NEUMARKT : GERMANY-BRD

*Location:

   Building facade
   Obere Marktstraße 7
   Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz,
     Bayern, Germany
   LL: N 49.28116, E 11.45820
*Former location (1980-2002):
   Untere Markt
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Daily at noon

*Remarks:

   Glockenspiel with 3 figures (farmer,
   brewer, inkeeper); enlarged during
   relocation and renovation

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 2002
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1980, the instrument was begun with 18 bells
       with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020
*Links:

A Waymarking page for these bells has 3 photos.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Bavaria.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/07/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/07/14
*Photos:

(none available)

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