadays only two bell foundries (at Innsbruck and 
Salzburg) produce church bells in Austria. The carillon,  
Glockenspiel, is not a tradition instrument in Austria. The only 
antique carillon in Austria can be seen at the Residenz in Salzburg. 
Several major carillons were however produced after World War II.

!Literature
J. F. Fahrngruber, Hosanna in excelsis, 1894; A. 
Weissenbaeck and J. Pfundner, Toenendes Erz, 1961.


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