In Austria, they cast a memorial bell, which commemorates the Czech Republic destroyed by wolves
The new bell recalls the fate of the bell confiscated by the Nazi army.
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Ten tons of melted bells exceeding a temperature of 1000 degrees Celsius rakout bells poured into a mold deposited in the ground in the so-called casting so that it was exposed to enormous pressure did not crack. A few minutes away, which requires great skill and a constant bell, was the key moment of the many process of the birth of a new bell, said Ondej Boh, bell and chairman of the Sanctus Castulus association, which organizes the project.
The production of the bell began in front of several months. The bells first made a wooden template, which determined the profile and tn of the bell. According to them, they then rolled out a so-called falen bell with a waxy surface, on which the makers modeled future releases and inscriptions with red wax. This was followed by the covering of the falen bell with a fine thorn and the looting of the mold. The Falen bell was darkened, but a form with very reliffs and inscriptions was created.
A kilo for each art. The bell on Rohan Island will weigh 9801 kg |
After the fiveth casting hole, the craftsmen filled it with wood and the bell will cool in the ground for several days. Only then will the bell pick him up, break the form and take out the new bell. Sweat will have to go to adjust and finish its surface.
The bell will measure 187 centimeters and weigh 9,801 kilograms. The weight was determined on the basis of sweat bells rippled for the kind of worlds wolves. According to the author, the main motif for the decoration of the bell # 9801 will be Krytof iinski and Jakub Kamnek, the period of the old and destroyed in the nov. The plaid is decorated with fragments of bells that were destroyed by wolves.
The bell should arrive in Prague in lt. He will then settle on Rohansk Island during 2024, before which he will land on a pontoon on the Vltava.