Chimes in Europe:
index by country and city

Chime-sized tower bell installations of all kinds may be found in Europe in the indicated countries:

Countries:  AlbaniaAustriaBelarus,  {Belgium}},  BulgariaCroatia (formerly part of Yugoslavia),  Czech Republic (formerly part of Czechoslovakia),  {Denmark}},  {England (UK)},  EstoniaFinland,  {France},  {Germany (former East and West combined)},  GreeceHungaryIceland,  {Ireland (Republic of)},  {Italy},  LiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMalta,  {Netherlands},  {Northern Ireland (UK)},  NorwayPolandPortugalRussia,  {Scotland (UK)},  Slovak Republic (formerly part of Czechoslovakia),  Slovenia (formerly part of Yugoslavia),  SpainSwitzerlandUkraine,  {Wales (UK)}
Click on any underlined country name above to go directly to that section of this index, or to the {separate country or regional index page}.  Within a country, sites are listed alphabetically by city and site-name.

If you are looking for a specific site by its institutional name (e.g., a church or school) or by the instrument's proper name, then use the "find in page" feature of your Web browser to locate a distinctive word (or partial word) in that name.

NOTES:

  1. Cities which have (or had) a carillon during a historical period when they were part of, or were occupied by, a different country may be cross-referenced by the name which they bore in the language of that country.  For the same reason, place names are sometimes given in alternate languages.  Such references enable the reader to connect historical references with present circumstances, and are not intended to express any political opinion regarding past or present facts.

  2. If you do not find here a city (or instrument) which you think should be listed, then check the page of sites that are no more for this region. If it's not there, then please send a message to csz_stl@swbell.net telling everything you know about it.


Albania

TIRANA                        : ALBANIA    
   Katedralja Ngjallja e Krishtit
   (Resurrection Cathedral)

Austria

GRAZ - MS                     : AUSTRIA    
   Mariensäule (Marian column)
GRUENAU-HOFSTETTEN            : AUSTRIA    
   RC Church
INNSBRUCK - D/2               : AUSTRIA      peal/great
   Domtoren Sct.Jacob
LANGENLOIS                    : AUSTRIA    
   R.K.Kirchturm
LINZ - F                      : AUSTRIA    
   Feichtinger Home
LINZ - K                      : AUSTRIA    
   Linzer Kiwanis Glockenspiel
   Kiwanis-Klub
VIENNA                        : AUSTRIA
  *See:  WIEN                 : AUSTRIA
WIEN - BF                     : AUSTRIA    
   Berndorf Factory
WIEN - STJ                    : AUSTRIA    
   St.Josefskirche
   (St.Joseph Church at Kahlenburg)
WIEN - STS                    : AUSTRIA    
   South tower
   St.Stephen's Cathedral

Belarus

ZHYROVICHY                    : BELARUS      zvon
   Svyato-Uspenskiy Zhyrovichy Monastery

Bulgaria

SOFIA - AN                    : BULGARIA     zvon/great
   Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Croatia

(formerly part of Yugoslavia)
UNKNOWN                       : CROATIA    
   Church

Czech Republic

(formerly part of Czechoslovakia)
BRNO                          : CZECH REP. 
   Brno City Museum
   Hrad Špilberk
BRODEK U PREROVA              : CZECH REP. 
   Freestanding bell frame
LODENICE                      : CZECH REP.   zvon
   Monastyr svatého Václava a svaté Ludmily
   (Convent SS.Wenceslas & Ludmila)
NOVY JICIN                    : CZECH REP. 
   Radnice (town hall)
PRAGUE                        : CZECHOSLOV.
  *See:  PRAHA                : CZECH REP.
PRAHA - STT                   : CZECH REP. 
   Church of St.Theresa
   (Sv.Teresie)
PRAHA - V                     : CZECH REP. 
   Church of St.Peter & Paul at Vysehrad
   (Svaty Petr a Pavel)
ZD'AR NAD SAZAVOU             : CZECH REP. 
   Old Town Hall

Estonia

TALLINN                       : ESTONIA      zvon
   Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral 

Finland

HELSINKI                      : FINLAND      zvon
   Campanile
   Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish Orthodox)
KOUVOLA                       : FINLAND    
   Rådhuset 
PYHÄSALMI - 2                 : FINLAND    
   Vaskikello (Brassbellstore) Bell Museum
     (main bell shed) 
PYHÄSALMI - 3                 : FINLAND    
   Vaskikello (Brassbellstore) Bell Museum
     (west garden) 
PYHÄSALMI - 4                 : FINLAND    
   Vaskikello (Brassbellstore) Bell Museum
     (southwest garden) 

Greece

MOUNT ATHOS                   : GREECE       zvon/great
   St.Panteleimon Monastery

Hungary

HEVIZ                         : HUNGARY    
   Town hall

Iceland

REYKJAVIK - BR                : ICELAND    
   Breidholtskirkja
REYKJAVIK - BU                : ICELAND    
   Bustadakirkja

Liechtenstein

VADUZ                         : LIECHTENST.
   Schlössle Mahal (restaurant;
   was Hotel Schlössle)

Lithuania

SIAULIAI - SM                 : LITHUANIA    chime
   Svc. Mergeles Marijos Nekaltojo Prasidejimo
   (Church of the Immaculate Conception
     of the Virgin Mary)

Luxembourg

ECHTERNACH - 2                : LUXEMBOURG 
   Basilica of St.Willibrord
TROINE-ROUTE                  : LUXEMBOURG 
   Donatuskapell (St.Donatus Chapel)
WASSERBILLIG                  : LUXEMBOURG  
   St.Martin's Church

Malta

BIRGU                         : MALTA      
   Malta Maritime Museum
GHAJNSIELEM                   : MALTA        peal
   Ghajnsielem Parish Church
GOZO                          : MALTA      
   Lady of Ta' Pinu Shrine Basilica
SLIEMA                        : MALTA      
   St.Gregory the Great Parish Church
     (San Girgor)
VALLETTA                      : MALTA        chime/great
   St.John's Co-Cathedral

Norway

ARENDAL                       : NORWAY     
   Trefoldighet kirke 
DRAMMEN - LS                  : NORWAY     
   Lier Sykehus 
HAMMERFEST                    : NORWAY     
   St.Michael the Archangel
LILLESTRØM                    : NORWAY     
   Øre Rœlingen kirke 
OSLO - BK                     : NORWAY     
   Bredtvet kirke 
OSLO - EK                     : NORWAY     
   Ellingsrud kirke 
OSLO - FK                     : NORWAY     
   Fossum kirke 
OSLO - HK                     : NORWAY     
   Holmlia kirke 
OSLO - LK                     : NORWAY     
   Langhus kirke 
OSLO - RK                     : NORWAY     
   Rødtvet kirke
OSLO - SVK                    : NORWAY     
   Skøyen Vest kirke 
OSLO - VK                     : NORWAY     
   Vålerenga kirke

Poland

CZESTOCHOWA - U               : POLAND     
   (unknown)
GDANSK - B                    : POLAND     
   Biskupia Górka
   (Bishop's Hill youth hotel)
KRAKOW - B                    : POLAND     
   Sanktuarium Bozego Milosierdzia
   (Sanctuary of Divine Mercy)
KRAKOW - W                    : POLAND       chime/great(2)
   The Wawel Royal Cathedral of
     St.Stanislaus B.M. & St.Wenceslaus M.
LEGNICA                       : POLAND     
   SS.Peter and Paul Cathedral
POZNAN                        : POLAND     
   Mobile chime
   Firma Prais
WARSAW (WARSZAWA)             : POLAND     
   Parafia sw.Tomasza Apostola
   (Church of St.Thomas the Apostle)

Portugal

BRAGA                         : PORTUGAL   
   Catedral de Braga
PORTO - FN                    : PORTUGAL   
   Galerias Palladium

Russia

BELAYA GORA                   : RUSSIA       zvon
   Belogorsky Monastery
GUBKIN                        : RUSSIA       zvon
   Cathedral
KALUGA OBLAST                 : RUSSIA       tubular
   Industrial Carillon
   Nikola-Lenivets art park
KEM - 2                       : RUSSIA       zvon
   Solovetsky Monastery
KONDOPOGA - P                 : RUSSIA     
   Park
KOSTROMA                      : RUSSIA       zvon
   Zvonnitsa
   Ipatievsky Monastery
   (Hypatian Monastery)
KUBINKA - C                   : RUSSIA       zvon/great
   Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
MOSKVA - AM                   : RUSSIA       zvon
   Andreevsky Monastery
MOSKVA - IV                   : RUSSIA       zvon
   Ivan Veliki (Ivan the Great) Bell Tower complex
   within the Kremlin
MOSKVA - JV                   : RUSSIA       zvon
   Church of Joseph Volotsky
MOSKVA - ST/2                 : RUSSIA     
   (flat chime)
   Spasskaya Bashnya (The Savior Tower)
   Kremlin (east wall)
NOVGOROD                      : RUSSIA       zvon
   Yuriev (St.George's) Monastery
ROSTOV VELIKII                : RUSSIA       zvon
   Uspenski Sobor
   (Assumption Cathedral)
SAINT PETERSBURG - CI/2       : RUSSIA       zvon
   Arka-zvonnitsa (pillars)
   Primorsky Park of Victory
SAINT PETERSBURG - PK/1       : RUSSIA       zvon
   Petropavlovskaya Krepost 
   (Peter & Paul Tower; main belfry) 
VORONEZH                      : RUSSIA       zvon
   Church of St.Xenia of St.Petersburg
SUZDAL                        : RUSSIA       zvon
   Zvonnitsa
   Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery
TALDOM                        : RUSSIA     
   A.A.Tsvetkov School of Arts
TYUMEN                        : RUSSIA     
   Sberbank plaza
YAROSLAVL - 1                 : RUSSIA       zvon
   (Heavy zvon)
   Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
      (Transfiguration of the Savior)
YAROSLAVL - 2                 : RUSSIA       zvon
   (Light zvon)
   Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery
      (Transfiguration of the Savior)
ZVENIGOROD                    : RUSSIA       zvon/great
   Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery
   (Storozhi monastery of St.Savva)

Slovak Republic

(formerly part of Czechoslovakia)
KOSICE                        : SLOVAK REP.
   Freestanding, near fountain

Slovenia

(formerly part of Yugoslavia)
KRANJ                         : SLOVENIA   
   St.Cantianus & Companions Parish Church

Spain

ALMERIA                       : SPAIN      
   La Catedral de la Encarnación
AVILA                         : SPAIN      
   Catedral de El Salvador
   (Cathedral of the Savior)
BARCELONA - NS                : SPAIN      
   El Carillón de la Diagonal
   Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Nuria
   (Església de la Mare de Déu de Núria)
CIUDAD REAL                   : SPAIN      
   Casa del Arco y Reloj Carillón
LEON                          : SPAIN      
   North tower
   Catedral de Santa Maria
MADRID - PB                   : SPAIN      
   Plus Ultra Building
MADRID - SF/1                 : SPAIN        ring
   South tower
   Real Basilica de San Francisco el Grande
MADRID - SF/2                 : SPAIN      
   North tower
   Real Basilica de San Francisco el Grande
MURCIA                        : SPAIN      
   Murcia Cathedral
PAMPLONA                      : SPAIN      
   Catedral de Santa María la Real
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA        : SPAIN      
   Catedral
TARRAGONA                     : SPAIN      
   Catedral Metropolitana
     i Primada de Santa Tecla
TOLEDO                        : SPAIN        peal/great(3)
   Catedral Primada
VALENCIA                      : SPAIN      
   Catedral de Santa Maria
VILLARREAL - 1                : SPAIN      
   East tower 
   Basilica de San Pasqual

Sweden

ARSTA                         : SWEDEN     
   (Unknown)
JONKOPING                     : SWEDEN     
   St.Sofia Tower
MARIESTAD                     : SWEDEN     
   Dom Tower
STOCKHOLM - SH                : SWEDEN     
   Stadshustorn
TASJO                         : SWEDEN     
   Kyrka (church)
VALLINGBY                     : SWEDEN     
   St.Tomas

Switzerland

AARAU                         : SWITZERLAND
   Obertor
BAD RAGAZ                     : SWITZERLAND
   (bell poles)
BERN - M                      : SWITZERLAND  peal
   Münster
BUELACH                       : SWITZERLAND
   School
BUEMPLIZ                      : SWITZERLAND
   Tscharnergut Bethlehem
BULLE                         : SWITZERLAND
   Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens
CHAMPÉRY                      : SWITZERLAND
   Eglise
CHIASSO                       : SWITZERLAND  ring/A
   Chiesa San Vitale Martire
CHUR                          : SWITZERLAND
   Jäggi Uhren & Bijouterie
DAVOS                         : SWITZERLAND
   Nederlands Astmacentrum Davos
   (Dutch Asthma Centre)
DISENTIS/MUSTÉR               : SWITZERLAND
   (Bell frame)
ETOY                          : SWITZERLAND
   Chapelle de l'Espérance
FLANTHEY                      : SWITZERLAND
   Eglise Notre-Dame-des-sept-douleurs
   (Our Lady of Seven Sorrows)
FRIBOURG                      : SWITZERLAND  peal
   Saint Nicholas Cathedral
FROIDEVILLE                   : SWITZERLAND
   Centre oecuménique
   (Ecumenical Center)
GENEVA - G                    : SWITZERLAND
   Glockenspiel
GENEVA - STP/1                : SWITZERLAND  peal
   North & south towers
   Cathédrale St.Pierre
GRUYERES                      : SWITZERLAND
   Eglise St-Théodule
LE LOCLE                      : SWITZERLAND
   Musée d'horlogerie
   Château des Monts
LUCERNE (LUZERN)              : SWITZERLAND
   (Unknown)
MAGDEN                        : SWITZERLAND
   Reformed Church
MORBIO INFERIORE              : SWITZERLAND
   Chiesa Madonna deo Miracoli
OERLIKON                      : SWITZERLAND
   Restaurant Zur Katrin
RHEINFELDEN                   : SWITZERLAND
   Glockenspiel im Rumpel
   Zum Schiefen Eck (north wall)
RUESCHLIKON                   : SWITZERLAND
   Nidelbad Hospital
RUETTENEN                     : SWITZERLAND
   Kirchliches Zentrum (Kirchenzentrum,
     Church Center)
SALVAN                        : SWITZERLAND
   Eglise Saint-Maurice
SCHARANS                      : SWITZERLAND
   Personalhaus Scalottas
SEMBRANCHER                   : SWITZERLAND
   Église St.-Etienne
SOLOTHURN                     : SWITZERLAND
   St.Ursen-Kathedrale
   (St.Ursus Cathedral)
SORENGO                       : SWITZERLAND
   (Destination in Italy; unknown)
STEINHAUSEN                   : SWITZERLAND
   Kirchen- und Begegnungszentrum
   (Chilematt Center)
STIERVA                       : SWITZERLAND
   Alp da Stierva
SUMISWALD                     : SWITZERLAND
   Turmuhrenfabrik Sumiswald
   (J.G.Baer AG)
TAMINS                        : SWITZERLAND
   Wieland Blumen und Gartenbau AG
USTER                         : SWITZERLAND
   Stiftung Wagerenhof
WIKON                         : SWITZERLAND
   Bruderklausenkirche
WILLISAU                      : SWITZERLAND
   Untertor
ZUORT                         : SWITZERLAND
   Chapel 
   Casa Mengelberg
ZURICH - PP                   : SWITZERLAND
   People's Park

Ukraine

KIEV - HC                     : UKRAINE    
   Heroes of Chernobyl monument
KIEV - PL                     : UKRAINE      zvon
   Kyievo-Pechersk Lavra
   (Kiev Monastery of the Caves)
KIEV - STT/2                  : UKRAINE      zvon
   Courtyard zvon
   St.Theodosius Pechersky Monastery
   (Tserkva Feodosivskii)


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