*Location:

   Martin-Luther-King-Kirche
   Villering 38
   Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
   LL: N 50.88126, E 6.87545

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*Contact:

   Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Hürth
   Am Hofacker 41
   D-50354 Hürth-Gleuel
   E: huerth @ ekir DOTde

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original bells supplied by Korfhage.
   Swinging bells E2,A2 harmonize with
   bells of nearby Catholic church.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 34 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 2022
     with bells made by an unknown maker            
   Prior history:
     In 1992, a complete instrument of 16 bells was installed
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: IS2     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025

A photo from the church Website shows one of the swinging bells below the carillon.  There is a page about the bells, with five linked photos.

The German Wikipedia article about this church has a photo that shows the previous chime of 18 bells.  The text has a paragraph that gives the full history.

A very short video of the church focuses on the tower, and shows that one swinging bell is at the bottom and the other appears to be in the middle.

A news article (Oct.2021) reports on the manufacture of these bells in Strasbourg, with photos at the foundry.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world. Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

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

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

   This page was built from the database on  1-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/07/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/07/28