The most famous tower in Krakow – the bugle call
In the #krakowheritage series, we describe selected objects that have regained their splendor thanks to the cities. We continue the subject of renovation in St. Mary’s Basilica and invite you to the inside of the poorest tower in Krakow, from an hour to an hour a bugle call sounds to all corners of the world.
Hejnalica is the tower of the Assumption of Jesus Christ of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which in 1963 was raised to the basilica of the church church. The church is listed in the monuments under number A-178 / M.
After the Wawel Cathedral, St. Mary’s Basilica is the church of Krakow. The history of the temple in 1221-1222. According to Jan Długosz, its founder was the Bishop of Kraków, Iwo Odrowąż. The decision to add two towers to the Corps was made during the reign of Bolesław the Chaste. Already in the years 90-1300 on the foundation of this parish church in 1 year, a new one, which was consecrated in 320. At the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, it was rebuilt, and in the years 1435-1446 the northern tower was raised and adapted to perform the function of the municipal watchtower. In 1478, the tower was covered with a polygonal dome, which in 1666 was decorated with a gilded Marian crown.
The bugle call is played from this 82 m high tower. In the field section at a height of 81 meters, duty is performed by guards – trumpeters. Matching the rooms by bugle calls leads 239, which on average gives the bugle-caller about 2.5 minutes. The bugle call is great every hour, around the clock, and always “live” in the four corners of the world. Small ones towards Wawel – for the king, then to the Main Market Square – for the city authorities (the town hall tower is treated as the city authorities), then towards the Florian Gate – for those arriving in Krakow, and for the fourth time a sign for merchants, today for the commander of the fire brigade.
From the Middle Ages on, a guard was watching over a greater number of St. Mary’s Church day and night, looking for fires and dangers approaching Krakow. Until then, for the next time to play the bugle call, only about the holiday and the holiday, as a queue for an early opening and an older access point, an hour later. The bugle call has become the musical four of Krakow and it resounds today: it is played every hour around the clock to the parts of the world. But why does his melody stop so suddenly? Well, in 1241 the Tatars came to the city. As the legend wants, he watches over the alarm in the tower of inscriptions. He managed to warn the city about him, but a Tatar arrow pierced his throat. That is why the melody of the bugle call ends so suddenly – the same in which the guards’ neighbors crown themselves.
The real story of the Mariacka Tower in Krakow is just that it has been played “since forever”. Currently, on the basis of which we can say that the bugle call rang out from St. Mary’s in 1392 – in the accounts of the city of Krakow from that year on the basis of the history of the city guarding the tower, which you can think of.
The service on the tower has been performed by firefighters of the fire brigade since 1874. During the 24-hour duty, each of the two bugle callers plays the bugle call 48 times. They can no longer, like their predecessors, look through the windows to see if an enemy is approaching Krakow or if a fire has broken out. They are to play and play as beautifully as they can.
The word “bugle call” means dawn, dawn, wake up call. This is one of the most interesting landmarks of the Krakow movement. Without this melody, it is difficult today, but also Polish Radio, which from April 16, 1927, with a break during the occupation, broadcasts the bugle call from St. Mary’s Tower – these transmissions are referred to as the oldest cyclical broadcast in the world. Let us add that Krakow is the hour of the city in the world, in which the referee star of playing the bugle call has survived to this day.
And all those who would like to hear the bugle call not from under the tower, but from inside it, are invited to the website Telewizja.krakow.pl. In the helm tower of the Basilica of Maria there are five cameras, which have a mounted camera from the moment of setting in the bell until the fourth bugle call. Surfer, reload views, can give the main firefighter route with a trumpet. In ten ways, the Krakow bugle call hits the most distant corners of the world.
In 2014 he underwent a general renovation of the interior of the building and rooms renovated by firefighters. From the city budget, the amount of PLN 200,000 PLN were supported renovation works of the wooden staircase, staircase, with steps, left as witnesses, were taken into account of use and design solutions, safer. Robusta subsidy 48% expenditure for ten purposes.
In 2015, the companies repaired the joinery steel bars on the X and X levels. Window replacement is provided to ensure safety and work for helicopters. The windows were very old, both wood, glazing and the so-called the fittings (hinges and locks) were suitable for further development. It is worth that the implementation of the window, in which it was noted that there were bugle callers, both for carpenters and a manufacturer of fittings. We are pleased to deal with a historic object, where the special value is each time the appropriate form of woodwork, as well as ensuring high-quality features with attention to the special place where the inspection is located. So often, no window in any facility is opened or closed in one day. The city participated in the costs of the exchange with the amount of 50 thousand, which is 92 percent. costs.
Source description based on available sources and historical sources as well as a historical outline included in the conservation work programs.
In the #krakowheritage series you can find here, we have now presented nearly 30 monuments, presented next to the city. Encourage you to walk along the trail of Krakow renovations and or to cover new objects on monuments, and to mark them with the hashtag #krakowheritage – we will repeat that we are in the mood with the effects of the proceedings over our cities.
Little light
Publisher:
Tomasz Róg
Publisher:
Department of Social Communication
Date of publication:
2021-12-24
Data:
2021-12-24