Christian Friedrich Göthel

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Christian Friedrich Göthel and his wife Christiane Sophie (picture of old age)
Autograph by Göthel in the Grünlichtenberg parish archive (1865)
Göthel's house with his workshop in Borstendorf

Christian Friedrich Göthel (born August 6, 1804 in Borstendorf ; † November 13, 1873 there ) was a German organ builder .

life and work

Göthel comes from a family of instrument makers. His father Friedrich Göthel (1759-1850) provided a. a. Violins and other small musical instruments up to barrel organs. His son ran an organ building workshop in his home village of Borstendorf. He did not learn organ building professionally, but acquired his knowledge through detailed studies of Gottfried Silbermann's organs . From 1830 to 1873 he can be shown to have been an independent organ builder. He delivered his first organ to the church in Großwaltersdorf in 1839 for a purchase price of 1400 thalers . His brother Gottlob Friedrich Göthel (1806–2 November 1840) was involved in this new organ, but he died during the work.

In the local cemetery in Borstendorf, the preserved tomb with the inscription “ Man dies. His work is alive. “To Christian Friedrich Göthel. Furthermore, a path near his former workshop was named after him.

Catalog of works (new buildings)

Overview map of Göthel's work

Of the 26 organs built by Göthel, 14 have been preserved in the area of ​​the regional church of Saxony . The focus of his work was in the central and eastern Ore Mountains.

Göthel built at least 3 barrel organs and other positives.

year opus place building image Manuals register Remarks
1830 1 Large company Prayer house "Grube Churprinz" I. 4th Positive , op. 1, today Zwickau Municipal Museums , still available
1839-1841 2 Großwaltersdorf Ev.-luth. church II / P 23 Organ, still available
1843-1845 3 Schellenberg, today Augustusburg Ev.-luth. City Church of St. Petri II / P 34 largest organ, burned
18th 4th Berggießhübel
18th 5 Mulda II / P
1846-1848 6th Borstendorf Ev.-luth. church II / P 12 Organ, still available
1849-1850 7th Grünhainichen Ev.-luth. church II / P 17th Organ, still available
1850-1851 8th Thalheim Ev.-luth. church II / P 21st Organ, still available - but heavily changed, only organ case still available, in 1923 new Jehmlich organ installed
1853 9 Freiberg seminar Positive, transferred to the Nossen seminar after 1856 , whereabouts unknown
1854-1855 10 Niederbobritzsch Ev.-luth. church 20110912420DR Niederbobritzsch (Bobritzsch) Church Organ.jpg II / P 21st Organ, still available
around 1856 11 Linda Ev.-luth. chapel I. 4th Positive, still there
18th 12 Chemnitz cath. church
1859 13 Chemnitz Ev.-luth. St. Nicolai Church Organ mlk Göthel organ Kleinrückerswalde b Annaberg op 13 1859.jpg I. 9 Organ, moved to Kleinrückerswalde in 1882 , still available
1860-1861 14th Jöhstadt Ev.-luth. church II / P 24 Organ, still in place - heavily changed in the meantime
1861 15th Reichenau school Positive, register and whereabouts unknown
1862 16 Dittersbach Ev.-luth. church I / P 11 Organ, still available
1863 17th Leukersdorf Ev.-luth. church II / P 15th Organ, still available
1863 18th Simselwitz Ev.-luth. church I / P 7th Northernmost organ, still available - Göthel's only organ with original tin prospect pipes
1863-1865 19th Eppendorf Ev.-luth. church II / P 24 Organ, still available
1866-1867 20th Althilbersdorf , today Chemnitz St. Trinity Church II / P 16 Organ, condition: unknown
1866-1867 21st Grünlichtenberg Ev.-luth. St. Nicholas Church
Christian Friedrich Göthel organ in the St Nikolai church Grünlichtenberg (89) .jpg
 II / P 21st Organ, condition: very good, restored by Rühle in 2016/2017 , " Organ of the month January 2017 "
1868-1869 22nd Number Ev.-luth. church II / P 16 Organ, condition: very good
1870 23 Annaberg-Buchholz old seminar Positive, register and whereabouts unknown
1869-1870 24 Schönbrunn Ev.-luth. church II / P 14th Organ, condition: good
1870-1872 25th Grossolbersdorf Grossolbersdorf Church I / P 12 Organ, condition: unknown
1873 26th Leubsdorf Ev.-luth. church Göthel. Organ in Leukersdorf II / P 17th Organ, condition: unknown
? Streckewalde school Positive, undated, whereabouts unknown
? Witzschdorf school Positive, undated, whereabouts unknown
? Nossen seminar at least 2 super organs, whereabouts unknown

literature

Web links

Commons : Christian Friedrich Göthel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Pape: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 2, 2012, p. 116.
  2. ↑ a b Klaus Walter: The Saxon organ builder Christian Friedrich Göthel . In: Alfred Reichling (Ed.): Acta organologica . tape 20 . Merseburger, 1988, p. 165 and 273 .
personal data
SURNAME Göthel, Christian Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Borstendorf
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1873
Place of death Borstendorf