Getting a Church Bell
May the bell make up those peoples´ mind to pray who are lazy .„God may be willing to make each inhabitant feel the meaning of a bell, and, by this each inhabitant may be glad to pay his part to the honour of the Lord, because there is no merit but God´s alone!”
The community will ask the Gustav Adolf Union for still missing money. In Jan. 1860 a collection took place. The collection list with all the contributions are still present:
Rtl. = Reichstaler | Sgl. | |
Witwe Schalk u. Johannes Fr. Behle | 20 | |
Johannes Pöttner u. dessen Vater Matthias | 1 | |
Christian Schalk | 4 | 2 |
Christian Kramer | 1 | 15 |
Carl Gräbe | 2 | |
Johann Potthof | 4 | |
Joh. Friedrich Behle v. Michels | 1 | |
Joh. Friedrich Schnautz | 1 | 15 |
Heinrich Schüttler | 4 | |
Friedrich Kalhöfer, Dommes | 10 | |
Christian Trachte | 4 | |
Friedrich u. Christian Kalhöfer v. Berghöfer | 4 | |
Lehrer Emde | 1 | 15 |
Johannes Trögeler | 1 | |
Schäfer Wilke | 1 | 10 |
Bernhard Behle | 4 | |
Christian Biederbick | - | 15 |
Christian Emde | 1 | 10 |
Joh. Friedrich Kleine | 1 | |
Christian Schnautz u. Georg Lamm | 1 | |
Henricus Wittmer | 1 | |
Christian Stremme Chaussewärter | - | 15 |
altogether | 70 | 7 |
Collected in January 1860. Collectors: Eldermen Friedrich Kalhöfer, mayor and Christian Trachte assistant.
Already on Apr.23 rd,1860 a contract will be written containing delivery and other conditions between the community and the bell founder H. Humpert.
The bell´s weight will be 120 pounds. The community will pay 20 Reichsthaler per 10Pds.
How they managed to hang up the bell and where the bell´s first location was is still unknown. After having built up the “Old School” it is said to have been rung at a wooden scaffold nest on the school building. From 1929 an electric motor rings the bell in a small tower on top of the former school house. Exceptionally, in connection with funerals, the bell´s clapper is moved by hand („klepping“).