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as patina who sac explains as or more than it is naturally for a person from when it's almost obligatory to take part in the minster tower around . the goal is to get up here. i'm to come in $560.00 steps to a height of 102 meters in the most recent competition. a woman from all method, it in full minutes. 19 seconds. this is, it's an amazing feeling, this wonderful old building. welcome. when you get up here, you have the most beautiful here. it's a great feeling when i get to the telecom ah, the steeple of all men stop. it's a wild racquel. at exactly 160 on meters and 53 centimeters. it's the

tallest church tower in the world. around $1000000.00 visitors flocked to the minster each year. it's arm's 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 tele warden. every day, hey, i know, did you run up the tower? yes. lord. he how was of love. florian cooper has also run up the tower. he felt as our i found it to be a real challenge. oswald, and to wish you're alone with yourself and the tower and the effort you and it's really exhausting on this thing. the last section really challenged me is logistic . hug me the love of shogun, figler the 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 it's the best job in the world. even relate to lay hold of me that i live 300 meters from here as the crow flies for mine. and i can see own minster from my windows state. die just stands there. an enormous powerful building lady. the newfound by you come up from bavaria on the autobahn, no matter where you're coming from. this building stands in front of you like a fortress her via yes, i love that about it. this cindy us a disk this fit me a good on. there 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 marvelous. this is the oversight when i come up here in the morning, i'm 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 what's changing there with what's growing must vic what's being demolished of what's being rebuilt on sutler the hand. of course i have a sense of grandeur being so i are behind thor, orbits or so. but there's also somebody at the foot of the tower who enjoys the morning just as much blue and st. eberhart. allah is the verger. it's his job to ensure the smooth running of the minster. and i always get up at half past 5 on sunday mornings. i'm here by half past 6. it's the best part of the day and

he's 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 pastor's right hand. he gets everything ready for the service. that's why he doesn't 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 mean 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 have been held in the minster for around 600 years. diminished osha's. i, english welsh. i need it convinced her probably doesn't care who works here. mark to so have a stick. the main thing is to do it right. as it would, i would never say it's my minister mine. you wouldn't hear that from me to solicit from unit him a few meters above the choir stalls and st. eberhardt friedman, the minster musical director insists on playing the organ himself at the morning

service even when it's bitterly cold. this is still here. the organist to sit here in a bit of a draft because it's very noticeable mostly on the pedal. down below, we have pedal heating, well we have to retrofit the new organ with infrared heating for the fingers. vialva should come. we have to use clothes bags, for instance. so that the draft doesn't turn the pages of the hem not from dogs to discuss some things with them. even in midsummer, it's never warmer than 15 degrees celsius. in the 40 meter high organ long. today, it's barely 10 degrees. the enormous name is still empty. at 8 o'clock the choir stalls in front of the altar are sufficient for the 1st sunday savage i

am ah ah! the dean and gold lamps minster. 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 ish and found it's a wonderful space, a sermon in itself. it also preaches with the light,

even if it's a bit overcast. like today, it's a great gift to be able to minister in a building like this and said often darcy, the lord, bless you and keep you, the lord, make his face to shine upon you and be gracious on to you. the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you pain. when she go. i dean goal shows us his favorite place in minster shirts. that is, i get a series of friendship august that appealed 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 many evils stained glass windows. so many centuries old. no, as archery in face that such an image of hope that it feels good to be part of this tradition or because one has

a lot of options depending on one's mood than woman say enough that augustine touch . the vonsha 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. it's the bell tower. there's 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. oh,

does this info, as i know mine on the billing status? this is definitely one of my favorite duties. dumb 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 couldn't do it myself, dot com, where that went to sniff malcolm good. all him 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 a preserved historian goodwin lids takes us into the vault. here we see the original plan of the minster tower from the 15th century.

the drawing is on parchment. a church in the coffee style with space for 20000 people at the time own, had barely half that many residence, but the burgers of the city wanted a really imposing judge and paid for it themselves. this momentous dick rose the smith here in oil. i know they are the residence of whom wanted a really big charge growth. so they built one enormous parish church in a town. and he 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. when, when voided, the people who own 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. thus india 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 you should convert to the evangelical faithful, knocked, and club. 87 percent of the residents decided in favor of the new doctrine and try to teach ferdinand lee era. and so the catholic minster became a protestant church historian, good unless tells us what this meant and practical terms. 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. here stood a 15 metre high altar, but good for them, lit, tells us that it was destroyed in the zeal of the reformation. however, there was no general destruction of religious art in all determiners 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 don't as the opportunity to take home. the works of art that had

stood on their family alternately unfamiliar ideas done. however, the changes that the reformation didn't stop throwing out paintings and alters 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 bow, a minster 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 didn't. so we see it was decided not to complete the tower. i tossed up further construction. the reasons were not only financial lawson gothic architecture was beginning to go out of fashion. war on the residence of wound 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 i 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, all. ah! the historic building has also inspired stories. catherine churches is an archaeologist and author. the minster inspired her to write a series of children's 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 and in can you just leave and spare?

i would have been an obvious choice. every child here knows him. gleason looked at, i've 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 i've 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 yet was that is almost the devil has bat wings. just like me. she exclaims, and don't 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 nuts, up t bad. but it's 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. today will be practicing a rescue through the belfry shackleton for, for once a year. they train for a rescue mission in the minster town. although proof of women, we felt

a little bizarre to monitor off about every 12 or 18 months. we have to go up to rescue some one month popish list doesn't always result in transport through the bell chamber. madam and if you walk up there with your eyes open, then look at some of the tourists. you know, something's going to happen from time to time. it's pursued by delighted people don't 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'd be glad you see everything gets alice. the rescuers are all volunteers and they have to carry their equipment themselves. right, either we're going out in hall. they arrive at 70 meters. just impressing on the interest in technology, the fun of working with others and above all,

getting close to objects and buildings to which most people don't have access to boy a construction crane, a large mill or television tower, bulk, the minister. other people don't have access and we do, we can practice here and we're also doing something worthwhile that we're doing it for our fellow citizens. and it's altogether a good feeling as to some. we'll 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. she'll be next. and it's a 70 meter frank. i know nick legacy lou filled and the gap opened almost and we dropped down 70

meters. remark. 0, one with this could assume i knew the most critical point is the opening of the belfry shaft and that's when the lid is removed off and you feel the draft from below because the cool air then rushes up portland, that's when you realize, wow, i'm really going to drop 70 meter to ship to mid ordered for 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. everything's okay. so in middle and meters more intimate is to the next hospital. so it synthesis look through it where through the hall

long some are slow down. so true. lang. some a low down with your call because here comes the chandelier guns. so 10 meters to the next one? not quite keep lowering so yeah, yes i'm happy everything's 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 custom made spare parts in the yard. one of the minster rescuers is emily class. he's a stonemason with a passion. he has been walking on the minster for some 35 years. out of his block of sandstone, he's coughing a piece to repair, part of the tower with the goose does that is, you know, although this i have to work very meticulously. he formative foreman elbowed in 14 and a half to pass on the patterns and the process to the following generation to sleep . the. so that is as little falsification as possible. they came in, i know designed one's own formal only replicas 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. the stone mason shows us a simple method using plaster bandages to observe cracks in the towers renew. so this way though, if the crack continues to open the plaster, where we've marked the crack will break apart later, maybe even half of it will fall off. and then we can see that there is movement to . that's 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. it's like receiving a peerage. i can't describe it any other way. it was a totally attractive job advertisement time, and i just had to apply for it after that, it's good that it all worked out. it's something special. so currently the main

concern is the tower. the construction manager is particularly worried about the effects of climate change. we hadn't 23 hurricanes this year, 3 roland and 3 down because of the really heavy rain on like all other large buildings. one minster has to cope with that of and when you look at these stone formations, i am how washed out they are, especially at the heights where we work and how they are eaten away. oh, it's 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 the lashes them when there's a storm. just recognizing what parts of the structure are no longer intact. that's a big responsibility he found for them. in this section they've had to replace 30 tons of stone. that's 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 enjoy the work, centreville. it,

it's a privilege to be able to work here at all. so that's one thing. and then the some reference involved festival respect. all the people who have worked here before us and then respect to the building itself. i have great respect to all men. so if it's an honor to be here to sign mm for ah ah, with

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