*Location:

   Neues Rathaus
   Rathausplatz
   Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
   LL: N 48.89078, E 8.70273

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City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   Stadtverwaltung Pforzheim
   Marktplatz 11
   D-75175 Pforzheim
   T: 07231 39 0
   E: info/@/pforzheim DOTde

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily 0835,1235,1835

*Remarks:

   Bells cast by Bachert, Friedrichshall;
   keyboard and auto by Korfhage,
   Melle-Buer

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 46 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1974
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

A Waymarking page for these bells has 4 photos.

A city Webpage has a brief description, a schedule, and a view of the city through the bells.

The DGV page about this instrument has no photos, and details are incomplete.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous 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/Baden-Württemberg.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Aug-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/08/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/08/02