*Location:

   Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Chiesa S.Croce)
   Via Arciduca Eugenio at Vicolo Fucine
   Lana, Bolzano (Südtirol), Italy
   LL: N 46.61470, E 11.15028

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   The heaviest peal in the South Tirol.
   All cast by Grassmayr, Innsbruck;
   original bass recast in 1952; new bass
   (largest church bell in S.Tirol) recast
   in 2014.

   G, 6248kg, 215cm, 2014, Grassmayr
   A, 4160kg, 186cm, 1952, Grassmayr
   C, 2250kg, 155cm, 1950, Grassmayr
   D, 1530kg, 137cm, 1950, Grassmayr
   F,  903kg, 115cm, 1950, Grassmayr
   G,  625kg, 104cm, 1950, Grassmayr
   A,  423kg,  93cm, 1950, Grassmayr
   C,  243kg,  75cm, 1950, Grassmayr

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     G C   /    NONE  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   1 bell was recast or replaced in 2014
     by other            
   Prior history:
     In 1996, the instrument was enlarged to  8  bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1952,  1 bells were recast or replaced
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was A  in the bass octave
       Keyboard range was:     A C   /    NONE  
     In 1950, the instrument was begun with  7 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (6 bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2026

The German Wikipedia article about the church has photos of it, and a paragraph about the bells.  The associated Wikimedia Commons category has more photos of the building.

A long YouTube video about the bells (23:00, in German) is actually a series of stills; mouse over the progress bar to see tooltip descriptions of each segment.  Partial translation:  The seven smaller bells were cast in 1950, although the largest of the seven had to be recast in 1952.  To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the renewal of the Sacred Heart Vow in Tyrol, an eighth, larger bell, named the "Sacred Heart Bell," was cast in 1996.  In 2014, it had to be recast due to a crack.  The Sacred Heart Bell is the largest church bell in South Tyrol.
Names of the bells:
Glocke 1, Name: Herz-Jesu-Glocke
Glocke 2, Name: Dreifaltigkeitsglocke
Glocke 3, Name: St. Josef-Pfarrglocke
Glocke 4, Name: Marienglocke
Glocke 5, Name: Michaelsglocke
Glocke 6, Name: Elisabethglocke
Glocke 7, Name: St. Agathaglocke
Glocke 8, Name: St. Georg-Sterbeglocke (the death knell)

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Grassmayr bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
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Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Grassmayr bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Where the two bass bells rank among all great bells in Italy.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Italy.

   This page was built from the database on 27-May-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/05/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/05/20