*Location:

   Marktkirche
   Schlossplatz
   Wiesbaden, Bez.Darmstadt,
     Hessen, Germany
   LL: N 50.08238, E 8.24262

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*Carillonist:

   Hans Uwe Hielscher
   Marktkirche Wiesbaden
   Schlossplatz 4
   65183 Wiesbaden
   H: 06129/2661   W: 0611/303430
   E: hielscherh@aol.com
   - and -
   Thomas J. Frank, Kantor

*Contact:

   Evangelische Marktkirchengemeinde
   Schlossplatz 4
   65183 Wiesbaden
   T: 0611 900 1611   F: 0611 900 1617

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 0900, 1200, 1700;
   concerts Saturdays 1200-1230

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1986
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1988

The Website of the church shows that "Carillon" is the name of their newsletter; the Musik link goes to: the separate Website for the music of this church, which has a photo of the building in the left margin of every page; the page about the carillon has a small photo of some of the bells and a long text.

A page about the bells has 1 photo of the tower, plus the schedule.

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

Ranking among all German traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Hessen.

   This page was built from the database on 15-Jul-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/07/14
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07