Bruno Kircheisen

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Bruno Kircheisen (* 1830 in Stollberg ; † 1902 probably in Dresden ) was a German organ builder who worked in Saxony in the second half of the 19th century .

Life

Bruno Kircheisen was born in Stollberg in the Ore Mountains in 1830 . He was a grandson of one of the Jehmlich brothers and was probably trained as an organ builder in their workshop. Apart from that, little is known about his professional career.

Kircheisen worked as a master organ builder mainly in the Erzgebirgskreis and in Dresden and the surrounding area. There he carried out repairs and alterations to existing organs , for example in 1849 on the Jehmlich organ in the Jakobikirche in Stollberg.

At least 8 organs are known as new buildings in Kircheisen, most of which have been preserved. The first known new organ in Kircheisen, dating from 1862, is located in his native Stollberg in the chapel of Hoheneck Castle, which was used as a women's prison . Further new buildings were built in the 1880s and 1890s.

Bruno Kircheisen died in 1902 at the age of 71 or 72, probably in Dresden. His son Ernst Bruno Kircheisen, who was born in Stollberg on December 22nd, 1852, apparently took over his father's workshop and, based on the address books of Dresden, can still be identified as an organ builder there until 1920.

Trivia

Bruno Kircheisen was chairman of the Erzgebirger Association founded in 1885 .

literature

  • Fischer, Hermann: 100 years of the Association of German Organ Builders. 1891-1991 commemorative publication. Orgelbau-Fachverlag Rensch, Munich 1991, p. 224.

Works (selection)

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1862 Stollberg / Erzgeb. Hoheneck prison , organ in the chapel in the west wing receive
1891 Gröditz Protestant church II / P 14th receive; In 1961 Orgelbau Schmeisser added a Rückpositiv with sliding drawer, last general overhaul in 2016
1893 Dorfchemnitz
1896 Zschorlau - Albernau Evangelical Johanniskirche receive
1896 Unkersdorf Evangelical village church receive; Restoration in 1999
1896 Adorf Village church
1898 Grünhain-Beierfeld Christ Church (Beierfeld) built into a prospectus by Otto Paulig; 1921 Conversion by Hermann Eule Orgelbau Bautzen
1899 Schwarzenberg Christ Church
1901 Kleinröhrsdorf Village church II / P 12 preserved, 1980 restoration and neo-baroque change of layout by Johannes Schubert (Dresden) → organ

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City tour through Stollberg. In: deutschland-im-internet.de. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Organ builders historically - Organ Forum Saxony. In: orgelforum-sachsen.de. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ MDM Online: Hoheneck Memorial (with photo of the Kircheisen organ). In: mdm-online.de. January 1, 1997, accessed October 3, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Press release: Visit to the former Stollberg correctional facility / Hoheneck Castle. hoheneck.com , accessed October 3, 2017 (PDF file)
  5. ↑ Ancestry genealogy database: Frankenberg, Meldebuch 1875, accessed on October 3, 2017.
  6. ^ Address book for Dresden 1920, p. 367.
  7. ^ Dresden - GenWiki. In: wiki-de.genealogy.net. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Organ index of the Gröditzer Orgel (pdf) on the homepage of the church district Meißen-Großenhain , accessed on October 3, 2017.
  9. ^ Inventory of organs in Saxony. In: orgel-in-sachsen.de. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
  10. ^ Inventory of organs in Saxony. In: orgel-in-sachsen.de. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Editor: Preview and Review »The Unkersdorfer Church. In: vorschau-rueckblick.de. February 1, 2014, accessed October 3, 2017 .
  12. ^ Inventory of organs in Saxony. In: orgel-in-sachsen.de. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
  13. ^ Public institutions / church. In: beierfeld.de. October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
  14. ^ Inventory of organs in Saxony. In: orgel-in-sachsen.de. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kircheisen, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Stollberg / Erzgeb.
DATE OF DEATH 1902
Place of death uncertain: Dresden