*Location:

   Stadtturm
   between Theresienplatz and Ludwigsplatz
   Straubing, Bayern, Germany
   LL: N 48.88187, E 12.56955

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Contact:

   Stadt Straubing
   *parcel:
     Theresienplatz 2
     D-94315 Straubing
   *postal:
     Postfach 0352
     D-94303 Straubing
   T: 09421/944-0   F: 09421/944-90250
   E: poststelle/@/straubing DOTde
   - or -
   Touristinformation der Stadt Strauging
   Fraunhoferstraße 27 unter
   T: 09421/944-69199
   E: tourismus/@/straubing DOTde
   - or -
   Kunst- & Glockengießerei Gugg
   Dresdner Straße 11
   D-94315 Straubing
   T: 09421/72074   F: 09421/72277
   E: info/@/gugg-guss DOTde

*Schedule:

   Autoplay daily at 1108, 1508;
   also special occasions

*Remarks:

   Cast by Kunst- & Glockengießerei Gugg.
   Also hour bell (former fire bell) cast
   in 1406 by Hans Paier in Regensburg;
   quarter bell anonymous, date unknown

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 26 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1999
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Auxiliary mechanisms:  HQ   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

A city page about the tower includes its history and a description of the carillon; it has several clickable photos of the tower, and one of the bells.

The German Wikipedia article about the tower has photos of it, and mentions the hour bell but not these bells.

YouTube video of the tune played at 3:06 pm in the month of November

YouTube video

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all German non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Germany/Bavaria.

   This page was built from the database on 21-Sep-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/09/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/09/21