Glockenspiel at the Glockenspielplatz

Logo Glockenspiel at the Glockenspielplatz
Logo Glockenspiel at the Glockenspielplatz

Three times a day Grazers and tourists gather for a nice spectacle on the Glockenspielplatz.

Three times a day Grazers and tourists gather for a nice spectacle on the Glockenspielplatz. Three melodies sound from the carillon of Graz. A wooden couple in traditional costume dances in the gable of the house. At the end a golden cock crows his triple cock-a-doodle-doo.

*Whoever misses at 11:00 comes back at 3:00 or 6:00.

In 1884, the liquor producer Gottfried Maurer bought a house at the former Fliegenplatzl in Graz. Through his travels to Northern Germany and Belgium, the capable businessman became acquainted with chimes and had one installed in his Graz house. On Christmas Eve 1905, melodies of 24 bells were heard for the first time in the iron ridge turret. In 1929 Maurer bequeathed the carillon to the city of Graz on the condition that it would continue to be operated. Only during the Second World War did the bells fall silent. They went into the arms industry and were not replaced until 1956.

And so the Graz Glockenspiel plays three melodies three times a day again. But not always the same ones. The 800 steel pins on the mechanical playing drum can be moved.
Five times a year there are new melodies to hear. Alpine songs and yodels alternate with Christmas carols and pleasing melodies by contemporary composers. To this end, the arcade windows in the gable open to show a dancing Styrian couple. As a crowing finale to the performance, the golden playing cock raises its wings. Maurer has copied it from the Munich City Hall.

Gottfried Maurer was a shrewd advertising strategist for his time. Not only by the carillon
he lured people into his wine business. The Art Nouveau facades of the Glockenspiel House and the neighbouring house belonging to the company, with various motifs in reliefs and mosaics, encourage the viewer to enjoy wine. Even the dancer of the carillon cheers the people.

So it is fitting that the carillon is located in the so-called "Bermuda Triangle", where many a person has already disappeared somewhere between the numerous restaurants, cafés and bars...

Daily at 11:00, 15:00 and 18:00!

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