Glockenspiel Höxter

The carillon in the historic Höxter town hall is a listed carillon in the East Westphalian town of Höxter in Germany .

Layout and function

Stair tower of the town hall Höxter with the carillon in the lantern

The carillon in the historic Höxter town hall consists of 35 bells that are hung in a steel frame in the tower lantern of the town hall's stair tower . The gaming table is on the last floor of the tower staircase. The bells are operated by electromagnetically operated hammers. The electromagnets are controlled from the gaming table via a cable connection. This is also the difference to a classic carillon , which requires a mechanical connection by means of tension wires from the gaming table to the clappers and hammer hammers of the bells.

history

The idea of installing a carillon came from Chief Justice Inspector Josef Michels, member of the advisory board of the Hoffmann von Fallersleben Society. He wanted the carillon out of gratitude for the poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben and to keep the memory of him alive. He asked Höxteraner citizens and associations, the city council, the regional association Westphalia-Lippe as well as the ministries in Düsseldorf and Bonn to help realize his plan. After three years of intensive preparatory work, the acquisition and installation costs of 34,000 DM were raised and the carillon was inaugurated on May 1, 1959. It is one of the oldest permanently installed carillons in Germany.

At the beginning of 2010 it was entered in the list of monuments of the city of Höxter and on this occasion in February 2010 the LWL monument preservation, landscape and building culture in Westphalia awarded it directly as Monument of the Month in Westphalia-Lippe .

Bells

The bronze bells were cast by the Rincker bell and art foundry in Sinn (Dillkreis) . The total weight of the bells is 1,680 kg.

Bell jar	volume	Ø in mm	Weight in kg
1	c ²	804	284
2	d ²	710	195
3	e ²	633	138
4th	f ²	600	117
5	f sharp ²	560	96
6th	g ²	526	78
7th	g sharp ²	495	65
8th	a ²	495	73
9	ais ²	470	63
10	h ²	417	41
11	c ³	414	43
12	c sharp ³	393	36


Bell jar	volume	Ø in mm	Weight in kg
13	d ³	360	28
14th	dis ³	338	23
15th	e ³	320	29
16	f ³	300	16
17th	f sharp ³	296	15th
18th	g ³	298	18th
19th	g sharp ³	265	11
20th	a ³	260	11
21st	ais ³	243	12
22nd	h ³	244	13
23	c ⁴	245	13
24	c sharp ⁴	233	13


Bell jar	volume	Ø in mm	Weight in kg
25th	d ⁴	213	8th
26th	dis ⁴	202	8th
27	e ⁴	205	9
28	f ⁴	190	6th
29	f sharp ⁴	190	6th
30th	g ⁴	167	4th
31	g sharp ⁴	168	5
32	a ⁴	167	5
33	ais ⁴	167	5
34	h ⁴	160	4th
35	c ⁵	159	4th

Gaming table

Game mechanism

The console and the control of the glockenspiel were built by Eduard Korfhage & Sons . The carillon can be played directly by one player using two manuals . There is also a mechanism in the gaming table that can be used to automatically play pieces previously recorded on a punched tape.

game schedule

There were very different ideas about which songs should be included in the program. Essentially, the Hoffmann von Fallersleben Society, which insisted on Hoffmann's songs, prevailed. Only the morning play begins with a chorale and an evening song sounds at 8:55 p.m. The songs were recorded by the director of studies, KH Behre, a music teacher at the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Höxter.

period	Time	title	author
Summer half year	08.55	How beautiful the morning star shines	Philipp Nicolai (1597)
	11.55	All the birds are already there	Hoffmann v. Fallersleben
	14.55	Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the forest	Hoffmann v. Fallersleben
	17.55	A little man stands in the forest	Hoffmann v. Fallersleben
	20.55	It will be evening again	Hoffmann v. Fallersleben
autumn	08.55	Praise glad the Lord	Spiritual song; T: Georg Geßner ; M: Hans Georg Nägeli
	11.55	Rejoice in life	Song by JM Usteri (1793)
	14.55	When all the fountains flow	Folk song (16th century)
	17.55	So we part	Hugo von Hoffmannsthal
	20.55	Good evening, good night	Folk song; M: Johannes Brahms
Advent time	08.55	How should I receive you	Paul Gerhardt (1653)
	11.55	Open the door	Georg Weißel (1623)
	14.55	Up from the sky, there come ...	Martin Luther (1524)
	17.55	From the sky high, o angel ..	Folk song (1625)
	20.55	Sweeter the bells ..	FW Kritzinger (around 1830)
Winter half year	08.55	From the bottom of my heart	Georg Niege (1592)
	11.55	And in the snow mountains	Folk song
	14.55	Oh how cold it got	Hoffmann v. Fallersleben
	17.55	Who has the most beautiful sheep?	Hoffmann v. Fallersleben
	20.55	Hear you Lord and be told	Folk song