*Location:

   Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt
   Sammarei, Ortenburg, Bayern, Germany
   LL: N 48.52983, E 13.16357 z18 appx

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*Contact:

   Wallfahrtsland Sammarei
   Sammarei 44
   D-94496 Ortenburg
   T: 8542 653
   E: pfarramt.sammarei@bistum-passau.de

*Schedule:

   Autoplay every half hour of a
   Marienlied to fit the liturgical year

*Remarks:

   Major-third bells.  Also a 4-bell peal
   and a small death-toll bell.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1987
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The German Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of it but does not mention any bells.  The associated Wikimedia Commons category has a few more photos.

A YouTube video of the 4-bell peal mentions this set of bells in the accompanying text.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, 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.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Oct-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/10/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/10/08