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Beuerberg Monastery bell replacement
Overview
The St. Peter and Paul church tower at Beuerberg Monastery in Bavaria has ended a three-year period of silence following the installation of four new, freshly cast bells.
The replacement was required after a safety crisis in 2023, when two bolts on the largest 4.4-ton bell snapped, posing a danger of the bell falling. The new bells were brought to the village via horse-drawn carriages in a festive procession. Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the Archbishop of Munich and Freising, performed the formal consecration during a service, describing the installation as a “once-in-a-century event.”
Entities
Franz Auer · Beuerberg Monastery · Reinhard Marx · Bernhard Häglsperger · Maria Alm
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[CULTURE] 2 sourcesBeuerberg Monastery installs new church bells after three years of silence
Beuerberg Monastery in Bavaria has consecrated four new church bells, ending a three-year silence caused by a safety hazard involving a 4.4-ton bell in 2023.
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[CULTURE] 2 sourcesMaria Alm church bells resume ringing after lightning damage
Church bells in Maria Alm, Austria, have resumed ringing following repairs to electronic controls damaged by a lightning strike in mid-August.
Sources
bezirksjournal.at · mobil.zeit.de · onetz.de · salzburg.orf.at