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Germany's heaviest carillon is in Halle (Saale) with bells weighing more than 45,000 kg (99,000 lb) in total

Carillons, musical instruments of bells in the percussion family, are found throughout Germany. Several institutions maintain registries on the location and statistics of carillons. Some registries specialize in counting specific types of carillons. For example, the War Memorial and Peace Carillons registry counts instruments which serve as war memorials or were built in the name of promoting world peace (and tracks one in Germany); the World Carillon Federation [nl] counts carillons throughout the country, along with the rest of the world.

The German Carillon Association counts carillons throughout Germany, and according to the organization, there are 49 in total. They are distributed across 41 cities; in four of them – Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, and Hamburg – there are more than one. The population has a wide range in total weights, with bourdons spanning from 20 kilograms (44 lb) in Altenburg and Schwerin to 8,056 kilograms (17,760 lb) in Halle (Saale). They also span a wide range of notes, from 23 in Bonn and Lößnitz up to 76 in Halle (Saale). The carillons were all exclusively constructed after 1900 by a mix of bellfounders, many of them German. The majority of carillons are transposing instruments, and often transpose such that the lowest note on the keyboard is B♭ or C. There are also two mobile carillons, which were constructed and are owned by two German bellfounders: Perner [de] and Sandkuhl.

According to the World Carillon Federation [nl], the carillons of Germany account for seven percent of the world's total.

Criteria for inclusion

The World Carillon Federation [nl] defines a carillon as an instrument of at least 23 cast bronze bells hung in fixed suspension, played with a traditional keyboard of batons, and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniously together. It may designate instruments of 15 to 22 bells built before 1940 as "historical carillons". Its member organizations – including for example the German Carillon Association – also define a carillon with those restrictions. This list contains only those carillons that meet the definition outlined by these organizations.

List of carillons

List of carillons in Germany
Location City Bells Bourdon weight Total weight Range and
transposition 		Bellfounder(s) Ref.
kg lb kg lb
Aachen Town Hall Aachen 49 400 880 2,500 5,500 — Royal Eijsbouts 1978
Epiphany of the Lord Church [de] Altenburg 24 20 44 311 686 — Schilling [de] 1981
Schloss Johannisburg Aschaffenburg 48 270 600 2,100 4,600
Up 12 semitones 		Royal Eijsbouts 1969
French Cathedral Berlin 60 5,700 12,600 29,500 65,000
Up 1 semitone 		Schilling [de] / Pößneck 1987
St. Nicholas Church 41 200 440 1,400 3,100 — Schilling [de] 1987
Parochialkirche 52 1,490 3,280 8,600 19,000 Up 4 semitones Petit & Fritsen / Royal Eijsbouts 2016
Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten 68 7,800 17,200 48,000 106,000 — Royal Eijsbouts 1987
Bad Godesberg City Park [de] Bonn 23 37.6 83 291.1 642 Up 24 semitones Royal Eijsbouts 1979
St. Joseph's Church [de] 62 2,300 5,100 10,200 22,500 Up 8 semitones Schilling [de] 1962
Buchen City Tower [de] Buchen 24 139 306 — Up 24 semitones Royal Eijsbouts 2015
New Town Hall [de] Chemnitz 48 957 2,110 5,200 11,500
Up 5 semitones 		Schilling [de] 1978
Cologne City Hall Cologne 48 2,500 5,500 12,500 27,600
None (concert pitch) 		Royal Eijsbouts 1958
St. Maria in der Kupfergasse 38 — — — Royal Eijsbouts 2010
Church of Saint Anne [de] Düren 37 640 1,410 3,508 7,734 Up 7 semitones Petit & Fritsen 1964
St. Aldegundis Emmerich am Rhein 43 905 1,995 7,000 15,000 Up 5 semitones Petit & Fritsen 2000
Church of Our Lady [de] Eppingen 49 600 1,300 3,983 8,781 Up 5 semitones Karlsruher 1987
St Bartholomew's Church Erfurt 60 2,393 5,276 13,626 30,040 None (concert pitch) Schilling [de] 1979
Old St. Nicholas Church Frankfurt 47 560 1,230 3,500 7,700 —
Saints Philip and Jacob Church Geisa 49 358 789 2,003 4,416 Up 10 semitones Royal Eijsbouts 2003
Gera City Hall [de] Gera 37 45 99 1,024 2,258 Up 24 semitones Schilling [de] / Pößneck 1988
Gustav Adolf Stave Church Goslar 49 300 660 2,000 4,400 (Range not available)
Up 14 semitones 		Schilling [de] / Perner / Buer 2002–05
Red Tower [de] Halle (Saale) 76 8,056 17,760 45,980 101,370 — Schilling [de] / Metz 1993
Christian's Church [de] Hamburg 42 1,100 2,400 5,400 11,900 Up 4 semitones Schilling [de] 1938
St. Nicholas Church 51 2,002 4,414 13,000 29,000 None (concert pitch) Royal Eijsbouts 1992
— Henrietten Foundation [de] Hanover 49 408 899 2,900 6,400
Up 13 semitones 		Schilling [de] 1960
Heidelberg City Hall [de] Heidelberg 26 60 130 800 1,800 Up 24 semitones Schilling [de] 1961
Herrenberg collegiate church [de] Herrenberg 50 392 864 2,510 5,530
Up 12 semitones 		Royal Eijsbouts 2012
St. Martin's Church [de] Illertissen 51 400 880 2,600 5,700 Up 12 semitones Royal Eijsbouts 2006
Kaiserslautern collegiate church [de] Kaiserslautern 47 2,000 4,400 10,000 22,000 — Bachert [de] 2009
Karlskirche Kassel 47 397 875 2,750 6,060
Up 10 semitones
Kiel Monastery [de] Kiel 50 620 1,370 4,085 9,006
St. John's Church [de] Lößnitz 23 350 770 2,400 5,300
Up 10 semitones 		Schilling [de] 1939
St. Mary's Church Lübeck 37 2,500 5,500 —
None (concert pitch)
Magdeburg City Hall [de] Magdeburg 47 975 2,150 6,000 13,000
Up 5 semitones 		Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] 1974
Melle Town Hall Melle 37 293 646 1,767 3,896 — Royal Eijsbouts 2010
Mariahilfkirche [de] Munich 65 6,200 13,700 25,000 55,000 None (concert pitch) Royal Eijsbouts / Czudnochowsky / Gloria 2012
Old Town Hall Offenburg 25 25 55 425 937 — Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] / Pößneck 1989
Alter Friedhof [de] Potsdam 24 30 66 400 880 Up 36 semitones Schilling [de] 1985
Turmhurenmuseum [de] Rockenhausen 37 47 104 — — Royal Eijsbouts 2014
Fünfgiebelhaus Rostock 32 50 110 533 1,175 — Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] 1986
Park Bergfried [nl] Saalfeld 25 1,450 3,200 9,060 19,970
Up 3 semitones 		Apolda [de] 1924/1986
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary [cs] Schirgiswalde 29 — — — Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] 1991
Schwerin Town Hall [de] Schwerin 26 20 44 330 730 — Apolda [de] 1988
St. Otto Church [de] Wechselburg 36 46 101 980 2,160 — Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] / Pößneck 1988
— Old Schoolyard Weilbach 39 240 530 2,032 4,480 Metz 2006
Marktkirche Wiesbaden 49 2,200 4,900 11,071 24,407
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Neubaukirche [de] Würzburg 51 635 1,400 3,600 7,900
Up 9 semitones 		Petit & Fritsen 2005

List of mobile carillons

List of mobile carillons in Germany
Name City Bells Bourdon weight Total weight Range and
transposition 		Bellfounder(s) Ref.
kg lb kg lb
Perner Carillon Passau 49 450 990 4,000 8,800 Up 12 semitones Perner [de] 2012
— Sandkuhl Carillon Rostock 37 265 584 1,798 3,964
Up 12 semitones 		Sandkuhl 2004

See also

Notes

  1. Installed 1979

References

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