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
Location	Eichstätt
Country	Germany
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Active
Founded	8th century
Architecture
Functional status	Cathedral
Administration
Diocese	Diocese 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
1	Trinity	a^0 +^1/16	5.300	1.930	1976	Heidelberg
2	Christ, Hallerin	c^1 +^1/16	3.800	1.775	1540	Nuremberg
3	John the Baptist	d^1 +^1/16	2.321	1.500	1975	Heidelberg
4	Our Lady	e^1 +^6/16	1.750	1.370	14th Century	Nuremberg
5	Saint Joseph	g^1 +^1/16	947	1.100	1975	Heidelberg
6	Magnificat, Bistumsglocke	a^1 +^2/16	771	1.010	2002	Passau
7	Cecilia	h^1 +^1/16	692	963	1967	Heidelberg
8	Boniface	c^2 +^1/16	554	910	1975	Heidelberg
9	Gundekar	d^2 +^1/16	385	800
10	Francis Xavier	e^2 +^1/16	276	710

North Tower

Dedication	Strike tone (a′ = 435 Hz)	Mass (kg, ca.)	Diameter (mm)	Year of casting	Foundry location
Ave Maria	a^1 +^3/16	750	1.030	um 1500	Nuremberg
Choir	c^2 +^3/16	500	880	16th Century
Mary	d^2 ±0	230	700	1671	Ingolstadt
Benedict	f^2 +^9/16	105	560	2005	Passau

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
Willibald	f^1 +^2/16	1.300	1.255	1256	Würzburg
Mary	g^1 +^8/16	900	1.120	1299	Nuremberg
Mary	as^1 +^6/16	550	961	1256	Würzburg

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

• St Willibald's tomb[3]
• Joseph Schröffer

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.