Carl Leopold Wegenstein

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Carl Leopold Wegenstein (* 1858 in Kleinhadersdorf , Austrian Empire , † 1937 in Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania ) was an Austrian organ builder .

Life

Carl Leopold Wegenstein learned his trade in Vienna; his apprenticeship years led him to several well-known organ workshops, for example in Ludwigsburg ( Walcker ), Dresden (Jähmlich), Berlin (Dinze), Stuttgart ( Weigle ), Erfurt (Hickmann), Lucerne ( Goll ), Dresden (Kaufmann), Göttingen ( Giesecke ) and Weikersheim ( Aug. Laukhuff ). In 1880 he settled in Timișoara. He opened his first workshop in the house of his father-in-law Josef Hromadka, but soon moved to Hunyadi-ut in III. Timișoaras district, Elisabetin , around. In 1887 he founded the first pneumatic organ building company in southern Hungary .

In the then Hungarian monarchy, his company competed with the other two most important organ building workshops in this region, namely Otto Rieger in Budapest and József Angster in Pécs . The company had built 122 organs by 1913, and by 1945 the organ building workshop had delivered a total of over 300 instruments.

Of his eight children, Richard (* June 10, 1886, † March 24, 1970 Timișoara), Josef (* March 4, 1894, † June 14, 1930 Timișoara) and Viktor (* June 9, 1901, † October 23 , 1930) were born. 1964 Timișoara) his successor in organ building. The last descendant of the organ building family, Josef Wegenstein jun. , worked for the organ building company Aug. Laukhuff for many years .

List of works

Selection:

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1895 Timișoara , Iosefin Notre Dame monastery church "Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary" I. 12
1896 Timișoara, Cetate Katharinenkirche III 30th
1899 Timișoara, Cetate Synagogue in the city center II 19th
1900 Timișoara, Fabric Synagogue in the factory town II 13
1900 Winga Catholic parish church II 30th
1903 Timișoara Reformed Church of Mary I. 6th
1908 Timișoara, Cetate Timișoara Cathedral III 48
1901 Timișoara, Fabric Millennium Church III 38
1903 Timișoara, Mehala Marienkirche I. 7th
1905 Maria Radna basilica II 25th
1912 Mönchsdorf Destroyed in 1945
before the First World War Timișoara, Freidorf Parish Church of Saint Roch I. 5
1914 Großeidau z. Z. in Mönchsdorf
1935 Timișoara Protestant church II 14th
1939 Timișoara, Elisabeth Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus III 57

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: TTemeswar Notre Dame , 2008
  2. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Timisoara Millennium organ will Hundred , 2008
  3. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Temeswar Innenstadt Synagoge , 2008
  4. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Timisoara factory town / Synagogue , 2008
  5. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Winga / Vinga , 2008
  6. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Timisoara / Reformed Church , 2008
  7. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Timisoara / Timişoara - The organ of the cathedral , 2008
  8. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Timisoara factory town (Millennium Church) , 2008
  9. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Timisoara Mehala / Timişoara , 2008
  10. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Timisoara Freidorf / Timişoara , 2008
  11. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: Timisoara / Evangelical Church , 2008
  12. ↑ edition-musik-suedost.de , Franz Metz: The organ of the townspeople Elisabeth parish in Timisoara , 2008
personal data
SURNAME Wegenstein, Carl Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 1937
Place of death Timișoara