Tower-bell instruments in Netherlands:
index by province and city

Tower bell instruments, including traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons, chimes, etc., may be found in the Netherlands in the following provinces:

Drenthe,  Flevoland,  Friesland,  Gelderland,  Groningen,  Limburg,  Noord-Brabant (North Brabant),  Noord-Holland (North Holland),  Overijssel,  Utrecht,  Zeeland,  Zuid-Holland (South Holland) Click on any underlined province name above to go directly to that section of this index.  Within a province, 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. This index not only is geographic but also includes information from the mechanism-specific indexes for this region.  Sites are tagged as follows:

   trad

   traditional carillon

   non-trad

   non-traditional carillon (all mechanisms)

   chime

   chime (all mechanisms)

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.

3. Many known carillons and chimes remain to be added here.

Drenthe

 [none posted yet]

Flevoland

 [none posted yet]

Friesland

SNEEK                         : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Sint-Maartenstoren (Martinikerk)
   N.H.Kerk (Grote Kerk)

Gelderland

ARNHEM - E                    : NETHERLANDS  trad
   St.Eusebiustoren
   Grote Kerk
ARNHEM - P                    : NETHERLANDS  chime
   Provinciehuis facade
BARNEVELD - NH                : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Jan van Schaffelaartoren
    (or)  St.Odulphustoren
   Ned.Herv.Kerk
BARNEVELD - OK                : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Oude Kerk in Garderen
BARNEVELD - R                 : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Raadhuistoren

Groningen

APPINGEDAM                    : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Nicolaïtoren
   Sint Nicolaaskerk
GRONINGEN - A                 : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Academietoren
GRONINGEN - M/1               : NETHERLANDS  chime
   Lower belfry
   Martinitoren
   Martinikerk
   (St.Martin's Church)
GRONINGEN - M/2               : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Upper belfry & cupola
   Martinitoren
   Martinikerk
   (St.Martin's Church)
HEILIGERLEE - VB/2            : NETHERLANDS  trad
   National Monument to the Mobilization
     Invalids of World War I
   Garden
   Klokkengieterijmuseum
   (vanBergen Bellfoundry Museum)
HEILIGERLEE - VB/3            : NETHERLANDS  chime
   Indoors
   Klokkengieterijmuseum
   (vanBergen Bellfoundry Museum)
MIDDELSTUM                    : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Sint Hippolytustoren
   Ned.Herv.Kerk
VEENDAM                       : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Ned.Herv.Kerk
WINSCHOTEN                    : NETHERLANDS  trad
   St.Vitustoren, "Olle Witte"
   Ned.Herv.Kerk

Limburg

 [none posted yet]

Noord-Brabant

BREDA - H                     : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Heuvelbrink
BREDA - OLV                   : NETHERLANDS  trad
   O.L.Vrouwetoren (Grote Kerk)
DEN BOSCH                     : NETHERLANDS
  *See:  HERTOGENBOSCH        : NETHERLANDS
HERTOGENBOSCH - S             : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Stadhuistoren
HERTOGENBOSCH - STJ           : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Sint-Janskathedraal
     (Sint-Jansbasiliek)
HILVARENBEEK                  : NETHERLANDS  trad
   R.K.Kerk St.Petrus-Banden
   (St. Peter in Chains)
TILBURG - STD                 : NETHERLANDS  trad
   't Heike Toren (Heikesetoren)
   R.K.Kerk St.Dionysius

Noord-Holland

 [none posted yet]

Overijssel

ALMELO - G                    : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Sint Georgiustoren
DRIENERLO                     : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Campusbeiaard
   Campustoren
   Technische Hogeschool
   Universiteit Twente
ENSCHEDE                      : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Stadstoren
   Groote Kerk (N.H.Kerk)
KAMPEN                        : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Nieuwetoren
OLDENZAAL                     : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Sint-Plechelmustoren
     (St.Plechelmus Basilica)

Utrecht

AMERSFOORT - B                : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Belgenmonument
AMERSFOORT - BX               : NETHERLANDS  chime
   Boterbeurs (Butter Exchange)
AMERSFOORT - OLV/1            : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Historic carillon
   Lantern E window
   O.L.V.Toren - 'Lange Jan'
   (was Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerk)
AMERSFOORT - OLV/2            : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Modern carillon
   Lantern center
   O.L.V.Toren - 'Lange Jan'
   (was Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerk)
AMERSFOORT - Z                : NETHERLANDS  trad
   De Zonnehof (Modern Art Museum)
SOEST                         : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Travelling Carillon 'de Paltz'
     (was Papageno Traveling Carillon)
   'de Paltz' (private estate)
UTRECHT - D/1                 : NETHERLANDS  chime
   Lower belfry
   Domtoren
UTRECHT - D/2                 : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Upper belfry
   Domtoren
UTRECHT - E                   : NETHERLANDS  non-trad
   Electrorail Ltd.
UTRECHT - STGM                : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Sint Gerardus Majella Kerk
UTRECHT - STN                 : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Nicolaïtoren
   Klaaskerk (St.Nicolaikerk)

Zeeland

HULST                         : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Sint Willibrordustoren
MIDDELBURG                    : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Abdijtoren - "Lange Jan"

Zuid-Holland

DEN HAAG - A                  : NETHERLANDS  chime
   A.N.W.B. Office
DEN HAAG - N                  : NETHERLANDS  chime
   Nillmy
DEN HAAG - STJ                : NETHERLANDS  trad
   St.Jakobstoren
   Grote Kerk
DORDRECHT - G                 : NETHERLANDS  trad
   O.L.V.Toren (Grote Kerk)
DORDRECHT - Mobile            : NETHERLANDS  trad
   "Bell Moods"
   Concert carillon
ROTTERDAM - CE                : NETHERLANDS  chime
   St.Mary's Anglican Church
ROTTERDAM - E                 : NETHERLANDS  chime
   ECTI-Europoort
ROTTERDAM - EH                : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Ekonomische Hogeschool
   Erasmus Universiteit
ROTTERDAM - H                 : NETHERLANDS  chime
   Chr.Huygens School
ROTTERDAM - KZ                : NETHERLANDS  chime
   Kulturelles Zentrum (Cultural Center)
ROTTERDAM - S                 : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Stadhuis (City Hall)
ROTTERDAM - SC                : NETHERLANDS  chime
   School
ROTTERDAM - STL               : NETHERLANDS  trad
   Sint Laurenstoren
   N.H.Kerk (Groote Kerk)

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This index page was built from the database on 13-May-08 and last revised on 20-Jun-08.

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