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The heaviest steel bells in the Münsterland ring in the Sacred Heart Church in Münster, which is presented in the video. The church was built according to plans by Wilhelm Rincklake, one of the well-known Westphalian masters of historicism. In 1900 it was ceremoniously inaugurated with the patron saint of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the first of its kind in the diocese. Amazingly, the church was spared despite the bombing raids by the Allies. Nevertheless, its furnishings were adapted to suit the tastes of the time, especially after Vatican II. Since 2003, the parish has merged with other parishes and is now called St. Mauritz. Before this bell was installed in the Sacred Heart Church, there were two previous bells. The original substructure of the bell tower from 1896 is still there, however. In that year, a bell was purchased from Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock. After the First World War, two of the five bells remained there and four more were cast. All of the bells were destroyed and a new set of bells had to be purchased. The bells were cast in 1948 but were still installed at the Catholic Convention in Bochum in 1949. It is therefore not surprising that the bells were cast there. The bells are the largest set of bells in the V'12 rib, along with those in Wattenscheid - the one in Münster is actually the largest uniform V'12 set of bells in northern Germany. All of the bells are suspended from straight steel yokes, which is rather unusual compared to the other suspensions of the V'12 sets of bells. 1 - Joseph - Bochum Association, 1948 - 2254 mm - 4860 kg - gis 2 - Cor Jesu - Bochum Association, 1948 - 1890 mm - 3060 kg - h 3 - Franciscus - Bochum Association, 1948 - 1700 mm - 2085 kg cis' 4 - Maria - Bochum Association, 1948 - 1605 mm - 1810 kg - dis' 5 - Ludgerus - Bochum Association, 1948 - 1275 mm - 855 kg - fis' 6 - Angelus custos - Bochum Association, 1948 - 1135 mm - 625 kg - gis' Sources: Yearbook for Bell Science, Vol. 25-26. (Claus Peter: Guide to the excursion to Münster), thanks to Winfried. Wikipedia page for the Sacred Heart Church in Münster. Recording: Sunday, August 7, 2016. It was a normal ringing at 10:15 for the 10:30 mass. The full ringing was switched on especially for the recording. Many thanks to Pastor Bakenecker for forwarding the information to Mr. Andreas Schubert, who gave us permission to record the ringing in the tower and to publish the recording. Also a thank you for switching on the full ringing especially for the recording. I would also like to thank Maik very much for his help and for the lovely day!