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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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 | Audio file |
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Summer half year | 08.55 | How beautiful the morning star shines | Philipp Nicolai (1597) |
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11.55 | All the birds are already there | Hoffmann v. Fallersleben |
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14.55 | Cuckoo, cuckoo calls from the forest | Hoffmann v. Fallersleben |
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17.55 | A little man stands in the forest | Hoffmann v. Fallersleben |
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20.55 | It will be evening again | Hoffmann v. Fallersleben |
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autumn | 08.55 | Praise glad the Lord | Spiritual song; T: Georg Geßner ; M: Hans Georg Nägeli |
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11.55 | Rejoice in life | Song by JM Usteri (1793) |
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14.55 | When all the fountains flow | Folk song (16th century) |
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17.55 | So we part | Hugo von Hoffmannsthal |
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20.55 | Good evening, good night | Folk song; M: Johannes Brahms |
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Advent time | 08.55 | How should I receive you | Paul Gerhardt (1653) |
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11.55 | Open the door | Georg Weißel (1623) |
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14.55 | Up from the sky, there come ... | Martin Luther (1524) |
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17.55 | From the sky high, o angel .. | Folk song (1625) |
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20.55 | Sweeter the bells .. | FW Kritzinger (around 1830) |
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Winter half year | 08.55 | From the bottom of my heart | Georg Niege (1592) |
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11.55 | And in the snow mountains | Folk song |
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14.55 | Oh how cold it got | Hoffmann v. Fallersleben |
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17.55 | Who has the most beautiful sheep? | Hoffmann v. Fallersleben |
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20.55 | Hear you Lord and be told | Folk song |
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Chimes
- 1959 Karl-Heinz Behre, senior teacher
- 1960 Rudolf Lohmann, Head of Department, City of Höxter
- 2019 Florian Schachner, Cantor
Source:
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ LWL awards glockenspiel in the town hall of Höxter as monument of the month. In: LWL Newsroom. Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe , February 16, 2010, accessed on March 20, 2017 .
- ^ City archive Höxter Slg B 14, purchase of the carillon (Michels hand file)
- ↑ Website: Lieder-Archiv.de
- ^ The-Gloeckner-vom-Hoexteraner-Rathaus-tower-goes-after-59-years. February 14, 2019, accessed May 1, 2019 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 25.7 " N , 9 ° 22 ′ 56.1" E