Johann Christoph Schröther the Younger

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Johann Christoph Schröther the Younger (born April 4, 1774 in Sonnewalde , Niederlausitz , † February 1, 1859 ) was a German organ builder in Sonnewalde.

Life

Johann Christoph Schröther was born in 1774 as the son of the carpenter, sexton and organ builder Johann Christoph Schröther the Elder. Ä. (1747–1822) and his wife Maria Sophia Liebe born in Sonnewalde. He learned the organ building trade from his father. In 1806 it was first listed in the Niederlausitz address book as Schröther jun. called, also in 1811. Around 1820 he took over his father's workshop.

Schröther almost only built single-manual organs. He is considered the most important organ builder of his time in Lower Lusatia, alongside Carl Gotthold Claunigk .

Marriages and offspring

Johann Christoph Schröther was married twice. In 1800 he married Johanna Wilhelmine Müller, the daughter of a Sonnewald farmer. From this marriage emerged

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph (* 1808) became a carpenter (and organ builder?) And temporarily helped out in the brothers' workshop
  • Carl Wilhelm Schröther (1811–1885) became an organ builder, took over the workshop in 1859 at the latest and continued to run it with Carl August

Johann Christoph Schröther married Wilhelmine Sophia Augustine Anders, a daughter of the count's clerk in Sonnewalde, in 1819 as a widower. From this marriage arose

  • Carl August Ferdinand Schröther (1820–1898) became an organ builder and continued the workshop with Carl Wilhelm until around 1880.

Works (selection)

Johann Christoph Schröther the Younger

Johann Christoph Schröther the Younger built over 40 organs, mainly in Niederlausitz, some in the Mark Brandenburg. Organs that no longer exist or have only survived as cases are in italics .

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1821 Crowds Village church I. 1881 by Nikolaus Schrickel extended to I / P, 11, extensively restored from 2014
1822 Jetsch Village church I / P 7th with Carl Gotthold Claunigk receive
1826 Sorno near Senftenberg Village church I / P 9 In the 1901 Lutherkirche in Senftenberg transferred
1827 Münchehofe near Königs Wusterhausen Village church I / P 10 Attribution, received
1827 Lieske Village church I / P 7th 1980 to Berlin-Alt-Treptow , confessional church relocated by Stüber, restored in 2001 by Sauer
1828 Papitz Village church I / P 10 Renovation planned for 2020
1829 Dobristroh Village church I / P 9 Housing received
1830 Nice Village church I / p 5 1900 installation of a separate pedal register for I / P, 6, received
around 1830 Großräschen church not received
1832/33 Gruhno Village church I / P receive
1833 Kasel-Golzig Village church Attribution, housing preserved
1833 Egsdorf Village church Write-up, probably not received?
1834 Hillmersdorf Village church I / P 8th receive
1835 Beckwitz near Torgau Village church I / P 9 receive
1836 Kreblitz Village church I / P 6th receive
1836 Sorno near Finsterwalde Village church Prospectus received
1838 Malitschkendorf Village church I / P 9 receive
around 1840 Zechin Village church not received
1842 Berlin French Hospital Church I / P 8th Moved to Warthe in the Uckermark in 1927 , preserved
around 1842 Berlin Institute for the Blind not received
1844 Hermsdorf near Ruhland Village church now II / P, 11 received
1845 Squeeze Village church I / P 6th receive
1845 Wilmersdorf near Berlin Village church Moved to Piasken in West Prussia in 1898 , preserved?
1848 cottbus Monastery church II / P 19th largest organ, replaced by Sauer in 1908 (II / P, 24)
1850 Prießen Village church I / P 7th receive
1853 Göllnitz Village church I / P 12 receive
1856 Zeckerin Village church receive

Carl Wilhelm and Carl August Schröther

Since 1859 at the latest, the sons Carl Wilhelm and Carl August Schröther continued the work of the workshop with some new buildings, conversions and repairs in Niederlausitz until around 1880. They continued to build mechanical organs with slider chests without taking into account the latest developments of their time.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1859 Grunow Village church I / P 6th receive
1860 Niewitz Village church I / P 6th receive
1866 Seese church I / P 5 not received
1868 Waldow Village church Listed half-timbered church Waldow Schönwald Orgelempore.JPG I / P 6th receive
1870 Ogroses Village church I / P 8th restored by Sauer
1877 Duben Village church I / P 6th not received?
1880 Babben Village church I / p 5 last new organ

literature

  • Christhard Kirchner, Albrecht Bönisch: Schröther . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders . Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. P. 513f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Orgelklang Foundation. Organ of the Month ( Memento of the original from November 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ekd.de
  2. ^ All organs funded - masses. Website Orgelklang Foundation, accessed on August 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ Organ in Jetsch Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
  4. ↑ organ in Sornow organ Database
  5. ^ Sorno entry in the Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation
  6. ^ Organ in Münchehofe Orgeldatabase
  7. ↑ Organ in Berlin's Confessional Church organ database, with photo and disposition
  8. ^ Organ in Papitz Orgeldatabase
  9. ^ About the planned renovation of the Orgelklang Organ Foundation 2019
  10. ↑ Grunow Gruhno village church
  11. ^ Organ in Kreblitz Orgeldatabase, with disposition
  12. ^ Organ in Warthe organ database, with disposition
  13. ^ Organ in Hermsdorf Organ Database
  14. ^ Organ in Pretschen organ database, with disposition
  15. ^ Organ in Prießen Orgeldatabase, with photo and disposition
  16. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.brandenburg-enthaben.de
  17. ↑ The organ of the village church in Göllnitz ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orgel-information.de
  18. ^ Organ in Grunow Orgeldatabase
personal data
SURNAME Schröther, Johann Christoph, the younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schröther jun., Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Organ builder in Lower Lusatia
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Sonnewalde , Lower Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1859
Place of death Sonnewalde , Lower Lusatia