*Location:

   South tower
   Katholische Pfarrkirche
     St.Maria Himmelfahrt
   Kirchberg
   Schirgiswalde, Sachsen, Germany
   LL: N 51.07876, E 14.43126

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*Carillonist:

   Bernadette Schmidt, Kantorin
   T: 03592/544346
   E: kirchenmusik@
        kath-gemeinde-mariae-himmelfahrt.de

*Contact:

   Katholisches Pfarramt Schirgiswalde
   Kirchberg 4
   D-02681 Schirgiswalde-Kirschau
   T: 03592/50 23 31   F: 03592/50 20 37
   E: pfarramt@
        kath-gemeinde-mariae-himmelfahrt.de

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Schilling/Apolda, cast in 1987
   for a mobile instrument to celebrate
   the 750th anniversary of (East) Berlin,
   which was never built.
   Installed here in 1991.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 29 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1991
     with bells made by Schilling        
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2014

The German Wikipedia article about the town has a brief description of the church, and a photo of it, but does not mention the bells.

The DGV page about this carillon has no photos; details are incomplete.

The parish Website has a small photo of the church in all page headings.  There is a long Music page, but these bells are not mentioned anywhere.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Schilling bellfoundries, 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/Saxony.

   This page was built from the database on 10-Mar-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/03/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2014/07/26