Anton Ehrlich

Anton Ehrlich (born June 10, 1814 in Wiesent , † March 27, 1881 in Straubing ) was a German organ builder .

life and work

Anton Ehrlich was a member of the extensive organ building family Ehrlich and was born as the eldest son of Adam Ehrlich the Elder. Ä. (* around 1777; † December 30, 1848) born. His brother was Johann Ehrlich . When his father's company moved to Passau , he first learned the trade of organ building from his father and later also learned the carpentry trade from his uncle Markus Ehrlich in Massing . After taking the exam in Landshut , he was granted citizenship and the organ builder's license in Straubing in 1841. He lived in the house no. 772 ¹ / ₂ , and married in 1846 Franziska Reiter, a school teacher widow from Süßkofen . He built numerous organs with mechanical action in Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate . He successfully defended himself against emerging competition and thus dominated the Lower Bavarian organ market with his relatives. His successor was Matthias Braumandl (1829–1906). Many of his works are no longer preserved.

List of works (excerpt)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1843	Hadersbach	Assumption Day		I / P	10
1844	Reibersdorf	St. Martin		I / P	6th
1851	Ergoldsbach	St. Peter and Paul		I / P	12	not received
1861	Rettenbach	St. Laurence		I / P	11
1866	Chafing	St. Mary		I / P	7th	receive
1870	Vilsbiburg	Pilgrimage Church of Maria Hilf		I / P	8th	not received
1874	Aiterhofen	St. Margareta		I / P	8th	not received
1874	Mitterschneidhart- Langquaid	St. Martin		I / P	6th	receive
1875	Oberau			I.	4th	receive
	Oberharthausen - Geiselhöring					not received

literature

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .

• Eberhard Kraus: Historic organs in the Upper Palatinate. Schnell & Steiner 1990, ISBN 3-7954-0387-1 .

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .

Web links

• Anton Ehrlich in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)