*Location:

   Stadtturm (Mainzer Tor)
   Marktstraße 2-8, at Wilhelmstraße
   Buchen (Odenwald),
     Baden-Württemberg, Germany
   LL: N 49.52195, E 9.32369

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Carillonist:

   Dr.Dr. Jürgen Buchner
   E: buchner.wuerzburg/@/arcor DOTde

*Contact:

   Stadt Buchen
   Wimpinaplatz 3
   D-74722 Buchen
   T: 06281 31-0
   E: stadt@buchen.de

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 1000,1300,1600

*Remarks:

   Hybrid - baton keyboard with dynamic
   electric action.  Also 2 old bells.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range: (E) G G   /    ----  
   Transposition is up two octaves
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 2015
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The DGV page about this carillon has photos of the tower, bells and controls, but not the keyboard.

The German Wikipedia article about the tower has a photo of it and a brief description of the carillon.  The electric keyboard is in the Eiermann room of the tower.  The two older bells are not identified.  The Commons link offers more photos of the tower.

A tourism page offers a brief description and a downloadable PDF about the bells (22 new, 24 total) plus an audio clip.

A city page about the tower has two photos of it, but does not mention the bells.

A monuments page dates the two old bells to 1718/19.

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

Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by year of completion.
As a hybrid carillon, this is indexed as both traditional and non-traditional.
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all hybrid carillons in the world.

Index to all traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Baden-Württemberg.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/08/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/02/02