# List of carillons in Germany

Carillons, musical instruments of bells in the percussion family, are found throughout Germany. Several institutions maintain registries on the location and statistics of carillons. Some registries specialize in counting specific types of carillons. For example, the War Memorial and Peace Carillons registry counts instruments which serve as war memorials or were built in the name of promoting world peace (and tracks one in Germany); the World Carillon Federation [nl] counts carillons throughout the country, along with the rest of the world.
The German Carillon Association counts carillons throughout Germany, and according to the organization, there are 49 in total. They are distributed across 41 cities; in four of them – Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, and Hamburg – there are more than one. The population has a wide range in total weights, with bourdons spanning from 20 kilograms (44 lb) in Altenburg and Schwerin to 8,056 kilograms (17,760 lb) in Halle (Saale). They also span a wide range of notes, from 23 in Bonn and Lößnitz up to 76 in Halle (Saale). The carillons were all exclusively constructed after 1900 by a mix of bellfounders, many of them German. The majority of carillons are transposing instruments, and often transpose such that the lowest note on the keyboard is B♭ or C. There are also two mobile carillons, which were constructed and are owned by two German bellfounders: Perner [de] and Sandkuhl.
According to the World Carillon Federation [nl], the carillons of Germany account for seven percent of the world's total.

## Criteria for inclusion

The World Carillon Federation [nl] defines a carillon as an instrument of at least 23 cast bronze bells hung in fixed suspension, played with a traditional keyboard of batons, and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniously together. It may designate instruments of 15 to 22 bells built before 1940 as "historical carillons". Its member organizations – including for example the German Carillon Association – also define a carillon with those restrictions. This list contains only those carillons that meet the definition outlined by these organizations.

## List of carillons

List of carillons in Germany :
| Location | Location | City | Bells | Bourdon weight | Bourdon weight | Total weight | Total weight | Range and transposition | Bellfounder(s) | Ref. |
| Location | Location | City | Bells | kg | lb | kg | lb | Range and transposition | Bellfounder(s) | Ref. |
| | Aachen Town Hall | Aachen | 49 | 400 | 880 | 2,500 | 5,500 | — | Royal Eijsbouts 1978 | |
| | Epiphany of the Lord Church [de] | Altenburg | 24 | 20 | 44 | 311 | 686 | — | Schilling [de] 1981 | |
| | Schloss Johannisburg | Aschaffenburg | 48 | 270 | 600 | 2,100 | 4,600 | Up 12 semitones | Royal Eijsbouts 1969 | |
| | French Cathedral | Berlin | 60 | 5,700 | 12,600 | 29,500 | 65,000 | Up 1 semitone | Schilling [de] / Pößneck 1987 | |
| | St. Nicholas Church | Berlin | 41 | 200 | 440 | 1,400 | 3,100 | — | Schilling [de] 1987 | |
| | Parochialkirche | Berlin | 52 | 1,490 | 3,280 | 8,600 | 19,000 | Up 4 semitones | Petit & Fritsen / Royal Eijsbouts 2016 | |
| | Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten | Berlin | 68 | 7,800 | 17,200 | 48,000 | 106,000 | — | Royal Eijsbouts 1987 | |
| | Bad Godesberg City Park [de] | Bonn | 23 | 37.6 | 83 | 291.1 | 642 | Up 24 semitones | Royal Eijsbouts 1979 | |
| | St. Joseph's Church [de] | Bonn | 62 | 2,300 | 5,100 | 10,200 | 22,500 | Up 8 semitones | Schilling [de] 1962 | |
| | Buchen City Tower [de] | Buchen | 24 | 139 | 306 | — | — | Up 24 semitones | Royal Eijsbouts 2015 | |
| | New Town Hall [de] | Chemnitz | 48 | 957 | 2,110 | 5,200 | 11,500 | Up 5 semitones | Schilling [de] 1978 | |
| | Cologne City Hall | Cologne | 48 | 2,500 | 5,500 | 12,500 | 27,600 | None (concert pitch) | Royal Eijsbouts 1958 | |
| | St. Maria in der Kupfergasse | Cologne | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | Royal Eijsbouts 2010 | |
| | Church of Saint Anne [de] | Düren | 37 | 640 | 1,410 | 3,508 | 7,734 | Up 7 semitones | Petit & Fritsen 1964 | |
| | St. Aldegundis | Emmerich am Rhein | 43 | 905 | 1,995 | 7,000 | 15,000 | Up 5 semitones | Petit & Fritsen 2000 | |
| | Church of Our Lady [de] | Eppingen | 49 | 600 | 1,300 | 3,983 | 8,781 | Up 5 semitones | Karlsruher 1987 | |
| | St Bartholomew's Church | Erfurt | 60 | 2,393 | 5,276 | 13,626 | 30,040 | None (concert pitch) | Schilling [de] 1979 | |
| | Old St. Nicholas Church | Frankfurt | 47 | 560 | 1,230 | 3,500 | 7,700 | — | Schilling [de] 1939Royal Eijsbouts 1957–97 | |
| | Saints Philip and Jacob Church | Geisa | 49 | 358 | 789 | 2,003 | 4,416 | Up 10 semitones | Royal Eijsbouts 2003 | |
| | Gera City Hall [de] | Gera | 37 | 45 | 99 | 1,024 | 2,258 | Up 24 semitones | Schilling [de] / Pößneck 1988 | |
| | Gustav Adolf Stave Church | Goslar | 49 | 300 | 660 | 2,000 | 4,400 | (Range not available) Up 14 semitones | Schilling [de] / Perner / Buer 2002–05 | |
| | Red Tower [de] | Halle (Saale) | 76 | 8,056 | 17,760 | 45,980 | 101,370 | — | Schilling [de] / Metz 1993 | |
| | Christian's Church [de] | Hamburg | 42 | 1,100 | 2,400 | 5,400 | 11,900 | Up 4 semitones | Schilling [de] 1938 | |
| | St. Nicholas Church | Hamburg | 51 | 2,002 | 4,414 | 13,000 | 29,000 | None (concert pitch) | Royal Eijsbouts 1992 | |
| — | Henrietten Foundation [de] | Hanover | 49 | 408 | 899 | 2,900 | 6,400 | Up 13 semitones | Schilling [de] 1960 | |
| | Heidelberg City Hall [de] | Heidelberg | 26 | 60 | 130 | 800 | 1,800 | Up 24 semitones | Schilling [de] 1961 | |
| | Herrenberg collegiate church [de] | Herrenberg | 50 | 392 | 864 | 2,510 | 5,530 | Up 12 semitones | Royal Eijsbouts 2012 | |
| | St. Martin's Church [de] | Illertissen | 51 | 400 | 880 | 2,600 | 5,700 | Up 12 semitones | Royal Eijsbouts 2006 | |
| | Kaiserslautern collegiate church [de] | Kaiserslautern | 47 | 2,000 | 4,400 | 10,000 | 22,000 | — | Bachert [de] 2009 | |
| | Karlskirche | Kassel | 47 | 397 | 875 | 2,750 | 6,060 | Up 10 semitones | Schilling [de] 1957Karlsruher 1989Buer 1995 | |
| | Kiel Monastery [de] | Kiel | 50 | 620 | 1,370 | 4,085 | 9,006 | | Bachert [de] / Karlsruher 1999Buer 2005 | |
| | St. John's Church [de] | Lößnitz | 23 | 350 | 770 | 2,400 | 5,300 | Up 10 semitones | Schilling [de] 1939 | |
| | St. Mary's Church | Lübeck | 37 | 2,500 | 5,500 | — | — | None (concert pitch) | Schilling [de] 1906Rincker [de] 2019 | |
| | Magdeburg City Hall [de] | Magdeburg | 47 | 975 | 2,150 | 6,000 | 13,000 | Up 5 semitones | Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] 1974 | |
| | Melle Town Hall | Melle | 37 | 293 | 646 | 1,767 | 3,896 | — | Royal Eijsbouts 2010 | |
| | Mariahilfkirche [de] | Munich | 65 | 6,200 | 13,700 | 25,000 | 55,000 | None (concert pitch) | Royal Eijsbouts / Czudnochowsky / Gloria 2012 | |
| | Old Town Hall | Offenburg | 25 | 25 | 55 | 425 | 937 | — | Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] / Pößneck 1989 | |
| | Alter Friedhof [de] | Potsdam | 24 | 30 | 66 | 400 | 880 | Up 36 semitones | Schilling [de] 1985 | |
| | Turmhurenmuseum [de] | Rockenhausen | 37 | 47 | 104 | — | — | — | Royal Eijsbouts 2014 | |
| | Fünfgiebelhaus | Rostock | 32 | 50 | 110 | 533 | 1,175 | — | Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] 1986 | |
| | Park Bergfried [nl] | Saalfeld | 25 | 1,450 | 3,200 | 9,060 | 19,970 | Up 3 semitones | Apolda [de] 1924/1986 | |
| | Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary [cs] | Schirgiswalde | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] 1991 | |
| | Schwerin Town Hall [de] | Schwerin | 26 | 20 | 44 | 330 | 730 | — | Apolda [de] 1988 | |
| | St. Otto Church [de] | Wechselburg | 36 | 46 | 101 | 980 | 2,160 | — | Schilling [de] / Apolda [de] / Pößneck 1988 | |
| — | Old Schoolyard | Weilbach | 39 | 240 | 530 | 2,032 | 4,480 | | Metz 2006 | |
| | Marktkirche | Wiesbaden | 49 | 2,200 | 4,900 | 11,071 | 24,407 | ???????? | Hamm 1862Rincker [de] 1962Royal Eijsbouts 1986 | |
| | Neubaukirche [de] | Würzburg | 51 | 635 | 1,400 | 3,600 | 7,900 | Up 9 semitones | Petit & Fritsen 2005 | |

## List of mobile carillons

List of mobile carillons in Germany :
| Name | Name | City | Bells | Bourdon weight | Bourdon weight | Total weight | Total weight | Range and transposition | Bellfounder(s) | Ref. |
| Name | Name | City | Bells | kg | lb | kg | lb | Range and transposition | Bellfounder(s) | Ref. |
| | Perner Carillon | Passau | 49 | 450 | 990 | 4,000 | 8,800 | Up 12 semitones | Perner [de] 2012 | |
| — | Sandkuhl Carillon | Rostock | 37 | 265 | 584 | 1,798 | 3,964 | Up 12 semitones | Sandkuhl 2004 | |