Bell-making, one of the renowned crafts of Hradec Králové, which only disappeared in the 20th century

The bell-ringing and tinsmith workshops are first mentioned in Hradec Králové at the beginning of the 15th century, while most of these craftsmen remain unknown to us, even though many of their works have survived through both major wartime requisitions to this day, an example can be the smallest bell in the church in Stěžery from 1409. One of the first, whom we know by name, is master Filip, who was the royal Hradek convar in the 2nd…