15 Biggest Bells in the World

The ringing of bells is a daily occurrence in the lives of many of us. Yet, despite the familiar chimes that play out every day around the world, we rarely take the time to appreciate the history and craft behind these impressive musical creations.

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Царь колокол
ringing the biggest bells in the world
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"Bell of Good Luck"
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[barbarjinks]

Anyone else amazed at the fact few of these bell ringers wear headphones?

[lapisinfernalis]

Compared to this, the Mary Bell (lovely called "Merg" or "Märch" by locals) in Ratingen's St. Peter and Paul church in western Germany (close to Düsseldorf) is very light at not even 4 tons but it is considered to be one of the medieval bells with the most beautiful sound.
There is a legend about this bell too: It is said, that during the 17th century during the 30 Years War, the bell (and 2 other medieval bells as well) were hidden somewhere in the forest so that enemy troops would not take them to cast their cannons, but the people didn't wrote down where they hid them. War and plague made it, that over the years knowledge of these bells was lost, until a farmer who searched for truffles with his pigs found it, when the pigs were digging in the ground.

[irfan]

this is litterally another version of i dont need sleep, i need answer

[peski]

We have a amazing sounding bell here in Krakow. Its called Dzwon Zygmunta and weight 11 tons. Every time I hear this I got goosebumps.

[Dirk]

1:55 Innsbruck is a town in Tyrol/Austria, NOT Germany ;-) Best known for international ski long jump meetings and championships.

[Marci]

another enormous bell is the "Campana della Pace", in Rovereto, Italy. this enormous bell weighs 22 tons and was made at the end of WW1 with the bronze of many captured Austro-Hungarian cannons. every evening, this bell rings for the fallen of WW1

[nils]

Can we just talk about the guys standing inside the bell and ring it?! Im impressed that their eardrums dont rip apart

[NetsrohtBMW]

1.56 since when is Innsbruck in Germany? 🤣

[javierdiazsantana]

Remember that the sound pressure level emitted by this bells is deafening, of around 120 - 130 or even more DB

[Baterodalo]

My granpa needs one of those Zar bells for his retirement home when he needs to call the staff for something, he says they never hear his tiny bell

[hervatianimation]

Biggest Bell Chimes:
0:54 Great George (Bristol, England, UK)
1:35 Big Ben (London, England, UK)
2:23 Bell of Mount Tabor (Lower Galilee, Israel)
3:07 Saint Peter's Bell (Cologne, Germany)
4:01 Great Bell (Bucharest, Romania)
4:40 World Peace Bell (Newport, Kentucky, USA)
5:25 Sysoi Bell (Rostov, Russia)
6:09 Blagovestnik Bell (Sergiyev Posad, Russia)
6:52 Gotemba Bell (Gotemba, Japan)
7:38 Great Uspenky Bell (Moscow, Russia)
8:28 Tsarsky Kolokol (Sergiyev Posad, Russia)
9:05 Chion-in Temple Bell (Kyoto, Japan)
9:48 Mingun Bell (Mingun, Myanmar)
10:27 Bell of Good Luck (Pingdingshan, Henan, China)

[moenchii]

There is a bigger bell than the Great George Bell that isn't in this video.

The Maria Gloriosa in the Erfurt Cathederal in Central Germany weighs 11.45 tons and is the world's biggest medieval free-swinging bell.
The bell is sometimes also called "Queen of all Bells" due to it's size and it's glorious sound.
It has a diameter of 2.56 meters and is 2.62 meters high.

[gbbcbusinessconsulting]

You forget about two Polish bells the first one is Zygmunt bell in Krakow 11 tons and the secound is Maryja Boburodzica bell in Lichen 19 tons

[MariaHernandez-bnzm]

Me: do you have eardrums?

Russians: Whats that? i cant hear you

[bleitzdaster]

2:23

"Double King" animation flashbacks

[OlegIvanovRu]

Very incomplete information considering that the lightest bell on the list weighs 9.5 tons. Many bells of Russia are missing from the list, in particular:
- In Rostov Veliky, next to Sysoi, there is a "Polyeleo" bell of 16 tons;
- The bells of the Moscow Kremlin "Reut" - 32 tons and "Voskresny" - 13 tons are not specified;
- Big bell of the Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery in Zvenigshorod - 37 tons;
- In the Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery near Moscow, the bell is 19 tons;
- Bells of the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow - "Big Solemn" bell - 29.8 tons, Festive bell - 15.8 tons, Polyeleos bell - 10.4 tons.

This is not a complete list of bells heavier than 10 tons, not mentioned in this video!
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Очень неполная информация, если учесть, что самый лёгкий колокол в списке весит 9, 5 тонн. В перечне отсутствуют много колоколов России, в частности:
- В Ростове Великом (Россия) рядом с Сысоем висит "Полиелейный" колокол весом 16 тонн;
- Не указаны колокола Московского Кремля "Реут" (Ревун) - 32 тонны и «Воскресный» - 13 тонн;
- Большой колокол Саввино-Сторожевского монастыря в г.Звенигород - 37 тонн;
- В Николо-угрешском монастре под Москвой колокол 19 тонн;
- Колокола Храма Христа Спасителя в Москве - "Большой Торжественный" колокол - 29, 8 тонн, Праздничный (воскресный) колокол - 15, 8 тонн, Полиелейный колокол - 10, 4 тонн.

Это далеко не полный список не упомянутых в данном видео колоколов тяжелее 10 тонн!

[HeriEystberg]

I much prefer the sound of swinging bells than bells where only the tongue moves. There is something about the swaying sound and the uneven ringing that gives me chills
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[schtreg]

"It is the 6th largest bell in the UK" would imply there should be exactly 5 other UK bells in this list, but there weren't.

Innsbruck is in Austria, not Germany. Several bells from Austria and Germany are larger than the ones listed here.

Many bells from all over the world are larger than number 15.

[slitor]

I'm amazed they don't wear earplugs when they are chiming the things from the inside.

[Piccolofloete]

There are missing some bells that are heavier than number 15, for example the "Salvatorglocke" at the German abbey of Scheyern (10, 1 t), the "Friedensglocke" in Mösern in Austria (10, 18 t), "Maria Gloriosa" at the German cathedral of Erfurt (11, 45 t), the "Salvatorglocke" at the Austrian cathedral of Salzburg, the "Pummerin" at the Austrian "Stephansdom" of Vienna (20, 13 t) and so on...