Non-traditional carillons in Germany:
index by maker

Non-traditional carillons in Germany contain bells supplied by a variety of bellfoundries.  Most such sites (exceptions as noted below) are listed here by foundry in the following order:

Within each bellfoundry group, the sites are listed in chronological order (unknown first).

For an explanation of what this index contains (and does NOT contain), and of the additional details on each entry, see the Bellfoundry Indexes Advice.

NOTE:  For an explanation of our use of the tags BRD and DDR, see the long Note in the regional index overview page for this country.

Bellfoundry unknown

The sources which reported the existence of these instruments, or the phase of work listed here, did not identify their makers.  They are listed in city name order rather than date order. 
BAD LANGENSALZA               : GERMANY      ???? C
   Rathaus facade
BUECKEBURG                    : GERMANY      ???? C
   Volksbank in Schaumburg
BUXTEHUDE                     : GERMANY      2008 C
   Buxtehude Haus
CHEMNITZ - AR                 : GERMANY-DDR  ???? C
   Altes Rathaus
COCHEM                        : GERMANY      ???? C
   Bell structure
DARMSTADT                     : GERMANY-BRD  1848 E (non-trad)
   Rezidenzschloss
DUESSELDORF - S               : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Sparkasse
FURTH IM WALD                 : GERMANY      ???? C
   Ehemaliges Amtsgericht
     (former district court)
GERMERSHEIM                   : GERMANY      2009 C
   Stadtverwaltung
HATTINGEN                     : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
   Turm der ehem. Johanniskirche
HEILGENHAFEN                  : GERMANY-BRD  1959 C
   Freestanding bell frame
HOHENLIMBURG                  : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Rathaus
KARLSRUHE - RH                : GERMANY      ???? C
   Rathaus portico ceiling
KEMPTEN                       : GERMANY      ???? C
   Building facade
KEVELAER - P                  : GERMANY-BRD  1970 C
   Forum pax Christi
LINDAU                        : GERMANY      ???? C
   Neues Rathaus
LINZ AM RHEIN                 : GERMANY      ???? C
   Rathaus
LIPPSTADT                     : GERMANY      ???? C
   Jakobikirche
LORSCH                        : GERMANY-BRD  1989 C
   Altes Rathaus
MICHELSTADT                   : GERMANY-BRD  1913 C (non-trad)
   Evangelische Stadtkirche
MICHELSTADT                   : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
   Evangelische Stadtkirche
MUENCHEN - KB                 : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Kathol. Blindenanstalt
NEUSTADT                      : GERMANY-BRD  1980 C
   Otto Buer Glocken- und Uhrentechnik
OBERNKIRCHEN                  : GERMANY      ???? C
   Brillenmoden Hunstiger
OLDENBURG                     : GERMANY      1995 C
   Rathaus
SELIGENSTADT                  : GERMANY-BRD  1961 C
   Rathaus
STUTTGART                     : GERMANY-BRD  1925 C (non-trad)
   Rathausturm
VELEN                         : GERMANY      1994 C
   Schloss Velen
VILSHOFEN                     : GERMANY      1994 C
   Stadtturm
WEIDEN-IN-DER-OBERPFALZ       : GERMANY-BRD  1963 C
   Altes Rathaus
WESEL                         : GERMANY      1994 C
   Willibrordi-Dom
   (Cathedral of St.Willibrord)
WUPPERTAL-ELBERFELD           : GERMANY-BRD  1951 F  non-trad#
   Uhrenhaus Abeler
WUPPERTAL-ELBERFELD           : GERMANY-BRD  19?? E
   Uhrenhaus Abeler

van Aerschodt, Leuven (Louvain), Belgium

 [none posted yet]
Complete list of van Aerschodt foundry output.

Schilling, Apolda, Heidelberg and Waren, Germany

FREIBURG                      : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Ordinariat
   actual foundry unknown

MANNHEIM                      : GERMANY-BRD  1956 C
   Altes Rathaus / Sebastiankirche
HANNOVER - A                  : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
   Aegidien-kirche
HEPPENHEIM                    : GERMANY-BRD  1959 C
   Rathaus
SONNEBERG                     : GERMANY-DDR  1970 C
   Rathaus
OFFENBURG                     : GERMANY-BRD  1989 C  non-trad*
   Altes Rathaus
Complete list of Schilling foundry output, grouped by foundry.

Causard, Belgium and France

FREIBURG-IM-BREISGAU - RH     : GERMANY      1900 C
   Neues Rathaus
   cast in Strasbourg
Complete list of Causard foundry output.

Eijsbouts, Asten, Netherlands

WUPPERTAL-ELBERFELD           : GERMANY-BRD  1963 I
   Uhrenhaus Abeler
PADERBORN - B                 : GERMANY-BRD  1966 C
   Blindenanstalt
   (Home for the blind)
KOELN - DH                    : GERMANY-BRD  1969 C
   Deichmannhaus
BAYREUTH                      : GERMANY-BRD  1971 C  chimola
   Glockenspiele an der Grasenschule
ESSLINGEN                     : GERMANY-BRD  1972 E
   Altes Rathaus
HAMBURG - HG                  : GERMANY-BRD  1983 C
   RK Heiligegeist Kirche
HAMBURG - S                   : GERMANY-BRD  1980 C
   Shopping Centre
FUERTH                        : GERMANY      1988*C
   Rathaus
   * cast for a different location
NORDERSTEDT                   : GERMANY-BRD  1988 C
   Rathaus (Town Hall)
GRUENSTADT                    : GERMANY-BRD  1989 C
   Martinskirche (St.Martin's Church)
ISNY                          : GERMANY      1990 C
   Glockenspiel am Gebäude am Mühlturm
   Architect's Office (now a residence)
EMDEN                         : GERMANY      2000 C
   Rathaus
ROCKENHAUSEN                  : GERMANY      2014 C  hybrid
   Turmuhrenmuseum (Tower clock museum)
BUCHEN/ODENWALD               : GERMANY      2015 C  hybrid
   Stadtturm (Mainzer Tor)
BILLERBECK                    : GERMANY      2020 C
   Propsteikirche St.Ludgerus
Complete list of Eijsbouts foundry output.

Petit & Fritsen, Aarle-Rixtel, Netherlands

ACHIM                         : GERMANY      ???? E
   Bell tree
BREMEN - EK                   : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Evang.Kirchturm
BREMEN - UNK                  : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   (Unknown)
HAMBURG - UNK                 : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   (Unknown)
HANAU                         : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Alter Rathausturm
LUENEN                        : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   (Unknown)

ESSEN                         : GERMANY      1928 C
   Deiterhaus
BENDORF                       : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
   Reformirte Kirchturm
BUER - 1                      : GERMANY-BRD  1961 C
   Giessereiturm
   Fabrik Korfhage
BOTTROP                       : GERMANY-BRD  1963 C
   Juwelier Robert Triffterer
   Bottroper Glockenspielhaus
DUESSELDORF - EMK             : GERMANY-BRD  1964 C
   Evangelische Melancthon-Kirchengemeinde
HAMELN - H                    : GERMANY-BRD  1965 C
   Hochzeithausfassade
   (Wedding house; former Rathaus)
GESCHER - PE                  : GERMANY-BRD  1966 C
   Petit & Edelbrock
BUER - 2                      : GERMANY-BRD  1971 C
   Fabrik Korfhage
NEUSS                         : GERMANY-BRD  1975 C
   Schützenglockenspiel
BREMERVOERDE                  : GERMANY-BRD  1984 C
   Rathaus
POTSDAM - G                   : GERMANY-DDR  1984 F
   Glockenspiel zur Erinnerung
     an die Garnisonkirche
   Garnisonkirche memorial plaza
POTSDAM - G                   : GERMANY-DDR  1986 I
   Glockenspiel zur Erinnerung
     an die Garnisonkirche
   Garnisonkirche memorial plaza
POTSDAM - G                   : GERMANY-DDR  1987 E
   Glockenspiel zur Erinnerung
     an die Garnisonkirche
   Garnisonkirche memorial plaza
PASSAU - ARH                  : GERMANY      1991 C
   Altes Rathaus
   (Old Town Hall)
ACHIM                         : GERMANY      1997 F
   Bell tree
RHEINE                        : GERMANY      2007 C
   Geschäftshaus
Complete list of Petit & Fritsen foundry output.

Hemony, Netherlands

(two foundries, combined here) 
DARMSTADT                     : GERMANY-BRD  1671 F (non-trad)
   Rezidenzschloss
Complete list of Hemony foundries output.

Paccard, Annecy, France

OTTWEILER                     : GERMANY-BRD  1954 C  non-trad
   Evangel.kirche
Complete list of Paccard foundry output.

Perner, Passau, Germany

MOEHRENDORF                   : GERMANY      1973 F
   St.Laurentius-Kirche
MOEHRENDORF                   : GERMANY      1993 E
   St.Laurentius-Kirche
GUNZENHAUSEN                  : GERMANY      1996 C
   Glockenspiel
UNTERSCHLEISSHEIM             : GERMANY      2000 C
   Rathaus
VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN - 2    : GERMANY      2000 C 
   Münster
OFFENHAUSEN                   : GERMANY      2008 C
   St.Nikolaus Wehrkirche
Complete list of Perner foundry output.

Rincker, Sinn, Germany

AALEN - NR                    : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Neues Rathaus
BOEBLINGEN                    : GERMANY-BRD  1??? C
   Rathaus
ERBACH/ODENWALD               : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Rathausturm
GRIESHEIM                     : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Melanchthonkirche
GUETERSLOH                    : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Rathausfassade
MOELLN                        : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Wohnstift Augustinum
SIEGEN                        : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Das Untere Schloss (Dicke Turm)
SINN/DILLKREIS - 1            : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Traveling Carillon
   Fa.Rincker
SINN/DILLKREIS - 2            : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Fa.Rincker
WORMS                         : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Dreifaltigkeitskirche
   (Trinity Church)

DARMSTADT                     : GERMANY-BRD  1951 F  non-trad#
   Rezidenzschloss
DARMSTADT                     : GERMANY-BRD  1955 I
   Rezidenzschloss
WOLFSBURG                     : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
   Rathausturmfassade (northwest)
HOEXTER                       : GERMANY-BRD  1959 C
   Historisches Rathaus
HOLZMINDEN                    : GERMANY-BRD  1961 C
   Stadthaus (or) Haus den Jugend
BIELEFELD                     : GERMANY-BRD  1963 C
   Alte Nicolaikirche
DUESSELDORF - EMK             : GERMANY-BRD  1964 E
   Evangelische Melancthon-Kirchengemeinde
LILIENTHAL                    : GERMANY-BRD  1966 C
   Evangel. Hospital
PADERBORN - KK                : GERMANY-BRD  1969 C
   Kaufhaus Klingenthal
GELDERN                       : GERMANY-BRD  1970 C
   Heilig-geist-kirche
DARMSTADT                     : GERMANY-BRD  1981 E
   Rezidenzschloss
Complete list of Rincker foundry output.

Vanbergen, Heiligerlee, Netherlands

LEER                          : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Rathaus
MUENSTER-IN-W. - LH           : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
   Landeshausturm

HAMBURG-ALTONA - STJ          : GERMANY-BRD  1961 F  non-trad*
   St.Josephs-Kirche
HAMBURG-ALTONA - STJ          : GERMANY-BRD  1972 E
   St.Josephs-Kirche
Complete list of Vanbergen foundry output.

Petit & Edelbrock, Gescher, Westphalia, Germany

DITZINGEN                     : GERMANY      2011 C
   Geschäftshaus
Complete list of Petit & Edelbrock output.

Bochumer Verein, Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (steel)

BOCHUM - W                    : GERMANY      19??*C
   Bell tower
   Westpark
   * made for a different site
MAINZ - CK                    : GERMANY-BRD  1??? C
   Christuskirche
MUENSTER-IN-W. - U            : GERMANY-BRD  1??? C
   Universitätsturm
STERKRADE                     : GERMANY-BRD  1??? C
   Hochhaus Clock Tower
   (Stadtmittehaus)

BOCHUM - R                    : GERMANY-BRD  1929 C (non-trad)
   Rathaus
BOCHUM - R                    : GERMANY-BRD  1951 C
   Rathaus
CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD/C        : GERMANY-BRD  1956 C
   Campanile
   Clausthal Univ. of Technology
   (was Bergakademie)
Complete list of Bochumer Verein foundry output.

Meissen, Meißen, Saxony, Germany (porcelain)

FELLBACH                      : GERMANY      ???? C
   Rathaus courtyard

MEISSEN - F                   : GERMANY-DDR  1929 C
   Frauenkirche
BREMEN - B                    : GERMANY     (1930 C)
   Haus des Glockenspiels
DRESDEN                       : GERMANY-DDR (1933 C)
   Glockenspielpavilion
   Zwinger  [palace]
BREMEN - B                    : GERMANY     (1954 C)
   Haus des Glockenspiels
BAERENFELS                    : GERMANY-DDR  1955 C
   Glocken des Friedens (Bells of Peace)
   Kurpark
LUENEBURG - R                 : GERMANY-BRD  1956 C
   Rathausturm
DRESDEN                       : GERMANY-DDR  1964 E
   Glockenspielpavilion
   Zwinger  [palace]
SCHWARZENBERG - B             : GERMANY-DDR  1964*C
   Brunnenlage
   * [made for a different location]
LEIPZIG                       : GERMANY-DDR (1970 C)
   Mädler-Passage (indoors)
BREMEN - B                    : GERMANY      1992 C
   Haus des Glockenspiels
LEIPZIG                       : GERMANY      1997 C
   Mädler-Passage (indoors)
Complete list of Meissen factory output.

Miscellaneous founders, not listed above

POTSDAM - G                   : GERMANY-DDR  1722 F (trad)
   Glockenspiel zur Erinnerung
     an die Garnisonkirche
   Garnisonkirche memorial plaza
   cast by J.A. deGrave
POTSDAM - G                   : GERMANY-DDR  1728 E (trad)
   Glockenspiel zur Erinnerung
     an die Garnisonkirche
   Garnisonkirche memorial plaza
   cast by Paul Maurer
MUENCHEN - NR                 : GERMANY-BRD  1908 C
   Glockenspiel
   Neues Rathaus
   cast by Oberascher
ESSLINGEN                     : GERMANY-BRD  1927 F
   Altes Rathaus
   cast by Kurtz
SCHLITZ                       : GERMANY-BRD  1950 C
   Turm der Vorderburg
   cast by Kurtz
SAARLOUIS                     : GERMANY-BRD  1953 C
   Rathaus
   cast by Otto (Saarlouis branch)
STUTTGART                     : GERMANY-BRD  1956 C
   Rathausturm
   cast by Kurtz, Stuttgart
SINDELFINGEN                  : GERMANY-BRD  1970 C
   Open steel tower
   cast by Gebrüder Bachert, Bad Friedrichshall
PFORZHEIM - RH                : GERMANY-BRD  1974 C
   Neues Rathaus
   cast by Gebrüder Bachert, Bad Friedrichshall
DAUN                          : GERMANY-BRD  1984 C
   Seniorenhaus Regina Protmann
   made by Mark, Eifel
WEIMAR                        : GERMANY-DDR  1987*C
   Rathaus
   * porcelain bells, made for another site by Leipziger Manufaktur
STRAUBING                     : GERMANY      1999 C
   Stadtturm
   cast by Gugg
TRARBACH                      : GERMANY      2004 C
   Weißer Turm (Alter Stadtturm)
   cast by Bachert, Karlsruhe, Germany
Complete list of miscellaneous foundry output.

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