Lipnik nad Bečvou - Belfry 04
The tower bells were initially hung in the St. James´s Church tower. But when a new big Michael bell was acquired by the town authorities in 1604, it was said the bell made the whole tower quake when it rang.
They therefore decided to have a separate campanile built next to the church at municipality expenses in 1609. The municipality of Lipník started building with the support of the nobility. The Chronicle writes: "the Mayor and town council of Lipník anno domini 1609, on Friday after the commemoration of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At some commandment of His Grace the Lord of Jiří Elder Bruntálský of Vrbno and on Helfenstein with knowledge and will of all the municipality of Lipník they bought the above written house to construct the tower for the bells at this point for a sum of 390 R by Jan Šmic. He received an earnest payment from the Lords for a cash of 50 R. "
The house was promptly demolished and eight days after the purchase, foundations were laid for the new tower. The bell tower was completed by the winter – 12th November 1609. It was built by Italian master Jan Mario Vlach. The stone was brought here from Prusy and Podolí.
The bells of the St. James´ Church were transferred to the bell tower, and thus spared from a great calamity during a fire; the bell tower remained unaffected.
The campanile in Lipník nad Bečvou is the only one in Moravia which preserved its original appearance and which in addition differs from the other preserved bell towers by its size. Its ground plan is 10 x 10 and its height is 24 m. It has square windows in the first and second floor and is provided with a side-hung window on the third floor in the front facade, the remaining windows are set up with semi-circular vault. In 2003, the windows of this floor were fitted with wooden shutters. They better transmit the sound of the bells and are more suitable than the metal coverings used until now. The sound of bells was reflected and the vibrations damaged the bells. Above the top floor, bell decoration is concentrated in the form of uneven arcades and attic friezes. “Due to its noble architectural differentiation and integrity of its exterior, this tower has no equivalent rival among the Renaissance monuments in Moravia, except the gate in the Street of the Mother of God in Jihlava“ wrote in 1933 Dr. Karel Svoboda, the Heritage Office Commissioner from Brno, in the article Art in the history of Lipník.
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Lipnik nad Bečvou - Belfry 04
The tower bells were initially hung in the St. James´s Church tower. But when a new big Michael bell was acquired by the town authorities in 1604, it was said the bell made the whole tower quake when it rang.
They therefore decided to have a separate campanile built next to the church at municipality expenses in 1609. The municipality of Lipník started building with the support of the nobility. The Chronicle writes: "the Mayor and town council of Lipník anno domini 1609, on Friday after the commemoration of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At some commandment of His Grace the Lord of Jiří Elder Bruntálský of Vrbno and on Helfenstein with knowledge and will of all the municipality of Lipník they bought the above written house to construct the tower for the bells at this point for a sum of 390 R by Jan Šmic. He received an earnest payment from the Lords for a cash of 50 R. "
The house was promptly demolished and eight days after the purchase, foundations were laid for the new tower. The bell tower was completed by the winter – 12th November 1609. It was built by Italian master Jan Mario Vlach. The stone was brought here from Prusy and Podolí.
The bells of the St. James´ Church were transferred to the bell tower, and thus spared from a great calamity during a fire; the bell tower remained unaffected.
The campanile in Lipník nad Bečvou is the only one in Moravia which preserved its original appearance and which in addition differs from the other preserved bell towers by its size. Its ground plan is 10 x 10 and its height is 24 m. It has square windows in the first and second floor and is provided with a side-hung window on the third floor in the front facade, the remaining windows are set up with semi-circular vault. In 2003, the windows of this floor were fitted with wooden shutters. They better transmit the sound of the bells and are more suitable than the metal coverings used until now. The sound of bells was reflected and the vibrations damaged the bells. Above the top floor, bell decoration is concentrated in the form of uneven arcades and attic friezes. “Due to its noble architectural differentiation and integrity of its exterior, this tower has no equivalent rival among the Renaissance monuments in Moravia, except the gate in the Street of the Mother of God in Jihlava“ wrote in 1933 Dr. Karel Svoboda, the Heritage Office Commissioner from Brno, in the article Art in the history of Lipník.
info.mesto-lipnik.cz/en/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=20027...