Bittner (organ builder)

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Bittner is the name of a family of organ builders in Middle Franconia and today's Upper Bavaria.

Tribe list

  1. Bittner, Johann Adam (Untermässing, around 1800 Hilpoltstein, around 1813 Freystadt), April 25, 1755–1824, organ builder, carpenter and sculptor
    1. Johann Martin, March 25, 1779 -?, Teacher, carpenter and organ builder
    2. Franz Joseph (Hilpoltstein), April 28, 1780 - August 24, 1863, carpenter and organ builder
      1. Max (Hilpoltstein), December 18, 1809 - August 22, 1870, organ builder and drawing teacher
        1. Rupert (Hilpoltstein), 1841–1921, organ builder
      2. Joseph I (from 1852 Eichstätt, 1880–1897 Nuremberg), June 2, 1822 - April 28, 1908, organ builder
        1. Josef Franz (1879 Nuremberg, from 1897 Eichstätt), September 14, 1852 - February 25, 1915, organ builder, 1880 takeover of the orphaned company from Augustin Ferdinand II.
          1. August Wilhelm I. (Eichstätt), April 20, 1880 - July 23, 1937, 1913 partner in his father's company, 1915 sole owner. From 1937 continuation by his wife Bennonie Bittner.
            1. August Wilhelm II. (Eichstätt), October 30, 1914 - April 6, 1990, workshop manager from 1945–1990
              1. August Johann (Gaimersheim), August 10, 1949, high school teacher for music, organ researcher
            2. Franz (Eichstätt), August 24, 1916 - September 13, 1996, 1957–1988 partner in the company
          2. Max Rupert (emigrated via England to Holland), 1881–1955
        2. Karl (Eichstätt / Munich), August 10, 1866 - after 1935, organ builder. Went to Maerz in Munich as a foreman after 1890
    3. Augustin Ferdinand I (Freystadt, from 1829 Nuremberg), November 17, 1787 - October 3, 1850, organ builder, carpenter and painter
      1. Johann Michael (Freystadt; Nuremberg), April 9, 1816 - January 15, 1896, organ builder. 1853 own organ building license in Nuremberg
      2. Augustin Ferdinand II. (Nuremberg), July 6, 1817 - November 29, 1879, organ builder. 1844 partner with Augustin Ferdinand I., 1850 sole owner, 1871 takeover of the previously independent company of his brother Johann Michael

literature

  • Michael Bernhard, Organ Database Bavaria , Version 5, 2009

Web links

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