Adalbert Förtsch

Adalbert Förtsch (born June 28, 1826 in Burgwerben , † around 1899 in Weimar ) was a German organ builder of the Romantic era from Thuringia .

life and work

Förtsch learned organ building from 1841 to 1846 from Louis Witzmann (Kleinrudestedt). In 1846 he was a journeyman with Julius Strobel (Bad Frankenhausen / Kyffhäuser) and after 1846 with Otto Schmidt (Magdeburg-Neustadt), after 1847 with Georg Kühne (Bernburg [Saale]) and after 1848 journeyman with Ferdinand Wäldner (Halle). From 1858 to 1878 Förtsch ran his own workshop in Blankenhain , where around 50 organs were made.

Förtsch was probably the first organ builder in Thuringia to introduce the box drawer . After 20 years of independent activity as an organ builder, his student and nephew Walter Drechsler took over the company. Förtsch moved to Weimar, where he also died.

List of works

In the fifth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals , a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal and the Arabic number in the penultimate column indicates the number of sounding registers .

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1861	Großbrembach	Village church		II / P	12
1861	Kleinbrembach	St. Boniface		II / P	21st
1864	Wickerstedt	St. Vitus		II / P	20th	Reconstruction of the organ by Heinrich Nicolaus Trebs (1732–1738), conversions in 1920 by Emil Heerwagen and 1974 by Günter Bahr; 2004/06 renovation by Organ Builders Waltershausen
1863-1867	Sulzbach	St. Peter		II / P	16	Organ acceptance by Johann Gottlob Töpfer
1867	Herressen	Village church		I / P	8th	Organ acceptance by Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg
1867	Thalborn	Ev. church		I / P	8th	over the organ cuckoo hood in the ceiling
1867	Eisenach	Seminar chapel		II / P	6th	Organ acceptance by Johann Gottlob Töpfer
1869-1870	Neckeroda	Neckeroda village church		II / P	18th	Organ acceptance by Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg
1870	Tegau	Village church		II / P	15th
1871	Söllnitz	Söllnitz village church		II / P	10	2002 repair by Schönefeld
1869-1872	Oberweimar	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	19th	Extension of the organ by Johann Georg Fincke (attribution, 1703, I / P / 12) through the initiative of Franz Liszt to II / P / 19; 1898 Change of disposition by Emil Heerwagen, 2010–2013 general renovation
1872	Süßenborn	To the 14 saints		II / P	15th	later neo-Gothic prospectus; 1981 outsourcing, 2011 completion of the restoration by Rösel & Hercher Orgelbau
1872	Obertrebra	Obertrebra village church , St. Bonifatius		II / P	17th
1875	Boar green	Parish church		II / P	12	Canceled in 1901
1876	Fretting	St. Trinity		II / P	12
1878	Pigeon flesh	Ev.-luth. church		II / P	10
1879	Lederhose	Ev. church		II / P	10

literature

• Viola-Bianka Kießling: Queen of instruments. An organ guide through the Weimar region and Weimarer Land. Ed. District Office Weimarer Land, Fagott-Orgelverlag , Friedrichshafen 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-021071-6 .
• Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 , pp. 78-79 .
• Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders, Volume 2: Saxony and Bypassing . Pape Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-921140-92-5 , pp. 95 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1: Thuringia and the surrounding area. 2009, p. 78.
2. ^ Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 2: Saxony and the surrounding area. 2012, p. 95.
3. ^ Organ in Oberweimar , accessed on October 11, 2016.
4. ^ Organ in Süßenborn , accessed on October 11, 2016.