*Location:

   Rathausturmfassade (northwest)
   Marktplatz
   Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
   LL: N 52.42039, E 10.78681

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Stadt Wolfsburg
   Stadtverwaltung
   Porchestraße 49
   D-38440 Wolfsburg
   T: 05361 28-1234   F: 05361 28-1500

*Schedule:

   Automatic on the hour: 0800, 1000-1600,
   1800, 2000

*Remarks:

   Installed by Korfhage

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1958
     with bells made by Rincker     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2016

On the city Website, there is a page about these bells.

The German Wikipedia article about the building has a photo of it, and mentions the Glockenspiel in the text (but does not describe it).  The peal of four bells, located in the belfry below the clock, is described.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Rincker bellfoundry, 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/Lower Saxony.

   This page was built from the database on 18-Jul-16
   based on textual data last updated on 2016/07/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2016/03/09