STRASBOURG - C/1 : FRANCE - 67

*Location:

   Central belfry & crossing tower
   Cathédrale Notre-Dame
   Place de la Cathédrale
   Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin (Alsace), France
   LL: N 48.58179, E 7.75048 (ctr belfry)
   LL: N 48.58216, E 7.75138 (crossing)
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Heaviest 10 in belfry between south
   tower & stump of north tower; includes
   bourdon by Hans Gremp (Strasbourg),
   #5 by Frére Michaël (Maria Laach) &
   Fonderie Voegelé (Strasbourg).
   Lightest 7 in crossing tower.
   Bourdon also reported as 8811 kg or
   ~9000 kg.
*Bells:
   G#, 222cm, 8900kg, 1427, Hans Gremp
   A#, 175cm, 3896kg, 1977, Heidelberg
   B,  158cm, 2225kg, 1786, Matthieu Edel
   C#, 146cm, 2307kg, 1975, Heidelberg
   D#, 130cm, 1605kg, 2006, [see above]
   F,  120cm, 1278kg, 1977, Heidelberg
   F#, 113cm, 1052kg, 1987, Karlsruhe
   G#, 112cm, 1122kg, 1977, Heidelberg
   A#, 101cm,  795kg, 1977, Heidelberg
   C,   90cm,  571kg, 1977, Heidelberg
   D#,  73cm,  304kg, 2004, Karlsruhe
   G#,  56cm,  153kg, 1993, Karlsruhe
   A#,  50cm,  104kg, 2014, Voegelé
   C,   46cm,   84kg, 2014, Voegelé
   C#,  44cm,   73kg, 2014, Voegelé
   D#,  40cm,   55kg, 2014, Voegelé

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of 17 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   Installation was completed in 2014
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020
*Links:

The French Wikipedia article about the building has numerous photos, and a detailed section about the bells (though the counts and lists do not match).  There is a very large gallery of photos of the architecture, windows and art, but only one photo of a bell.
There is a separate article about the bells.

This work having no predominant maker, it is not indexed by foundry.  However, the two great bells are separately indexed; see below.

Ranking among all French chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all French chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all French chimes by year of completion.

Where the bass bell of this peal collection ranks among all great bells in France.

Index to all tower bell instruments in France/Bas-Rhin.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 18-Aug-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/08/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/07/23
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