Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Böttcher

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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Böttcher (born November 3, 1820 in Stendal , † May 18, 1883 in Magdeburg ) was a German organ builder .

life and work

Böttcher learned organ building from the masters Eberhard Friedrich Walcker in Ludwigsburg, where he was mentioned as a journeyman in 1844, and Johann Heinrich Schäfer in Heilbronn, where he worked as a journeyman in 1848. During his apprenticeship in Heilbronn, Böttcher learned about the cone shutter technology using organs that Johann Carl Sigmund Haussdörffer had built and later used it in his own organ building.

In 1855 he started his own business in Magdeburg with an organ workshop and music shop. The company went bankrupt in 1875/1876 during the construction of an organ in the St. Marien church in Haldensleben ; bankruptcy proceedings were opened on February 10, 1876. Even after 1876 and 1881, Böttcher built other organs. He was the last known master organ builder from Magdeburg.

List of works (selection)

In the fifth column of the table, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals , a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal and the Arabic number in the sixth column indicates the number of sounding registers . Italics indicate that the work in question no longer exists.

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
around 1850 Beyendorf soles Saint Egidius Church I. 7th Restored in 2015/2016
1851 Üllnitz St. Augustine I / P 10
1855 Valtaiķi Lutheran Church Valtaiķu luterāņu baznīcas ērģeles 2.jpg II / P 14th
1858 Berlin Zion Chapel 10 not received
1860-1863 Magdeburg Petrikirche II / P 29 destroyed by the Second World War at the latest
1861 Saplings Castle Church Castle Church Organ.jpg II / P 17th receive
1862 Neustadt-Magdeburg St. Nicolai II / P 30th Reconstruction of the organ, destroyed by the Second World War at the latest
1864 Buckau Valley Buckau village church II / P 13 Restored in 2012/2013.
1868 Amber (Burgenland) , Austria Protestant parish church II / P 13
1869 Vinzelberg Village church II / P 13
around 1870 Ziesar St. Crucis Ziesar monastery organ (2) .jpg II / P 22nd
1870 Catfish life St. Pancras Church II / P 22nd
1872 Diesdorf Monastery church II / P 20th Basic renovation planned for 2020/2021
1873-1875 Haldensleben St. Mary III / P 41 Not completed by Böttcher, disposition not original.
1874 Eimersleben St. Petri II / P 19th
1876 Magdeburg Holy Spirit Church III / P 46 destroyed by the Second World War at the latest
1881 Hillersleben St. Laurentius Monastery Church II / P 26th Restored in 2010/2011.

literature

  • Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders . tape 1 : Thuringia and the surrounding area . Pape, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4 , pp. 33-34 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First name written with "C" as can be seen in several copies from parish registers
  2. ↑ a b c d e Biographies of Magdeburg Citizens. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ History of the organs of St. Marien Church. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  4. ^ Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Vol. 1. 2009, p. 33.
  5. ^ Restoration by the organ building company Bochmann from Kohren-Sahlis
  6. ↑ Organ restoration begins. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Organ Index website. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
  8. ^ Böttcher organ in the Diesdorf monastery church. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Diesdorf monastery church. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
  10. ^ Restoration of the C. Böttcher organ. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Böttcher, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Stendal
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1883
Place of death Magdeburg