Eichstätt Cathedral

Eichstätt Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Willibald and St. Salvator is an 11th-Century[1] Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Eichstätt, Bavaria, in Southern Germany.

Eichstätt Cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady, St Willibald and St Salvator of Horta
Eichstätt Dom
Eichstätt Cathedral
LocationEichstätt
CountryGermany
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusActive
Founded8th century
Architecture
Functional statusCathedral
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Eichstätt
Clergy
Bishop(s)Gregor Maria Franz Hanke
Dom Eichstaett Ostchor

History

The first Roman Catholic cathedral of Our Lady and Sts. Willibald and Salvator in Eichstätt was built in the 8th century. The current building is 98 metres (322 feet) long. Together with the cloister and the mortuary, the two-aisled cathedral is regarded as one of the most important medieval monuments in Bavaria.

Bells
Eichstätt Cathedral

The cathedral has a collection of 18 bells, making it one of the churches with the most bells in Germany. The bells - distributed between the north and south tower - are not rung together, but rung in four separate groups.

Main Peal

The oldest bell in the peal is dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, (German: Frauenglocke) and dates from the beginning of the 14th Century. The bell named Hallerin was cast by Nuremberg master Hans Glockengießer in 1540.[2] The Magnificat bell of 1975 is also known as the Bishop's Bell (German: Bistumsglocke).

Number Dedication Strike tone
(a′ = 435 Hz)		 Mass
(kg, ca.)		 Diameter
(mm)		 Year of casting Foundry location
1Trinitya0 +1/165.3001.9301976Heidelberg
2Christ, Hallerinc1 +1/163.8001.7751540Nuremberg
3John the Baptistd1 +1/162.3211.5001975Heidelberg
4Our Ladye1 +6/161.7501.37014th CenturyNuremberg
5Saint Josephg1 +1/169471.1001975Heidelberg
6Magnificat, Bistumsglockea1 +2/167711.0102002Passau
7Ceciliah1 +1/166929631967Heidelberg
8Bonifacec2 +1/165549101975Heidelberg
9Gundekard2 +1/16385800
10Francis Xaviere2 +1/16276710

North Tower
Dedication Strike tone
(a′ = 435 Hz)		 Mass
(kg, ca.)		 Diameter
(mm)		 Year of casting Foundry location
Ave Mariaa1 +3/167501.030um 1500Nuremberg
Choirc2 +3/1650088016th Century
Maryd2 ±02307001671Ingolstadt
Benedictf2 +9/161055602005Passau
Dom Eichstätt Innenraum

South Tower

The two bells of 1256 have a very characteristic sound, resulting from their special rib bell shape (German: Rippe). Two bells are rung for weekday vespers, one bell each for rosary devotions, and every Friday at 11 o'clock for the Passion of Christ.

Dedication Strike tone
(a′ = 435 Hz)		 Mass
(kg, ca.)		 Diameter
(mm)		 Year of casting Foundry location
Willibaldf1 +2/161.3001.2551256Würzburg
Maryg1 +8/169001.1201299Nuremberg
Maryas1 +6/165509611256Würzburg

Death Bell

In the North Tower is the Death Bell (German: Sterbeglocke), known as Klag, which is only rung to commemorate the death of a member of the cathedral community. It was probably cast by Hermann Kessler at the beginning of the 14th century and has a strike tone of a″ +1/16. It weighs about 120 kilograms (260 lb) and has a diameter of 56 centimetres (22 in).

Museum

Attached to the cathedral is a museum named Cathedral Treasury and Diocesan Museum.

Burials

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2018-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Martin Seidler: Kölner Glocken und Geläute, In: Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln e.V. (Hrsg.): Colonia Romanica. IV. Köln 1989, S. 13.
  3. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eichstätt" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 132.
  • Herzog, Erich; Neuhofer, Theodor (1965). Dom zu Eichstätt. Munich and Zurich: Schnell & Steiner.
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