MUENCHEN - NR : GERMANY-BRD

   Glockenspiel

*Location:

   Neues Rathaus
   Marienplatz
   München (Munich), Bayern, Germany
   LL: N 48.13744, E 11.57546

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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Daily from May to October, at 1100,
   1200, and 1700, 32 life-sized figures
   on two levels re-enact 16th c. stories,
   accompanied by the bells (15 min.)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Oberascher.
   Also reported as 43 bells, which may be
   a replacement for an older set.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1930
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

*Links:

Closeup photo of the glockenspiel
Tower photo
Hosting page for these two photos, with operational schedule of the glockenspiel

Blog article on Munich, mentioning the Rathaus glockenspiel, with photo-postcard view.

Waymarking page, with 7 photos in the gallery

Photo of the square and tower

Photo of the animated figures

Closeup photo of 2-level glockenspiel action

Ditto, different perspective
Photo of clock and spire, showing bells in upper belfry
Photo of building and tower

Photo of glockenspiel, tower and spire

Mid-range photo of the entire glockenspiel

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany:Bavaria.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 27-May-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/05/27
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/08/07

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