*Location:

   Église St.Donat
   Square Elizabeth
   Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium
   LL: N 49.68454, E 5.81578

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Autoplay hourly: "Zu Arel op der
   Knippchen" (unofficial anthem of
   the province; Arel = Arlon, and the
   church stands on Knippchen hill)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by Michaux          
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012

The French Wikipedia article about the church mentions that the "carillon" plays a tune every hour, but does not describe it.
The Dutch Wikipedia article about the church identifies the bell tower (which is distinct from the clock tower--also a watchtower) but does not mention the bells.

Photo of the church and belltower

A page about the church on the city Website (in French) has a photo of it.

A church information page provides contact information.

Drone photos overflying the building

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michaux bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Belgian chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Belgian chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Belgian chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in BE/Luxembourg.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/01/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/03/09