Chimes in Europe:
index by year of completion

Great Britain and Ireland are separately indexed, as are Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.

The table below is an index to 138 existing European chimes, in order by year of completion (to the current number of bells), unknown first.  Instruments which were completed in the same year are listed in order by the city name without regard to the exact date on which the installation was finished.  Not listed here are 4 Spanish and Swiss peals of assorted bells from a variety of founders, accumulated over a period of centuries.

After the year, a letter indicates that it is

C - when the complete instrument was installed;
E - when the instrument was enlarged from its previous size;


    Location (City : Country)                Year
Unknown - 38 instruments
AVILA                         : SPAIN        ???? ?
BRAGA                         : PORTUGAL     ???? C
CZESTOCHOWA - U               : POLAND       ???? C
ECHTERNACH - 2                : LUXEMBOURG   ???? ?
FRIBOURG                      : SWITZERLAND  ???? ?  peal
GOZO                          : MALTA        19?? C
HAMMERFEST                    : NORWAY       ???? C
INNSBRUCK - D/2               : AUSTRIA      ???? C
KIEV - STT/2                  : UKRAINE      ???? C  zvon
KRAKOW - B                    : POLAND       ???? C

KRAKOW - W                    : POLAND       ???? C  chime/great(2)
LANGENLOIS                    : AUSTRIA      ???? C
LODENICE                      : CZECH REP.   ???? C  zvon
MAGDEN                        : SWITZERLAND  ???? C
MARIESTAD                     : SWEDEN       1??? C
MOSKVA - AM                   : RUSSIA       ???? C  zvon
MOSKVA - IV                   : RUSSIA       1??? E  zvon
MURCIA                        : SPAIN        1??? C
NOVGOROD                      : RUSSIA       ???? C  zvon
PORTO - FN                    : PORTUGAL     197_ C

POZNAN                        : POLAND       20?? C
PYHÄSALMI - 2                 : FINLAND      ???? C
ROSTOV VELIKII                : RUSSIA       ???? E  zvon
SAINT PETERSBURG - PK/1       : RUSSIA       ???? ?
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA        : SPAIN        ???? C
SIAULIAI - SM                 : LITHUANIA    20?? C
TOLEDO                        : SPAIN        ???? C
VALENCIA                      : SPAIN        ???? C
VALLETTA                      : MALTA        17?? ?
VALLINGBY                     : SWEDEN       1??? C

VILLARREAL - 1                : SPAIN        19?? C
WARSAW (WARSZAWA)             : POLAND       20?? C
WIEN - BF                     : AUSTRIA      19?? C
YAROSLAVL - 1                 : RUSSIA       1??? ?  zvon
YAROSLAVL - 2                 : RUSSIA       1??? ?  zvon
ZD'AR NAD SAZAVOU             : CZECH REP.   2??? C
ZURICH - PP                   : SWITZERLAND  19?? C
ZVENIGOROD                    : RUSSIA       ???? C  zvon/great

before 1940 - 15 instruments
SOLOTHURN                     : SWITZERLAND  1768 C
PAMPLONA                      : SPAIN        1836 C
HELSINKI                      : FINLAND      1869 C  zvon
MADRID - SF/1                 : SPAIN        1882 C  ring
MADRID - SF/2                 : SPAIN        1882 C
BERN - M                      : SWITZERLAND  1883 E
MOUNT ATHOS                   : GREECE       1889 C  zvon/great
TALLINN                       : ESTONIA      1898 C  zvon
TARRAGONA                     : SPAIN        1905 *  coll
SOFIA - AN                    : BULGARIA     1910 C  zvon/great

STOCKHOLM - SH                : SWEDEN       1924 C
ZUORT                         : SWITZERLAND  1927 E
LEON                          : SPAIN        1929 C
CHIASSO                       : SWITZERLAND  1935 C  ring/A
SALVAN                        : SWITZERLAND  1937 C

1940s - 3 instruments
GDANSK - B                    : POLAND       1940 C
ALMERIA                       : SPAIN        1942 C
SLIEMA                        : MALTA        1947 C

1950s - 1 instrument
JONKOPING                     : SWEDEN       1958 C

1960s - 9 instruments
WIEN - STS                    : AUSTRIA      1960 C
MORBIO INFERIORE              : SWITZERLAND  1961 C
OERLIKON                      : SWITZERLAND  1963 C
BUEMPLIZ                      : SWITZERLAND  1965 C
KOUVOLA                       : FINLAND      1966 C
LUCERNE (LUZERN)              : SWITZERLAND  1966 C
RUESCHLIKON                   : SWITZERLAND  1967 C
BUELACH                       : SWITZERLAND  1969 C
WASSERBILLIG                  : LUXEMBOURG   1969 E

1970s - 16 instruments
FLANTHEY                      : SWITZERLAND  1972 C
USTER                         : SWITZERLAND  1972 C
LILLESTRØM                    : NORWAY       1973 C
VADUZ                         : LIECHTENST.  1973 C
OSLO - LK                     : NORWAY       1975 C
TAMINS                        : SWITZERLAND  1975 C
AARAU                         : SWITZERLAND  1976 C
DRAMMEN - LS                  : NORWAY       1976 C
OSLO - FK                     : NORWAY       1976 C
RHEINFELDEN                   : SWITZERLAND  1976 C

SUMISWALD                     : SWITZERLAND  1976 C
DAVOS                         : SWITZERLAND  1977 C
LE LOCLE                      : SWITZERLAND  1977 C
OSLO - BK                     : NORWAY       1977 C
OSLO - RK                     : NORWAY       1978 C
RUETTENEN                     : SWITZERLAND  1979 C

1980s - 21 instruments
PYHÄSALMI - 3                 : FINLAND      1980 C
WILLISAU                      : SWITZERLAND  1980 C
OSLO - EK                     : NORWAY       1981 C
STEINHAUSEN                   : SWITZERLAND  1981 C
ARENDAL                       : NORWAY       1982 C
LINZ - F                      : AUSTRIA      1982 C
LINZ - K                      : AUSTRIA      1982 C
SCHARANS                      : SWITZERLAND  1982 C
STIERVA                       : SWITZERLAND  1982 C
WIEN - STJ                    : AUSTRIA      1983 C

FROIDEVILLE                   : SWITZERLAND  1984 C
OSLO - VK                     : NORWAY       1984 C
REYKJAVIK - BU                : ICELAND      1985 C
SORENGO                       : SWITZERLAND  1985 C
ETOY                          : SWITZERLAND  1988 C
OSLO - SVK                    : NORWAY       1988 C
REYKJAVIK - BR                : ICELAND      1988 C
BAD RAGAZ                     : SWITZERLAND  1989 C
CHUR                          : SWITZERLAND  1989 C
SEMBRANCHER                   : SWITZERLAND  1989 C

WIKON                         : SWITZERLAND  1989 C

1990s - 13 instruments
BRNO                          : CZECH REP.   1990 C
GRUENAU-HOFSTETTEN            : AUSTRIA      1990 C
GENEVA - G                    : SWITZERLAND  1991 C
ARSTA                         : SWEDEN       1992 C
OSLO - HK                     : NORWAY       1992 C
MADRID - PB                   : SPAIN        1993 C
CHAMPÉRY                      : SWITZERLAND  1996 E
MOSKVA - ST/2                 : RUSSIA       1996 C
KOSICE                        : SLOVAK REP.  1997 C
PYHÄSALMI - 4                 : FINLAND      1997 C

TROINE-ROUTE                  : LUXEMBOURG   1998 C
UNKNOWN                       : CROATIA      1998 C
HEVIZ                         : HUNGARY      1999 C

2000s - 12 instruments
BRODEK U PREROVA              : CZECH REP.   2000 C
PRAHA - STT                   : CZECH REP.   2001 C
PRAHA - V                     : CZECH REP.   2001 C
GENEVA - STP/1                : SWITZERLAND  2002 C  peal
TASJO                         : SWEDEN       2002 C
LEGNICA                       : POLAND       2003 C
SAINT PETERSBURG - CI/2       : RUSSIA       2003 C  zvon
GRUYERES                      : SWITZERLAND  2004 C
BULLE                         : SWITZERLAND  2005 E
CIUDAD REAL                   : SPAIN        2005 C

GUBKIN                        : RUSSIA       2007 C  zvon
KEM - 2                       : RUSSIA       2007 C  zvon

2010s - 8 instruments
BARCELONA - NS                : SPAIN        2010 C
GHAJNSIELEM                   : MALTA        2011 C  peal
TIRANA                        : ALBANIA      2012 C
NOVY JICIN                    : CZECH REP.   2013 C
DISENTIS/MUSTÉR               : SWITZERLAND  2013 C
BIRGU                         : MALTA        2016 C
GRAZ - MS                     : AUSTRIA      2019 C
KUBINKA - C                   : RUSSIA       2019 C  zvon/great

2020s - 2 instruments
ZHYROVICHY                    : BELARUS      2020 C  zvon
KRANJ                         : SLOVENIA     2021 C


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