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The full bells of the Templar monastery in the Munich district of Untergiesing can be heard. The monastery is a former villa that was built in 1880 on behalf of the entrepreneur Karl Winterhalter in the style of old German Romanticism. In 1968 the religious community acquired the site including the villa and began converting the building in the neo-Gothic style to suit their needs. The building is dominated by the 67 meter high main tower, which carries most of the bells. Around the tower are four small bay turrets that are supposed to symbolize the four evangelists. Turrets have been built on the site and on the main facade. The monastery is inhabited by 13 monks and 13 nuns, a symbol of Jesus and his disciples. They live there according to strict rules and away from the public. Almost every day at a certain time food is distributed to the needy in the district. About the bells: The bells consist of a total of 21 bells, which are distributed across all of the towers of the building. The full peal of all the bells only rings out on the so-called Lord's Day feasts (Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and Epiphany, etc.) at 3 p.m. It is rung strictly according to a specific ringing order, which provides for a specific partial peal depending on the occasion and rings in and out differently for each occasion. On Sundays and public holidays, the peal can be heard at 3 p.m. with different partial peals depending on the occasion. It was cast between 1980 and 1985 by Bachert in Kochendorf. This makes it one of the largest peals in Munich, Bavaria and Germany. Disposition of the bells: gis⁰ h⁰ cis¹ dis¹ fis¹ gis¹ ais¹ h¹ cis² dis² e² fis² gis² ais² h² his² cis³ dis³ e³ fis³ gis³. With this video and the crescendo of how the bells build up, I wish everyone a happy Easter 2024. Happy Easter! Recording from January 6th, 2024 at 3 p.m. on Epiphany