HEILIGENKREUZ : AUSTRIA

*Location:

   Stift Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross Abbey)
   Heiligenkreuz,
     Nieder-Osterreich, Austria
   LL: N 48.057, E 16.128

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*Player:

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*Contact:

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*Schedule:

   Annual concert on the first weekend
   of August; otherwise only automatic play
   of a liturgically appropriate hymntune
   at 10 minutes before the hour strike.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 43 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1982, the instrument was begun with 37 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

A German Wikipedia page about the Abbey mentions the carillon, but incorrectly identifies it as the only one in Austria.

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

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

Index to all traditional carillons in Austria.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Austria.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 14-Nov-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/11/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/11/03

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