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);^[1] the World Carillon Federation [nl] counts carillons throughout the country, along with the rest of the world. In 2025, the casting of bells and playing music on bells was added to Germany's list of intangible cultural heritage.^[2]

The German Carillon Association counts carillons throughout Germany, and according to the organization, there are 49 in total.^[3] 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^[4] and Schwerin^[5] to 8,056 kilograms (17,760 lb) in Halle (Saale).^[6] They also span a wide range of notes, from 23 in Bonn^[7] and Lößnitz^[8] up to 76 in Halle (Saale).^[6] 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.^[3]

According to the World Carillon Federation [nl], the carillons of Germany account for seven percent of the world's total.^[9]