*Location:

   Rathaus courtyard
   Marktplatz (south side)
   Herzberg am Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
   LL: N 51.65625, E 10.34348

   Private estate

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*Contact:

   Stadt Herzberg am Harz
   Marktplatz 30
   D-37412 Herzberg am Harz
   T: 05521 8520   F: 05521 852120
   E: stadt@herzberg.de
      Webform @ www.herzberg.de

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 1200 and 1700

*Remarks:

   Originally 9 bells on a private estate
   in this city; 10th bell acquired
   through Korfhage for this installation.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 1997
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 19__, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       with bells made by an unknown maker
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  . meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    5 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   6 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

Photo

Shared image of south courtyard of the Rathaus

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Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Lower Saxony.

   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/08/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/08/16