*Location:

   Klosterkirche
   Falckstraße & Klosterkirchhof
   Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
   LL: N 54.32422, E 10.13929

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Carillonist:

   Dr.Gunther Strothmann
   T: 0431/31788
   E: gunther.strothmann@gmx.de
   - and -
   Gerd Heinrich
   T: 0431/784664
   E: g.u.heinrich/@/ t-online DOTde
   - and -
   Volker Scheibe
   T: 04661/2757
   - and -
   Reinhild Kunow

*Contact:

   Kieler Kloster
   Falckstraße 9
   D-24103 Kiel
   E: info/@/kielerkloster DOTde

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily 1200,1500,1800;
   monthly concerts 1st Saturday 1100

*Remarks:

   Original bells by A.Bachert, Karlsruhe;
   extended by R.Perner, Passau;
   carillon built by Otto Buer, Neustadt/
   Holstein.  Smallest bells have
   suspended external clappers.
   Bourdon also swings.
   Eijsbouts replaced a Bachert treble
   (D# in keyboard top octave).
   Practice keyboard one floor below
   playing keyboard.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 50 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C 49/    A#G   
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A 
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is an identical practice console
   1 bell was recast or replaced in 2013
     by Eijsbouts    
   Prior history:
     In 2005, the instrument was enlarged to 50 bells
       by Perner      
       (5 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1999, the instrument was begun with 45 bells
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (44 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: ES1   
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 19 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   22 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  25 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  50%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The Website of the Kiel Cloister The Website of the cloister opens with a large photo of the bell tower, which carries forward to a section about the carillon.

The DGV page about this carillon has a photo of the tower.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Perner 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/Schleswig-Holstein.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/09/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/09/01