*Location:

   Neues Rathaus
   Hauptstraße at Mönchgasse
   Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
   LL: N 49.41229, E 8.71193

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*Carillonist:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Stadt Heidelberg
   Marktplatz 10
   D-60117 Heidelberg
   T: 06221 58-10580   F: 06221 28-10900
   E: stadt@heidelberg.de

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 1155,1555,1855

*Remarks:

   Electro-pneumatic system uses organ-
   style bellows with pushrods down to
   baton tops.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 26 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C C 12
   Transposition is up two octaves
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1961
     with bells made by Schilling    
   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, console and action.  (The console, in the attic, is offset from the belfry.)

The city Website doesn't mention these bells.

Closeup photo of the octagonal belfry, above a dormer window

The German Wikipedia article about the building mentions the addition of the bell tower to the east face of the building in 1961, but gives no information about the bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Schilling bellfoundries, 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.

Index to all traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Baden-Württemberg.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/08/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/08/02