Actually, Good Friday and Holy Saturday are rather barren days: it is reminded of the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. Fasting is in the foreground, even a fasting of the ears: the day before, the (church) bells fly to Rome after popular belief. They are silent until Easter night. Then it’s time for the ratchets.
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One is particularly looking forward to it: Simon from Höft. At the age of twelve, he is already one of the experienced advice at the age of twelve. “Turning is physically exhausting,” reports the student. Above all, because the many altar servers, firmlings and other young people who take the time on these two days to ratchet the 87 meter high church tower of the parish church to climb to the big ratchets. At every hour it says: turn. For about two minutes, each ratchet must be cranked so that the rattling is also perceived in the city.
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The ratchets indicate the old prayer times and remind everyone of prayer. But, the meaning of the crackling goes beyond the acoustic announcement. It is also a symbol of the transition from fasting to Easter. “There is a very big ratchet that can almost only turn an adult. There are their own holding devices for the two middle ones at the tower,” explains Simon.
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