The carillon in the tower of the Lüneburg town hall was out of step.
After a year of repairs, the songs, which are particularly popular with tourists, can be heard again.
Not much longer, however.
Lüneburg - The carillon in the tower of the historic Lüneburg town hall is working again.
The 41 porcelain bells sound after a good year break due to extensive repair work with one song each at lunchtime and in the evening.
Because of the already cool weather, the morning greeting is canceled.
The controls between the glockenspiel and clock from 1956 had been worn out, and timing errors were becoming more and more common.
The renewal cost around 20,000 euros.
"We had to be very careful and set the hammers with great sensitivity," said church technician Ansgar Stolzenburg from Melle.
The bells made of Meissen porcelain, which cost up to 2500 euros and vary in size, are delicate.
“This is a unique selling point, 99 percent of the carillons are made of bronze,” explained the expert.
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The tower clock is also working again and has been preserved as a traditional timepiece.
"Anything else would not fit," said a city hall spokeswoman.
In the future, summer and winter time will no longer have to be set manually.
When the cold and frost move in during the day, the porcelain bells go into the winter break.
The white bells could be damaged.
Until then, the precious orchestras will play the melodies of Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747 - 1800) from Lüneburg, the composer of the “Abendlied” and “Ihr Kinderlein, kommet” twice a day.
The game was inaugurated in 1956 for the 1000th birthday of the city.
It was overhauled in spring 2016, and the wooden structure of the belfry was also renewed at that time.
dpa