Editing Cologne Cathedral (section)

== Church music ==
{{Main|Cologne Cathedral organs}}

Cologne Cathedral has two [[pipe organ]]s by [[Klais Orgelbau]]: the Transept Organ, built in 1948, and the Nave Organ, built in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tititudorancea.com/z/kolner_dom_cologne_germany.htm |title=Kölner Dom, Cologne, Germany |access-date=17 August 2021 |website=tititudorancea.com |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307202728/https://www.tititudorancea.com/z/kolner_dom_cologne_germany.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Cathedral organists have included [[Josef Zimmermann]], [[Clemens Ganz]] (1985–2001) and [[Winfried Bönig]] (2001).

=== Bells ===
The cathedral has eleven church bells, four of which are medieval. The first was the 3.8-tonne ''Dreikönigsglocke'' ("Bell of the Three Kings"), cast in 1418, installed in 1437, and recast in 1880. Two of the other bells, the ''Pretiosa'' (10.5&nbsp;tonnes; at that time the largest bell in the Western world) and the ''Speciosa'' (5.6&nbsp;tonnes) were installed in 1448 and remain in place today.
[[File:CologneCathedralBell02.jpg|thumb|[[St. Petersglocke|''Petersglocke'']]; a person stands to the right of bell clapper.|upright=1.2]]

During the 19th century, as the building neared completion, there was a desire to increase the number of bells. This was facilitated by Kaiser Wilhelm I who gave [[French Bronze|French bronze]] cannon, captured in 1870–71, for this purpose.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11518599 |title=The Kaiser-Glocke at Cologne |newspaper=The Argus |place=Melbourne, Vic. |date=12 June 1875 |page=10 |access-date=11 January 2023 |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111030726/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11518599 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 22 pieces of artillery were displayed outside the cathedral on 11&nbsp;May 1872. Andreas Hamm in [[Frankenthal]] used them to cast a bell of over 27,000 kilos on 19&nbsp;August 1873. The tone was not harmonious and another attempt was made on 13&nbsp;November 1873. The Central Cathedral Association, which had agreed to take over the costs, did not want this bell either. Another attempt took place on 3&nbsp;October 1874. The colossal bell was shipped to Cologne and on 13&nbsp;May 1875, installed in the cathedral. This ''Kaiserglocke'' was eventually melted in 1918 to support the German war effort. The Kaiserglocke was the largest free-swinging bell in history.

[[File:200437 bigben12345 petersglocke.oga|thumb|Sound of St. Petersglocke]]
The 24-tonne ''[[St. Petersglocke]]'' ("Bell of St. Peter", "''{{lang|ksh|Decke Pitter}}''" in the [[Colognian dialect|Kölsch language]] or in common parlance known as "''Dicker Pitter''"), was cast in 1922 and was the largest free-swinging bell in the world, until a new bell was cast in Innsbruck for the [[People's Salvation Cathedral]] in Bucharest, Romania.<ref>The [[World Peace Bell]] in [[Newport, Kentucky]] is larger, but turns around its [[centre of mass]] rather than its top.</ref> This bell is only rung on eight major holidays such as Easter and Christmas.

On Thursday, 3&nbsp;March 2022, landmark cathedrals across Europe chimed in unison "in a gesture of solidarity with Ukraine, as bystanders gathered to mourn those killed during Russia's invasion and pray for peace." The ''Kölner Dom'' was among them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/church-bells-ring-across-europe-peace-ukraine-2022-03-03/ |title=Europe's cathedral bells ring out for peace in Ukraine |publisher=Reuters |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=11 January 2023 |archive-date=11 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111030725/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/church-bells-ring-across-europe-peace-ukraine-2022-03-03/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Bells of the South Tower
!Name
!No
!Mass
!Note
!Founder
!Year
|-
|[[St. Petersglocke|St. Peter's Bell (Dicker Pitter)]]
|1
|24,000&nbsp;kg
|C0
|Heinrich Ulrich, [[Apolda]]
|1923
|-
|Pretiosa
|2
|10,500&nbsp;kg
|G1
|Heinrich Brodermann & Christian Cloit, Cologne
|1448
|-
|Speciosa
|3
|5,600&nbsp;kg
|A1
|Johannes Hoerken de Vechel, Cologne
|1449
|-
|Dreikönigsglocke (Three Kings Bell)
|4
|3,800&nbsp;kg
|H0
|Hermann Große, [[Dresden]]
|1880
|-
|St. Ursula's Bell (Ursulaglocke)
|5
|2,500&nbsp;kg
|C1
|Joseph Beduwe, [[Aachen]]
|1862
|-
|St. Joseph's Bell (Josephglocke)
|6
|2,200&nbsp;kg
|D2
|Hans Augustus Mark, Eifel Foundry, [[Brockscheid]]
|1998
|-
|Chapter Bell (Kapitelsglocke)
|7
|1,400&nbsp;kg
|E2
|Karl I Otto, [[Bremen]]
|1911
|-
|Hail Bell (Aveglocke)
|8
|830&nbsp;kg
|G2
|Karl I Otto, [[Bremen]]
|1911
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Bells of the Central Turret
!Name
!No
!Weight
!Note
!Founder
!Year
|-
|Angelusglocke
|9
|762
|G♯2
|Unknown
|14th century
|-
|Mettglocke
|10
|280
|B2
|Antonius Cobelenz, Cologne
|1719
|-
|Wandlungsglocke
|11
|428
|E3
|Unknown
|14th century
|}