HAGESTEIN : NETHERLANDS

*Location:

   N.H. Kerk
   Dorpstraat 26
   Hagestein, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
   LL: N 51.98053, E 5.12065
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City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

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*Schedule:

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*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1978
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:

The very brief Dutch Wikipedia article about the town mentions the Reformed Church and has a photo of it.  But it places the town in the province of Utrecht rather than Zuid Holland.  Since 2019, Hagestein has been part of gemeente Vijfheerenlanden.  The corresponging English Wikipedia article makes clear that Hagestein was an independent town in Zuid Holland until merging with Vianen, Utrecht, in 1986.

Tower photo

The Wikimedia category for the building includes not only several photos of the tower but also two photos of the historic church/hour bell.

The Dutch Reliwiki page about the church mentions the ancient church & hour bell (Eikenhouten klokkenstoel met klok van S. Butendiic, 1444, diam. 107 cm. Mechanisch torenuurwerk, circa 1910) but not these newer bells.  There are several photos of the building, both historic and recent.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Netherlands non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NL/Zuid-Holland.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/11/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/07
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