*Location:

   Museum of German Bells
   Turm (Tower)
   Schloß Greifenstein
   near Herborn, Bez.Darmstadt,
     Hessen, Germany
   LL: N 50.62065, E 8.29547

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*Contact:

   Glockenwelt Burg Greifenstein
   Talstraße 19
   D-35753 Greifenstein
   T: 06449 64 60   F: 06469 60 73
   E: verein/@/burg-greifenstein DOTnet

*Schedule:

   Open daily Jun-Aug and Thu-Sun Apr-May
   & Sep-Oct, 1000-1800, admission 4 Euro

*Remarks:

   Assorted bells from the 11th century
   onward, single and grouped.
   Collected & presented by Rincker
   Bellfoundry, Sinn (suburb of Herborn).

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized collection of 100+ bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in unknown year
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

The museum Website offers a long video (in German) on the Rincker bellfounding family, plus a virtual tour of the tower.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Hessen.

   This page was built from the database on  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/07
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/03/04