*Location:

   Museum GlockenGießerei Mabilon
   Staden 130
   Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
   LL: N 49.60989,E 6.55728

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*Contact:

   Museum GlockenGießerei Mabilon
   Staden 130
  D-54439 Saarburg
   T: 06581/2336
   E: info/@/kulturgiesserei-saarburg.de
      museum/@/kulturgiesserei-saarburg.de

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   A collection of at least 17 bells cast
   by Mabilon, in the courtyard of the
   building where they were made -- now a
   city museum and cultural center
   filled with original equipment and
   artifacts.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized collection of 17 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in 2008
     with bells made by multiple makers (see Remarks above)
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

The museum Website has a Google Business View room tour through the foundry premises, including the courtyard where 17 bells are on display (one swingable electrically); another is in an open frame outside a modern annex on the street.

News article (Aug.2024) on a forthcoming tour of "Germany's only bell foundry museum"

News article (5 Oct 2023) about the Museum

Collections are not indexed by bellfoundry nor ranked with instruments.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate.

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/08/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/08/12