3. Tower with bells

3. Tower with bells

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Photo: Heimatkunde Muttenz 2009, Barbara Sorg.

Almost up! Six bells have been ringing from the tower since then. Photo: Theodor Strübin, Archaeology and Museum Baselland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Weathercock from the steeple of St. Arbogast

The cock is 60 cm tall, is made of gold-plated bronze. He cock was taken down when the tower was renewed in 1974/75. Photo: Museums Muttenz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Museen Muttenz CC BY-SA 4.0, Wenger, Haldenbachstrasse, Zürich.

Ceremonial bell consecration and bell lift. Photo: Theodor Strübin, Archaeology and Museum Baselland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Years (from left to right) 1841, 1435, 1496, 1571. Photo: Museums Muttenz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Theodor Strübin, Archaeology and Museum Baselland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The boys raise the bell. Bild: Museen Muttenz CC BY-SA 4.0, Photo: Wenger, Haldenbachstrasse, Zürich.

Photo: Museums Muttenz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plan: Archaeology and Museum Baselland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

This rope guide made of glass led the bell rope through the floors of the church tower of the Church of St. Arbogast, 1850, Height: 12 cm Diameter: 9.5 cm Weight: 300 g. Photo: Museums Muttenz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

At the same time as the defensive wall, Hans Thüring Münch-Eptingen also had a higher tower built (27m). His coat of arms is clearly visible at the bottom of the tower.
His mother Agnes von Brandis donated a bell in 1435. Today it is the oldest of the six bells in the tower and rings at 3 p.m. (in summer at 4 p.m.). The other bells date from 1494, 1571, 1767/1841, and two bells from 1948.