Presented is a tower shot of the extremely powerful bells of the Protestant market church St. Martini in Braunschweig. The bells are certainly already known to most bell lovers and can often be found in the form of videos on YouTube. However, some individual bells and detailed photos of the individual bells were missing until now, which is what this video aims to make up for. Construction of the original Martini Church began in the 12th century. The first part of the Martini Church was completed between 1225 and 1230. Like the Braunschweig Cathedral, it was built as a Romanesque pillar basilica with a cruciform floor plan. Between 1250 and 1400 it was finally converted into a Gothic hall church and in 1400 the choir was added, as was the Annen Chapel in 1434, which was donated by Wasmod von Kemme from Braunschweig. Over the centuries, the overall appearance of the church changed again and again in small ways. During the bombing raid on October 15, 1944, the roof structure and the westwork were completely burned out, but the interior was largely spared. The church was re-consecrated in 1956. The exterior was renovated from 1979 to 1987. In 1980, the two tower roofs were reconstructed. Also particularly worthy of mention is the church's extremely powerful, now nine-part bell, which is housed in the bell house between the two towers. The oldest bell in the west wing of St. Martini is the Three Kings Bell. It was cast around 1300 by an unknown founder. It can be assumed that this is the oldest bell in the city of Braunschweig, as its sound and rib construction could be a little older than that of St. Magni, which houses the oldest precisely dated bell in the city. The large eagle is the largest and deepest-pitched bell in the city of Braunschweig. It was cast in 1624 by four travelling founders from Lorraine, after the largest predecessor bell of the ring, the so-called prayer bell, had shattered during a funeral peal that lasted for nine weeks (!) for Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig, who died on July 20, 1613, as had several other bells in St. Martin's. The casting of the large eagle was intended to surpass the Blasius Major bell in Braunschweig Cathedral, which had been cast in 1502. The preaching and St. Martin's bell was also cast at the same time (before the large eagle), but this bell shattered in 1649 and had to be recast twice. The second recast is the current preaching and St. Martin's bell and it was cast in 1665 by Ludolf Siegfried from Hanover. In 1942 the large eagle was given away for military purposes, but fortunately it returned to Braunschweig in 1947. In 1967, 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1987 a total of six bells were added by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling, Karl Stumpf and the Karlsruhe bell foundry. Since then, the nine-part peal has been heard from the west wing of St. Martini, making it the deepest and largest peal in the Brunswick regional church. --------------- THE RINGING BELLS: Please see this link for technical data: http://www.wamsiedler.de/wp-content/u... Disposition: fis°-a°-cis'-e'-fis'-gis'-a'-h'-cis'' ----------- PROCEDURE FOR THE RINGING PRESENTATION: ~0:00 Intro with picture presentation of the church and bells (an external shot of the full peal can be heard in the background) ~4:47 Bell 9 (cis'') ~8:17 Bell 8 (h') ~11:51 Bell 7 (a') ~16:06 Bell 6 (gis') ~19:29 Bell 5 (fis') ~23:21 Bell 4 (e') ~27:25 Bell 3 (cis') ~31:43 Bell 2 (a°) ~37:38 Bell 1 (fis°) ~44:16 Plenum ----------- Sources: Parish page of the Protestant Martini Church in Braunschweig, Sebastian Wamsiedler (history and data on the bells); Wikipedia entry on the Protestant Martini Church in Braunschweig; own information; Pictures/video/sound: JR A very big thank you goes to everyone responsible at the Protestant Martini Church in Braunschweig for making the recordings possible. I would especially like to thank Mr. Dedekind for his promise, as well as Ms. Jenewein for opening the tower and her patience on this day. I would also like to thank Noel in particular for his support and the successful cooperation. Bell towers and bell chambers are not open to the public. This recording was organized and the videos were created and published with the consent of the respective municipality. When using my videos, I as the author must be informed of this. The user also needs my written permission for the subsequent use of the recordings. (c) Angelus Bell 2022 Recording date: Thursday, May 12, 2022 as part of a special ringing.