ILLERTISSEN : GERMANY

*Location:

   Stadtpfarrkirche St.Martin
   Hauptstraße at Marktplatz
   Illertissen, Bayern, Germany
   LL: N 48.22340, E 10.10577
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*Carillonist:

   Peer Guenther
   E: unitedcembali/@/gmx DOTde
*Former carillonists:
   Ulrich Manz
   Andreas Schmid

*Contact:

   Stadtpfarrkirche St.Martin
   Hauptstrasse 20
   D-89257 Illertissen
   - or -
   Markus Hubert, Church Musician
   E: markus.hubert@gmx.de

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily 1000, 1600, 2000;
   recitals 2d Saturday 1100-1200

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 51 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C D 50/    A#G   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 20xx
     with bells made by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 2006, the instrument was begun with 49 bells
       by Eijsbouts   
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C  in the treble octave
       Keyboard range was:     C D   /    C G   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023
*Links:

The parish Website has a brief page about the carillon, with links to video, news & photos.  The home page opens with a photo of the tower.

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

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

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 traditional carillons in Germany.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Bavaria.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/08/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/09/08
*Photos:

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