As patina who sac explains, ive earned more than this is not truly for a person from and its almost obligatory to take part in the minster towel iraq team. The goal is to get up here. Im to come in 560. 00 steps to a height of 102 meters in the most recent competition. A woman from alma did it in full minutes. 19 seconds. This is, its an amazing feeling. This is wonderful old building. Well, when you get up here, you have the most beautiful. Its a great feeling when i get to the telecom ah, the steeple of all men star is a wild reco. At 9161 meters and 53 centimeters. Its the Tallest Church tower in the world. Around 1000000. 00 visitors flocked to the minster each year. Its almost most famous landmark, one of the most prosperous and powerful german cities in the middle ages. On the way down, the tower runner calls on the tower warden. Every day, hey, i know, did you run up the tower . Yes. Well, he how was of Florian Cooper has also run up the tower. He felt as our i found it to be a real challenge of fulfilling the wish youre alone with yourself and the tower and the effort you and its really exhausting on this thing. The last section really challenged me is logistic of me. The love of charlotte and chic liver florian compose one place is 70 meters above the city. The 60 year old is a qualified engineer, but for more than 10 years he has been the tower warden at all minster. He says its the best job in the world even to lay 300 made. If i live 300 meters from here as the crow flies for mine, and i can see own minster from my window state die just stands there. An enormous powerful building lady. The newfound banu come up from bavaria on the autobahn, no matter where youre coming from. This building stands in front of you, like a fortress her via yes, i love that about it. This cindy as a disk, this fit me a good on that had been tower wardens at the minster for centuries. The balconies were used to look out for fire, for advancing armies and to sound the alarm. The view from up here is marvellous. This is the oversight when i come up here in the morning, im the 1st person to look out over my town is able to stop on the shy bomb and i say my town deliberately has gone through with this for thief. Although i see whats changing there with whats growing must, vic was being demolished of whats being rebuilt on subtler the. And of course i have a sense of grandeur being so i are beleive, thought over to so but theres also somebody at the foot of the tower who enjoys the morning just as much blue and st. Eberhart allah is the vancho. Its his job to ensure the smooth running of the minster. And i always get up at half past 5 on sunday mornings. Im here by half past 6. Its the best part of the day. Hes always the 1st to arrive. For him, the church is a spiritual away, says a place where he can recharge his band trans. Ah. As verger asked Eberhart Allah is Something Like the pastors right hand. He gets everything ready for the service. Thats why he doesnt wear overalls, but a suit. In addition to practical things such as unlocking the church and switching on the lights, he also prepares the altar. The 1st service of the day always takes place in the quiet stalls to my golf girl down. I know my job also includes taking care of the building is the minster, teaches us humility, rather than pride. I think this space definitely has that effect even on ignorant people, only they leave the church differences from when they went ahead. Undisclosed came v 70 guns and judge services had been held in the minster for around 600 years. Diminished oshas, i english welsh. I knew it convinced her probably doesnt care who works here, mocked he saw heavy stick. The main thing is to do it right. It would, i would never say its my minster mine. You wouldnt hear that from me to send us a formula to him. A few meters above the choir stalls and st. Eberhardt friedman. The ministers musical director insists on playing the organ himself at the morning service. Even when its bitterly cold, as he does this, didnt hear the organism to sit here in a bit of a draft from the smack. Its very noticeable modelling the pedal heights down below we have pedal heating him, but we have to retrofit the new organ with infrared heating for the fingers of ourselves should come. We have to use clothes pegs, for instance, so that the draft doesnt turn the pages of the hymnals from drones to discuss on google it. Even in mid summer, its never warmer than 15 degrees celsius in the 40 meta high organ long. Today its barely 10 degrees. The enormous name is still empty. At 8 oclock the choir stalls in front of the altar are sufficient for the 1st sunday sabbath ah, [000 00 00;00] ah ah. The dean and gold lamps, all minister blessed be god who does not reject to my prayer. His days has passed. I hear a number. He has been elected regional bishop. The pain of parting is mixed with a joy. Ah, is shad fund . Its a wonderful space. A sermon in itself, so it also preaches with the light, even if its a bit overcast. Like today, its a great gift to be able to minister in a building like this side of the lord. Bless you and keep you the lord. Make his face to shine. Upon you and be gracious onto you, the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you pain. Ah, dean goal shows us his favorite place in minster the shirts as i get to see. Were just going to box that appeal to me depending on my mood, let me see if i want to have some peace and quiet. I go to the better chapel and see with its metty evil stained glass windows, so many centuries old. Noahs ark for instance vase that such an image of hope that it feels good to be part of this tradition board, which one has a lot of options depending on ones mood than woman. So you enough, darlagrin didnt touch the verger asked. Eberhardt allah also has his favorite spot in the minster. But to get there, you have to walk across the rafters above the nave. More than 40 meters above ground. Its the bell tower. Theres one special bell here. Over 500 years old. For centuries that has been rung by hand. Once a year, when the cities man takes an oath that all the residence of the town shall be treated equally. To day is just to rehearsal, ah, ah, jesus of info. As i knew mine only billing status to this is definitely one of my favorite duties dumped. It would take a lot for me to have to send a substitute sheet. It would be terrible for me if i was ill wiggly, and couldnt do it myself. Dar convert, it went to sleep, nothing couldnt it all was one of the 10 most important german towns in the middle ages. This town on the danube was a powerful trading hub and was immensely rich in the towns archives. The most Important Documents from the cities passed, i preserved, historian goodwin lids, takes us into the vault. Here we see the original plan of the minster tower from the 15th century. Ah, ah. The drawing is on parchment. A church in the gothic style with space for 20000. 00 people at the time whom had barely half that many residence but the bunkers of the city wanted a really imposing judge and paid for it themselves. This momentous day cruiser spent here in oil. I nicea the residence of whom i wanted to read the charge goes. So they built one enormous Parish Church in a month. The town only had one Parish Church in and it had to be enormous in and call. And of course, a launch church also needs a large tower on when voided. The people of all wanted it to symbolized that power and wealth ian. The minster was originally planned as a catholic church, and the intention was to place a statue of the virgin mary on top of the spire. However, this plan was abandoned when home became protestant in the 16th century. Ah, the cindy up to mostly these are the lists from 1530 in recording. The votes of the male citizens of wound up who were entitled to vote on whether we should convert to the evangelical faithful, knocked, and cal 87 percent of the residents decided in favor of the new doctrine and try to teach ferdinand early era. And so the catholic minster became a Protestant Church historian, good unless tells us what this meant in practical times. Ready until then, the rich families of the city had embellished their minster with works of art. As was the custom with catholic churches, there was at least one private altar at each bella. As many as 60 in the whole church. There were paintings and sculpture everywhere. The historian explains that rich patrons like to see themselves depicted in these works. A wealthy merchant couple kneeling at the feet of gone or at this altar, which shows the family of jesus, the faces of those of the hoods, merchant, family. All of that had to go after the reformation. Yes, stood a 15 metre high altar, but good to them, lit, tells us that it was destroyed in the zeal of the reformation. However, there was no general destruction of religious art in o that happiness be lost or people still think of the protestant reformation as iconoclastic. But here it took the form of what i would call an orderly removal of images that the town council gave the dont as the opportunity to take home. The works of art that had stood on their family alternately unfamiliar ideas done. However, the changes of the reformation didnt stop throwing out paintings and altars. Suddenly all forms of ostentation and the gothic style itself were frowned upon. The good protestants of own decided that 70 meters was tall enough for a church tower. Mit dem bowl, im in stone. So, so for who 2 costs advice has been taken to stop construction work on the church to prevent enormous costs and the embarrassment of ridicule in. So we see it was decided not to complete the tower. I tossed up further construction. The reasons were not only financial dawson gothic architecture, was beginning to go out of fashion war on the residence of mac, to chose to stop construction rather than to continue being the subject of ridicule before done by tucker spotted reggie. But it women statement in bolingbrook. Im but today we see it standing there almost 162 meters high. Some 300 years after the building freeze. That was a gothic revival. The old plans were taken out of the drawer and the tower was completed. Ornate flying buttresses, and arches were added. Neo gothic in its purest form. With the Historic Building has also inspired stories. Catherine shortest is an archaeologist and author the minster in spite hand to write a series of childrens books in which a bat is the main protagonist. For the children of whom this gargoyle is lily long in the bat, from, or minster nodding there that we must letskowiz didnt. Can you just leave and spare . I would have been an obvious choice. Every child here knows him. Gleason looked at, ive read too many stories about the sparrow, so i was looking for another creature, a needed one that not only explained the men hold it from the ground, but can also dive fly into the air to take a look at works of art up that ive seen almost every child in knows her books because many children in Elementary School learn about the minster from it. The archaeologist explains the church, his features, and its works of art in a way that appeals to children. Assistant beth, it was that is almost the devil has bat wings just like me. She exclaims. And dont worry. He has dragon wings and the dragon has always been a symbol of evil. But that used to be the case for bath is too they were thought to be distant relatives of the devil, because bats only come out at night, not up to you. But its not only the people of whom who know and loved them minster. The church draws tourists from around the world. Some 1000000. 00 people visit own minster each year and some 150000. 00 of them climb that our. The minster is prepared for emergencies in this narrow space. Your highness hoon is the head of the voluntary height rescue service saw good evening everyone. A warm welcome to the rescue service here at the main fire station will set out straight away to the minster. Men to day will be practicing a rescue through the belfry shackleton for all once a year. They train for a rescue mission in the minster town. Oh, go with the women. We felt a little bit after one a day off about every 12 or 18 months. We have to go up to rescue some one month popish list doesnt always result in transport through the bell chamber. Madame, and if you walk up there with your eyes open, then look at some of the tourists. You know, somethings going to happen from time to time. Its pursued by delighted people dont realize what it involves climbing 143 meters, or whether they can do it. Can you see people with 2 bags from the market, who then struggle up the tower in high heels or dressed too lightly or overdressed . I speak like you see everything gets alice. The rescuers are all volunteers and they have to carry their equipment themselves. Right, i thought were going out in hall. They arrive at 70 meters, social interest in petty and the interest in technology, the fun of working with others and above all, getting close to objects and buildings to which most people dont have access in boy a construction grain, a large mill or television tower, bulk the minster, other people dont have access and we do, we can practice here and were also doing something worthwhile that were doing it for our fellow citizens. Its altogether a good feeling and as to some, well just go through the on fire fighter has a special bond with the minster. He got married here and his son was baptized in the church. Back to the height rescue. The 1st volunteer patient is held suspended over the belfry shaft law. Jessica glazer is watching closely. Shell be next. And its a 17 meter trunk. I know mic littlefield and the gap opens was and we dropped down 70 meters remark. Oh alonzo. This could as soon as i knew the most critical point is the opening of the belfry shaft, named that when the lid is removed off and you feel the draft from below because the cool air then rushes up portland, thats when you realize, wow, im really going to drop 70 meters, 50 middle 100 a poor school. So will you let me know a good time before you come through the next hall . Yes. Yes. We still have a meter made. Everythings okay. So in middle and meters more intimate as to the next hospital . So no limit synthesis, look through it where through the hall long some are slow down through long summer low down with your call because here comes the chandelier guns. So then made is to the next one. Not quite keep lowering so yes, im happy everythings fine. Would rescue operations are also carried out in the construction site office. In this case, the patient is the minster itself. There are plenty of cons to made spare parts in the yard. One of the mens to rescue us is emily class. Hes a stonemason with a passion. He has been walking on the minster for some 35 years. Out of his bulk of sandstone. Hes causing a piece to repair, part of the tower, with the goose dust. That is, you know, although this i have to work very meticulously, he formative foreman, the all, bowden once over and i have to pass on the patterns in the process to the following generation to sleep. The. So that is as little falsification as possible. The training, i know designs ones own formal, only replicas you as precise as possible. The minster is a permanent construction site. In the 1980s class saw the church briefly without scaffolding, but that was a long time ago. Prestone mason shows us a simple method using plaster bandages to observe cracks in the towers when you so this way though, if the crack continues to open the plaster, where weve marked the crack will break apart. Later, maybe even half of it will fall off. And then we can see that theres movement of. Ready thats how you keep a check on october. Id, foreman is construction manager in charge of maintenance and restoration of or minster. Her job is to conserve the monumental structure. She describes this responsibility as both the burden and an honor. This is vicky. Its like receiving a peerage. I cant describe it any other way. If it was a totally attractive Job Advertisement table and i just had to apply for it all for them, its good that it all worked out. Its Something Special you currently the main concern is the tower. The construction manager is particularly worried about the effects of climate change. We hadnt 23. 00 hurricanes this year. 3 in rowland and 3 down because of really have youre angry on like all other launch buildings. Well, minster has to cope with that of and when you look at these stone formations, im how washed out they are, especially at the heights where we work, how they are eaten away. Its an enormous challenge for us is and see how eroded they are by appellation, which is not actually the main problem of more by the rain that lashes them when theres a storm. Just recognizing what parts of the structure are no longer intact. Thats a big responsibility he found with him in this section that had to replace 30 tons of stone. Thats no simple matter. In the case of a gothic building where each stone is important for the statics of the whole. Swapping stones has to be calculated and planned precisely, but despite all the challenges, every one here enjoys the work and privilege. Its a privilege to be able to work here at all. Thats one thing. 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