The largest bell in the world is in Burma
Czech Republic:
Zvon Zikmund, St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague - a bell weighing 16.5 tons cast in 1549 by bellmaker Tomáš Jaroš; Zikmund is the twenty-second largest bell in the world in its category of swinging bells and the largest in the Czech Republic, with a maximum diameter of 260 cm and a height of 203 cm.
Zvon Václav, St. Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc - the largest bell in Moravia with a diameter of over two and a half meters; the eight-ton bell was cast in 1827 by the Vienna bell maker Söltenhofer at the request of Rudolf Jan, the later Archbishop of Olomouc.
Zvon Vilém, Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Havlíčkův Brod - a bell one and a quarter meters high is considered to be the oldest functional bell in the Czech Republic, cast around the year 1300 (according to some sources 1335) and purchased for the Havlíčkův Brod church by Mikuláš Trčka z Lípy in 1453.
Zvon Ave Maria in the belfry of the Minorite Monastery in Benešov - a bell named after its author Rudger, which is inscribed on the bell, is also considered the oldest in the Czech Republic; it was allegedly cast in 1322 in Břevnov Monastery and has a diameter of 122 centimeters and is nearly one meter tall.
Zvon of the Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Svatý Jan pod Skalou (Beroun area) - a bell from 1402 is among the oldest in Bohemia and reportedly features the oldest Czech inscription; according to some sources, the oldest bell with Old Czech inscription is in the wooden belfry in the village of Přelíc near Slaný, dated to 1386, although other sources suggest this bell is about a hundred years younger.
Bells in Kouřim and Rovensko pod Troskami - only these two bells in the Czech Republic are hung with the heart up.
Zvon Marie in the Church of Our Lady before Týn in Prague (Týn Church) - the bell allegedly has the deepest voice of all the bells in Prague.
Prague Mobile Carillon - a unique carillon crafted by bellmaker Petr Manoušek contains 57 bells and weighs 12 tons.
Carillon of Prague Loreta - the largest Czech carillon, composed in 1694 by clockmaker Petr Naumann from thirty bells and chimes; all the bells were created by the Amsterdam city bell maker and founder Claudy Fremy.
World:
Great Bell (Dhammazedi Bell; Burma) - the largest bell in the world, which currently lies at the bottom of a river; the 294-ton bell that hung in the famous Golden Pagoda in Rangoon was attempted to be stolen by a Portuguese adventurer in the early 17th century, but the colossus fell into the Yankun River during its transport; attempts to retrieve it have been unsuccessful so far.
Tsar Kolokol (Russia) - the second heaviest bell in the world weighs 160 tons, is six meters and fourteen centimeters tall, and has a diameter of 6.6 meters; it was made by Ivan Motorin and his son Michaíl between 1733-35; it fell in the casting pit, and a part weighing 11.5 tons broke off; it never served its purpose and was lifted only after a hundred years, and now stands on a pedestal near the Moscow Kremlin.
Great Bell (Mingun Bell; Burma) - the largest functional (suspended and undamaged) bell in the world is located in the Burmese city of Mingun; it is four meters tall and weighs 90 tons; the bell has no clapper and is struck with a wooden log.
Great Bell (Japan) - the largest Japanese bell weighing 74 tons, cast in 1633, hangs in the Chion-in Temple in Kyoto. This bell also lacks a clapper and is struck with wood.
Gotemba Bell (Japan) - the largest functional swinging bell with a clapper in the world is hung on a hill in front of Mount Fuji in Japan. It is four and a half meters tall and weighs 36 tons. It was cast by the Royal Eijsbouts company in Asten, Netherlands. Czech bell maker Petr Manoušek also participated in its production.
World Peace Bell (World Peace Bell; USA) - the largest freely hung bell in the world weighs 33.3 tons, is located in Newport, Kentucky, and first rang at the turn of the millennium - December 31, 1999.
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Zvon Václav, St. Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc - the largest bell in Moravia with a diameter of over two and a half meters; the eight-ton bell was cast in 1827 by the Vienna bell maker Söltenhofer at the request of Rudolf Jan, the later Archbishop of Olomouc.
Zvon Vilém, Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Havlíčkův Brod - a bell one and a quarter meters high is considered to be the oldest functional bell in the Czech Republic, cast around the year 1300 (according to some sources 1335) and purchased for the Havlíčkův Brod church by Mikuláš Trčka z Lípy in 1453.
Zvon Ave Maria in the belfry of the Minorite Monastery in Benešov - a bell named after its author Rudger, which is inscribed on the bell, is also considered the oldest in the Czech Republic; it was allegedly cast in 1322 in Břevnov Monastery and has a diameter of 122 centimeters and is nearly one meter tall.
Zvon of the Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Svatý Jan pod Skalou (Beroun area) - a bell from 1402 is among the oldest in Bohemia and reportedly features the oldest Czech inscription; according to some sources, the oldest bell with Old Czech inscription is in the wooden belfry in the village of Přelíc near Slaný, dated to 1386, although other sources suggest this bell is about a hundred years younger.
Bells in Kouřim and Rovensko pod Troskami - only these two bells in the Czech Republic are hung with the heart up.
Zvon Marie in the Church of Our Lady before Týn in Prague (Týn Church) - the bell allegedly has the deepest voice of all the bells in Prague.
Prague Mobile Carillon - a unique carillon crafted by bellmaker Petr Manoušek contains 57 bells and weighs 12 tons.
Carillon of Prague Loreta - the largest Czech carillon, composed in 1694 by clockmaker Petr Naumann from thirty bells and chimes; all the bells were created by the Amsterdam city bell maker and founder Claudy Fremy.
World:
Great Bell (Dhammazedi Bell; Burma) - the largest bell in the world, which currently lies at the bottom of a river; the 294-ton bell that hung in the famous Golden Pagoda in Rangoon was attempted to be stolen by a Portuguese adventurer in the early 17th century, but the colossus fell into the Yankun River during its transport; attempts to retrieve it have been unsuccessful so far.
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Great Bell (Mingun Bell; Burma) - the largest functional (suspended and undamaged) bell in the world is located in the Burmese city of Mingun; it is four meters tall and weighs 90 tons; the bell has no clapper and is struck with a wooden log.
Great Bell (Japan) - the largest Japanese bell weighing 74 tons, cast in 1633, hangs in the Chion-in Temple in Kyoto. This bell also lacks a clapper and is struck with wood.
Gotemba Bell (Japan) - the largest functional swinging bell with a clapper in the world is hung on a hill in front of Mount Fuji in Japan. It is four and a half meters tall and weighs 36 tons. It was cast by the Royal Eijsbouts company in Asten, Netherlands. Czech bell maker Petr Manoušek also participated in its production.
World Peace Bell (World Peace Bell; USA) - the largest freely hung bell in the world weighs 33.3 tons, is located in Newport, Kentucky, and first rang at the turn of the millennium - December 31, 1999.
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