The Glockenmuseum Stiftskirche Herrenberg English: Museum of Bells in the Collegiate Church of Herrenberg) is a museum in the

bell tower A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...

of Herrenberg's main church. More than 35 of the

bell A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an inter ...

s in the collection are still in use, some of them are more than 1,000 years old. There is also a

Carillon A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniou ...

with 50 bells. It is the most extensive collection of bells that are still in use in the world. Guided tours are given, in English and German.

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For high quality zoomable 360°-pictures of the exposition visi
www.glockenmuseum-stiftskirche-herrenberg.de/fuehrung
Stiftskirche Herrenberg von Nordwesten

Herrenberg Guss-Stahlglocke 060902 P1090209.JPG, Bell "Gloria" out of steel Herrenberg-Kirche-Glocken-09-2008.jpg, The biggest bell "Maxima" (6.4 tons) is not in use at the moment HerrenbergGlockenmuseumZimbelgelaeut.JPG, Some of the smaller bells: "Benedicate", "Rogate", "Exultate" and "Laudate" HerrenbergGlockenmuseumGloriosa.JPG, "Gloriosa" in the bell tower (3.6 tons)

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English information

official website (german)
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