Bernd Sulzmann

Bernd Uwe Sulzmann (born June 25, 1940 in Karlsruhe ; † December 23, 1999 in Ettenheim ) was a German teacher, pedagogue , lecturer , organ expert , organ builder and non-fiction author.

Career

Bernd Sulzmann was born the son of a bank director. His family lived in Waldkirch . He had a brother. His childhood was overshadowed by the Second World War . He went to school in Ettenheim and lived there in a boarding school. During this time he met his future wife Heidrun Elisabeth Gerber (born December 17, 1943 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † March 26, 2011).

Since 1965 he has been an organ expert for the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office and since 1975 lecturer in organ building at the Freiburg University of Music . Since 1966 he has been teaching as a primary and secondary school teacher in Ettenheim. From 1988 to 1991 he was the principal of the Altdorf primary school. When he became seriously ill with a viral brain infection towards the end of 1991, he was forced to give up his position as elementary school director and largely to withdraw from his work as an organ expert. He died on December 23, 1999 at the age of 59 as a result of this disease. He left behind his wife and three daughters and six grandchildren. The family lived on Carl Hermann Jäger Strasse in Ettenheim .

Sulzmann worked as a non-fiction author and wrote several works on organs and organ builders. In addition, he wrote articles for the journal Monument Preservation in Baden-Württemberg - news sheet of the State Monument Preservation and for the Münsterbauverein Breisach eV

After his death in 1999, the archive he had created became the property of the Waldkirch Organ Foundation . The collection of documents from around 1500 organ locations, also known as the “Sulzmann Archive”, is accessible to the public.

Expert opinion (selection)

In the course of his work as an organ expert, Bernd Sulzmann wrote numerous reports, including on the following organs:

• Community organ in Hohnhurst , a district of Kehl (1967): The instrument was built in 1830 for the Bruchsal prison . It was bought by Hohnhurst Township in 1854 and has been repaired several times over the years. The instrument has 290 pipes, a manual with four octaves, five registers and a mixture.
• Johann-Philipp-Seuffert-Organ in Überlingen Minster (1972): The instrument was built in 1761 by the Würzburg court organ maker Johann Philipp Seuffer . Sulzmann, as organ expert for the state offices for monument preservation in Karlsruhe and Freiburg, advocated the reuse of the organ.
• Matthias Martin organ in Vörstetten (1970): The baroque parapet organ was built in 1803/1804 by the organ builder Mathias Martin in Waldkirch . Of the 10 known organs that Martin built, this was the only one that was preserved in a more or less authentic way. Therefore, Sulzmann spoke for the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Freiburg for the restoration of the organ, only the wind turbine and repeater pedal should correspond to the current technical standard.
• Schleiferladen organ with 6 registers (1989): The instrument was probably rebuilt in 1865 by the organ builder Eduard Hieber in Engen for the Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in Thengendorf. Windchests and wooden pipes from an organ dating from around 1800 were used for this. Over the years the organ was then repaired and sold several times. When Sulzmann examined it in 1989, the instrument was inoperative and in poor condition.
• Silbermann organ in Meißenheim (1968): The parish accompanying gel with 13 registers was built in 1776 by the organ builder Johann Andreas Silbermann in St. Blasien . It is the only formerly single-manual organ in Baden that still exists today from the Strasbourg Silbermann workshop.
• Walcker organ in Hoffenheim (1971): The instrument was built by the organ builder Eberhard Friedrich Walcker . In 1971, Sulzmann wrote an expert opinion on the organ as an organ expert for the state offices for the preservation of monuments in Freiburg and Karlsruhe. In it he wrote: “You can still see and hear the masterly craftsmanship today. Hoffenheim can be proud of its master organ. "

Publications (selection)

• The organ of the Catholic parish church St. Bartholomäus zu Ettenheim. Archbishop's City Parish, 1973.
• The Martin family of organ builders in Waldkirch im Breisgau. Breitkopf and Härtel, 1975, ISBN 978-3-765-10076-5 .
• The organ of the parish and pilgrimage church in Kirchhofen. 1977.
• Historic organs in Baden, 1690–1890. Schnell and Steiner, 1980, ISBN 978-3-795-40421-5 .
• with Johann Friedrich Wiegleb and Willy Winter: The workshop book of the organ maker Wiegleb from the Electoral Palatinate. Merseburger, 1983, ISBN 978-3-875-37167-3 .

Web links

• State Archive Baden-Württemberg - Bernd Sulzmann
• State Bibliography Baden-Württemberg - Bernd Sulzmann
• Waldkirch Organ Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Information comes from J. Binz-Sulzmann , a direct relative of Bernd Sulzmann.
2. ↑ Preservation of monuments in Baden-Wuerttemberg - newsletter of the state preservation of monuments , Volume 11, No. 1, 1968, pp. 19-26
3. ↑ Bernd Sulzmann: The Merklin family of organ builders. In: Unser Münster, No. 36, 2006, p. 10f.
4. ^ Index of the booklets from 1990 to 2010 . In: Our Minster, No. 45, 2010.
5. ^ Ars organi , Volume 55, Verlag Merseburger, 2007, p. 202.
6. ^ Freiburg historical holdings - digital - Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
7. ↑ Marco Karch: Instrument with criminal record , bo.de
8. ↑ Melanie Jäger-Waldau : Old and New Organs - The 250-year-old Johann Philipp Seuffert organ in the Überlinger Münster. In: Ars Organi , issue 1, March 2012, p. 45.
9. ^ Matthias Martin organ in Vörstetten . Website of Waldkircher Orgelbau Jäger & Brommer .
10. ↑ Historical slider chest organ with 6 registers . Website of Mönch Orgelbau .
11. ↑ General information on the Silbermann organ , ekimeissenheim.de
12. ↑ Silbermann organ in the Ortenau . In: Badische Heimat, 1968, pp. 196–208.
13. ↑ The Walcker organ in Hoffenheim , ev-kirche-hoffenheim.de