*Location:

   St.Annakirche
   Annaplatz
   Düren, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 50.80116, E 6.48360

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*Carillonist:

   None

*Contact:

   Pfarre St.Lukas
   Annaplatz 8
   52349 Düren
   T: 02421/38898-0
   E: pfarre/@/st-lukas DOTorg

*Schedule:

   Hour strike (details unknown)

*Remarks:

   Old glockenspiel, by Henrick van Trier,
   Aachen, had 2 bells cast 1545 plus a
   chime of 12 and a ringing bell cast in
   1564--the first chime in Rhineland.
   One swinger recast 1697 (by Christoph
   van Trier) and 1934 (by Petit &
   Edelbrock); great bell recast 1841 by
   Sebastian Bernard Dubois, Münster (W).
   Two largest seized in WW IIl; the rest
   were destroyed by bombing in 1944.
   Tower also contains 4 swinging bells
   cast in 1964 by Mabilon, Saarburg,
   (C,D,E,F + counterweights) from the
   fragments of the old bells.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C G   
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1965
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1564, a complete instrument of 15 bells was installed
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) was C  in the treble octave
       Keyboard range was:  (3)C F 12/    NONE  
       There were no added semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The DGV page about this carillon has photos of the tower, bells and console.

A parish page about the church has a photo of one bell, and mentions the clock-chime but not the other bells.

The Website of the multi-church parish has a section about this church, with a small photo of the tower.

The German Wikipedia article about the building mentions the installation of the carillon, but gives details only for the four swinging bells.  There is a paragraph about the animation of the old glockenspiel, and a link to a downloadable PDF about the bells of the Dueren region.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all German traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by year of completion.

Where the bass bell of the 4-bell peal ranks among all great bells in Germany.

Index to all traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Nordrhein-Westfalen.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/10/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/10/07