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Schilling was born in Apolda, in then Prussia. His sister married the bell founder Carl Richard Emil Ulrich in Apolda in 1865. In 1868, at the age of 38, Franz Schilling was accepted into the company of his brother-in-law and learned the bell-casting trade there. He became a partner in the company as early as 1877, and a year later his brother-in-law left the business entirely. When Franz Schilling took over the CF Ulrich company in Untere Bahnhofstrasse in Apolda at the end of 1878, there were still many similar companies in addition to the Ulrich Gebrüder foundry in Apoldaer Glockengießereistrasse. In view of this competition, it was important for Franz Schilling to decide between handcraft and the beginning of industrialization and to give up the ancillary production of the predecessor. The general economic boom and the relatively long period of peace enabled him to develop his creative abilities. In 1889 he set up a branch in Allenstein (formerly East Prussia) in which bells were cast and delivered for more than a decade. In 1895, the Ducal Saxon State Ministry in Weimar awarded him the title of 'court bell founder' - this title was of inestimable value for the upward development of the company, as important clients there for the word 'court', which meant quality and honor for them commissioned bells. Franz Schilling's casting books documented the efficiency of the foundry from 1878 to 1901. It is considerable, as the need for bells at that time was almost covered by the large number of existing bell foundries and orders were almost only received for new churches or bell renewals were received. Schilling's brother-in-law and predecessor Richard Ulrich delivered almost 500 bells in 15 years, Franz Schilling three times as much in 18 years. From 1878 to 1889 he recorded 2 in the notebook. Franz Schilling was particularly famous as a founder of very large bells. In 1894 he cast the bells for the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. In 1899 he created the bells of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, which survived both wars and the destruction of Dresden. It can be seen from the casting books that many of his bells were cast from cannons. Shilling died in Apolda. Text from Second Wiki List of projects With photographs With notes
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