As part of a bell ringing presentation, the eight-part bell ringing of the Catholic Cathedral of St. Peter in Worms, which has existed since 2018, will be shown and presented. All of the buildings of the Worms Cathedral were built on the small hill, which forms the highest point in the city center and thus protected against flooding. (For a detailed history of the Worms Cathedral, please see the following link: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormser...) During the Second World War, the towers and roof structure of the cathedral burned down completely, but the vaults withstood the falling material, so that the interior and its furnishings remained intact. Old roof parts were used when the roof structure was rebuilt. The bell history of the Worms Cathedral is also particularly noteworthy. Until the city of Worms was destroyed in 1689, a total of 16 bells from different foundries hung in all four cathedral towers, according to old records. This stock was probably also completely destroyed when the city of Worms was destroyed. In 1728, the Schneidewind brothers cast a new, six-part chime for Worms Cathedral. The disposition was roughly h°-cis'-e'-gis'-h'-dis''. This chime remained in the two current bell towers until the Second World War and escaped delivery during the First World War. This chime was completely destroyed in the bombing raid on the city of Worms on February 21, 1945. The first cathedral chimes to be cast after the destruction were three bells (c'-e'-g') cast by the Junker bell foundry in Brilon in 1949, which formed the cathedral chime until 2018. They hung in a steel bell frame on straight steel yokes. However, since the ringing was quite sobering for the mighty building and the system was in urgent need of renovation, it was decided to renovate the entire system in the course of the cathedral's 1000th anniversary and, in the process, to expand the ringing. The Rincker bell foundry in Sinn was commissioned to cast five new bells. Under the artistic design of Klaus Krier, the decoration and inscriptions on the new bells were worked out and presented in great detail. The five new bells were finally cast on February 2 and March 3, 2018. The bells were consecrated in a celebratory service on Easter Monday 2018. After assembly and intonation, the first official ringing of the now eight-part chime took place as part of a bell concert on Whit Saturday 2018. Matched to the neighboring Trinity Church, the result is a wonderful choir of bells that everyone should definitely take a look at. ;-) --------------- THE RINGING BELLS: Bell 1 (Amandus/Rupert bell) h°-4 2,855kg d=1,649mm 2018, Rincker (Sinn) Bell 2 (Petrus/Paulus bell) c'-4 2,218kg d=1,580mm 1949, A. Junker (Brilon) Bell 3 (Heinrich/Kunigunde bell) d'-2 1,789kg d=1,405mm 2018, Rincker (Sinn) Bell 4 (Mary's bell) e'-2 1,114kg d=1,260mm 1949, A. Junker (Brilon) bell 5 (Bruder-Konrad-Glocke) g'-1 653kg d=1,060mm 1949, A. Junker (Brilon) bell 6 (Petrus-Faber-Glocke) a'-1 556kg d=947mm 2018, Rincker (Sinn) bell 7 (Heribertglocke) h'-2 473kg d=880mm 2018, Rincker (Sinn) bell 8 (Hannoglocke) d''+1 297kg d=751mm 2018, Rincker (Sinn) Disposition: h°-c'-d'-e'-g'-a'-h'-d'' ----------- PROCESS OF THE RINGING PRESENTATION: ~0:00 Intro with picture presentation of the church and bells (an external recording of the ringing can be heard in the background) ~8:16 Bell 8 (d'') ~11:14 Bell 7 (h') ~14:48 Bell 6 (a') ~18:35 Bell 5 (g') ~21:43 Bell 4 (e') ~24:54 Bell 3 (d') ~28:56 Bell 2 (c') ~33:08 Bell 1 (h°) ~38:46 Plenum ----------- Sources: Cathedral homepage of Worms Cathedral; Wikipedia article on Worms Cathedral; own information; pictures/video/sound/editing: JR, FT Further information on the ringing: https://createsoundscape.de/glocken-f... A very big thank you goes to everyone responsible in the Worms Cathedral parish for making the recordings possible. I would especially like to thank Cathedral Provost Schäfer for agreeing to the special ringing and Mr. Löhr for opening the doors and providing the remote control. I would also like to thank Fabio in particular for his support and the great days. 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 parish. 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) Angelusglocke 2022 Recording date: Friday, August 12th, 2022 as part of a special ringing.