*Location:

   Rathaus
   Deutsche Straße at Großer Markt
   Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
   LL: N 49.31616, E 6.74992

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*Contact:

   Kreisstadt Saarlouis
   Großer Markt 1
   D-66740 Saarlouis
   T: 06831/443-0  (Headquarters)

*Schedule:

   Autoplay of a seasonal melody 4 times
   daily

*Remarks:

   Bells by Otto (Saarlouis branch)

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   Transposition is not applicable
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1953
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The German Wikipedia article about the building has photos of it, in which a few of the bells can be seen behind the clock face.  There is a short paragraph about these bells.  The associated Wikimedia Commons category has a few more photos that include the bell tower.

The city Website (in four languages) has a page about the town hall.

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 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/Saar.

   This page was built from the database on 25-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/08/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/07/27