*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
      Hans-Uwe.Hielscher/@/ekhn DOTde
   - and -
   Dr.Thomas J. Frank, Kantor
   T: 0172 696 6542   F: 0611 609 7611
   E: Thomas.Frank/@/ekhn DOTde

*Contact:

   Evangelische Marktkirchengemeinde
   Schlossplatz 4
   65183 Wiesbaden
   T: 0611 900 1611   F: 0611 900 1617
   E: marktkirchengemeinde.wiesbaden@
       ekhn.de
      Webform @
        www.marktkirche-wiesbaden.de

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 9,12,15,17,19;
   concerts Saturdays 1205-1230

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C G   
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   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 2023

The Website of the church (in German) opens with a photo of the building, and 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.

The DGV page about this carillon has photos (some crooked) of the tower, bells and console.

The English Wikipedia article about the church has a paragraph about the carillon.

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 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/08/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/08/02