*Location:

   Katharinakirche (St.Catherine Church)
   Katherinen Kirchhof
   Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
   LL: N 53.54605, E 9.99399 z19

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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Hour strike on C, quarters on G

*Remarks:

   Church peal.  Bass survived WW I,
   cracked during WW II & was welded,
   cracked again in 2020 & was retired.
   Anonymous hour bell (1457), also
   cracked in WW II, on display indoors.

   F2, ~5900kg, 174cm, Hans Nüssel, 1626
   C3, ~2480kg, 153cm, F.W.Schilling, 1957
   E,  ~1515kg, 130cm, F.W.Schilling, 1957
   G,   ~905kg, 110cm, F.W.Schilling, 1957
   A,   ~880kg, 107cm, F.W.Schilling, 1957

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of  5 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1957
     with bells made by Schilling (except for 1)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2026

The Wikipedia article (in German) about this building mentions the present bells and the former Hemony carillon.

The final peal before the F cracked is recorded here and here (video 15:09)

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

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

Where the bass bell lies in the total sequence of output of the miscellaneous bellfoundries.
Where the bass bell ranks among all great bells in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Hamburg.

   This page was built from the database on 27-May-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/05/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/05/20