Petersglocke with new clapper and ringing enginesSound of the bellTrial ringing on October 30, 2018 with new clapper suspension
Petersglocke (pronounced[ˈpeːtɐsˌɡlɔkə]; English: "[Saint] Peter's bell"), commonly referred to as Dicker Pitter (German:[ˈdɪkɐˈpɪtɐ]; Kölsch: Decke Pitter or Dekke Pitter, pronounced[ˈdekəˈpitˑɐ]ⓘ;[help does not use "ˑ"] i.e. "Fat/Big Peter"), is the largest bell in Cologne Cathedral. It was cast in 1923 by Heinrich Ulrich in Apolda and hangs in the belfry of the south tower. With a weight of approximately 24,000 kilograms (53,000 lb), a clapper weighing about 700 kilograms (1,500 lb) and a diameter of 322 centimetres (10 ft 7 in), it is the second largest (horizontally mounted) freely swinging ringable bell in the world, after the bell of the People's Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania.[1]
^Wamsiedler, Sebastian (13 April 2017). "Rekord gefallen - Größte freischwingende Glocke der Welt zukünftig nicht mehr in Köln |" [Record broken - Largest free-swinging bell in the world will no longer be in Cologne]. www.wamsiedler.de (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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