HOLSTEBRO - STJ : DENMARK - J

*Location:

   Sct.Jørgenskirke (St.Jorgen Tower)
   Kirkepladsen
   Holstebro,
     Ringkøbing Amt, Jylland, Denmark
   LL: N 56.3591, E 8.6161

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*Player:

   Niels Bitsch Nielsen, Organist
   T: 97 42 12 63
   E: nbn@holstebrokirke.dk

   Grethe Stuhr

*Contact:

   Holstebro Kirkekontoret
   Kirkestræde 9
   DK-7500 Holstebro
   T: 97 42 02 63
   E: mail@holstebrokirke.dk

*Schedule:

   Automatic play daily at 9am,3,6,9pm;
   clock strikes quarters.

*Remarks:

   Installation by Thubalka; 5 bells
   swing; also a bell from 1770.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1974
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

The home page of the church has a photo of the building and tower.  There is a church information page in English.

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

Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Danish traditional carillons by age.

Index to all traditional carillons in DK.

Index to all tower bell instruments in DK/Jylland.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-Aug-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/08/10
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/06/26

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