Background
The son of a bellfounder, he is considered one of the most important bellfounders of the Middle Ages, though records suggest he participated in other casting.
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Geert Wou
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Career
He is best known today for the Maria Gloriosa (1497) of Erfurt Cathedral. The most famous bells for the cathedrals include those in Erfurt (Gloriosa, e0, 1497), Braunschweig (1502), Naumburg (1502), Utrecht (7 bells on F0, 1505/06), and the Saint Michael"s Church in Kampen (1493/96) and that of today"s new tower in Kampen (1481-1483). A Van Wou bell also hangs in Zeerijp (1500) and another there by him was recast in 1955 by van Bergen because of a crack in the bell foundry.
He cast two other bells (of 1493) hanging in the Lamberti Church in Munster.
In Eernewoude also a Van Wou-bell from the year 1500. Foreign Saint Michael and Saint Nicolai in Lüneburg he also poured bells (two in Street Michael"s, 1 in Street Nicholas, 1491) and for Saint Mary in Stendal and the Saint Mary"s Cathedral in Hamburg (1487, the bell "Celsa", which since 1804 is now in the Saint Nicholas Church (HamburgAltengamme depends)).
Another bell hangs in the minster Mildam roads in the church of Saint Gudula. Cast in 1492, the Regina Bell of Osnabrück Cathedral, already cast in 1485, is now in the tower of Holy Cross Church at Osnabrück.
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Born
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Died
December, 1527 (aged 87) -
Nationality
Netherlands