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ECHTERNACH - 1 : LUXEMBOURG 1952 C non-trad Basilica of St.Willibrord Dueren : Germany-BRD 1964 - great St.Annakirche MOENCHENGLADBACH : GERMANY-BRD 1965 C peal Mönchengladbacher Münster St.Vitus (St.Vitus Basilica)
The Mabilon Bell Foundry (Glockengießerei Mabilon) operated
in the town of Saarburg from 1770 to 2002,
primarily making German-style swinging bells.
Some of these were delivered to the Netherlands via the firm of Hoogen,
which was initially located in Amsterdam but moved in 1934 to Duivendrecht.
Source: A.Lehr,
Register of [Dutch-related]
bellfounders (in Dutch only)
However, the German Wikipedia
article about this foundry
seems to trace its origin back to 1590.
The former foundry is now a museum.
Location:
Museum Glockengießerei Mabilon
Im Staden 130
DE-54439 Saarburg
Tel. 06581 / 23 36
Fax: 06581 / 72 23
E-Mail: kontakt@museum-glockengiesserei-mabilon.de
museum@kulturgiesserei-saarburg.de
The museum is open M-F 0900-1700, weekends and holidays 1100-1700; closed Christmas (Dec 24 - 26), New Year's Eve (Dec 31) and New Year's Day (Jan 01).
The Mabilon bellfoundry museum Website includes a genealogy of the Mabilon family. Most of the pages are strictly in German, but the page about the making of a bell is available in five languages.
The biggest bell ever produced by this foundry had a weight of 5,050 Kilogram and hangs in the Catholic church St.Antonius in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel.
A tourist page about the museum
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