Non-traditional carillons in Germany:
index by year of completion

The table below is an index to 116 existing German non-traditional carillons, in order by year of completion (to the current number of bells).  Instruments which were completed in the same year are listed in order by the city name without regard to the exact date on which the installation was finished.  Instruments made of porcelain bells are so marked.

After the year, a letter indicates that it is

C - when the complete instrument was installed;
E - when the instrument was enlarged from its previous size;
R - when the instrument's range changed, but not its size.
(Replacements which did not change the range are not considered here.)
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.


    Location (City : Country)                Year
Unknown - 24 instruments
ACHIM                         : GERMANY      ???? E
BAD LANGENSALZA               : GERMANY      ???? C
BOEBLINGEN                    : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
COCHEM                        : GERMANY      ???? C
DUESSELDORF - S               : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
FELLBACH                      : GERMANY      ???? C  porcelain
FREIBURG                      : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
FURTH IM WALD                 : GERMANY      ???? C
HAMBURG - UNK                 : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
KARLSRUHE - RH                : GERMANY      ???? C

KEMPTEN                       : GERMANY      ???? C
LEER                          : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
LINDAU                        : GERMANY      ???? C
LINZ AM RHEIN                 : GERMANY      ???? C
LUENEN                        : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
MAINZ - CK                    : GERMANY-BRD  1??? C
MUENCHEN - KB                 : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
MUENSTER-IN-W. - LH           : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
MUENSTER-IN-W. - U            : GERMANY-BRD  1??? C
OBERNKIRCHEN                  : GERMANY      ???? C

SINN/DILLKREIS - 1            : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
SINN/DILLKREIS - 2            : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
STERKRADE                     : GERMANY-BRD  1??? C
WUPPERTAL-ELBERFELD           : GERMANY-BRD  19?? E

before World War II - 4 instruments
MUENCHEN - NR                 : GERMANY-BRD  1908 C
MEISSEN - F                   : GERMANY-DDR  1929 C  porcelain
FREIBURG-IM-BREISGAU - RH     : GERMANY      1900 C
ESSEN                         : GERMANY      1928 C

during partition - 63 instruments
AALEN - NR                    : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
BREMEN - EK                   : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
BREMEN - UNK                  : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
ERBACH/ODENWALD               : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
CHEMNITZ - AR                 : GERMANY-DDR  ???? C
GRIESHEIM                     : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
GUETERSLOH                    : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
HANAU                         : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
HOHENLIMBURG                  : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
MOELLN                        : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
SIEGEN                        : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C
WORMS                         : GERMANY-BRD  19?? C

SCHLITZ                       : GERMANY-BRD  1950 C
BOCHUM - R                    : GERMANY-BRD  1951 C
SAARLOUIS                     : GERMANY-BRD  1953 C
OTTWEILER                     : GERMANY-BRD  1954 C
BAERENFELS                    : GERMANY-DDR  1955 C  porcelain
CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD/C        : GERMANY-BRD  1956 C
LUENEBURG - R                 : GERMANY-BRD  1956 C  porcelain
MANNHEIM                      : GERMANY-BRD  1956 C
STUTTGART                     : GERMANY-BRD  1956 C
BENDORF                       : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
HANNOVER - A                  : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
HATTINGEN                     : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
MICHELSTADT                   : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
WOLFSBURG                     : GERMANY-BRD  1958 C
HEILGENHAFEN                  : GERMANY-BRD  1959 C
HEPPENHEIM                    : GERMANY-BRD  1959 C
HOEXTER                       : GERMANY-BRD  1959 C

BUER - 1                      : GERMANY-BRD  1961 C
HOLZMINDEN                    : GERMANY-BRD  1961 C
SELIGENSTADT                  : GERMANY-BRD  1961 C
BIELEFELD                     : GERMANY-BRD  1963 C
BOTTROP                       : GERMANY-BRD  1963 C
WEIDEN-IN-DER-OBERPFALZ       : GERMANY-BRD  1963 C
DRESDEN                       : GERMANY-DDR  1964 E  porcelain
DUESSELDORF - EMK             : GERMANY-BRD  1964 C
HAMELN                        : GERMANY-BRD  1965 C
GESCHER - PE                  : GERMANY-BRD  1966 C
LILIENTHAL                    : GERMANY-BRD  1966 C
PADERBORN - B                 : GERMANY-BRD  1966 C
KOELN - DH                    : GERMANY-BRD  1969 C
PADERBORN - KK                : GERMANY-BRD  1969 C

GELDERN                       : GERMANY-BRD  1970 C
KEVELAER - P                  : GERMANY-BRD  1970 C
SINDELFINGEN                  : GERMANY-BRD  1970 C
SONNEBERG                     : GERMANY-DDR  1970 C
BUER - 2                      : GERMANY-BRD  1971 C
BAYREUTH                      : GERMANY-BRD  1971 C  chimola
ESSLINGEN                     : GERMANY-BRD  1972 E
HAMBURG-ALTONA - STJ          : GERMANY-BRD  1972 E
PFORZHEIM - RH                : GERMANY-BRD  1974 C
NEUSS                         : GERMANY-BRD  1975 C

HAMBURG - S                   : GERMANY-BRD  1980 C
DARMSTADT                     : GERMANY-BRD  1981 E
HAMBURG - HG                  : GERMANY-BRD  1983 C
BREMERVOERDE                  : GERMANY-BRD  1984 C
DAUN                          : GERMANY-BRD  1984 C
POTSDAM - G                   : GERMANY-DDR  1987 E
WEIMAR                        : GERMANY-DDR  1987 C  porcelain
NORDERSTEDT                   : GERMANY-BRD  1988 C
GRUENSTADT                    : GERMANY-BRD  1989 C
OFFENBURG                     : GERMANY-BRD  1989 C

after reunification - 25 instruments
LORSCH                        : GERMANY-BRD  1989 C
ISNY                          : GERMANY      1990 C
PASSAU - ARH                  : GERMANY      1991 C
BREMEN - B                    : GERMANY-BRD  1992 C  porcelain
MOEHRENDORF                   : GERMANY      1993 E
SCHWARZENBERG - B             : GERMANY-DDR  1994 C  porcelain
VELEN                         : GERMANY      1994 C
VILSHOFEN                     : GERMANY      1994 C
GUNZENHAUSEN                  : GERMANY      1996 C
LEIPZIG                       : GERMANY-DDR  1997 C  porcelain

STRAUBING                     : GERMANY      1999 C
EMDEN                         : GERMANY      2000 C
UNTERSCHLEISSHEIM             : GERMANY      2000 C
VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN - 2    : GERMANY      2000 C
TRARBACH                      : GERMANY      2004 C
BOCHUM - W                    : GERMANY      2007 C
FUERTH                        : GERMANY      2007 C
RHEINE                        : GERMANY      2007 C
BUXTEHUDE                     : GERMANY      2008 C
OFFENHAUSEN                   : GERMANY      2008 C

GERMERSHEIM                   : GERMANY      2009 C
DITZINGEN                     : GERMANY      2011 C
ROCKENHAUSEN                  : GERMANY      2014 C  hybrid
BUCHEN/ODENWALD               : GERMANY      2015 C  hybrid
BILLERBECK                    : GERMANY      2020 C


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