Christian Ludwig King

Christian Ludwig König (born May 5, 1717 in Münstereifel , † April 15, 1789 in Cologne ) was a German organ builder .

Life

He was the second child of Balthasar König . He received his training from his father and from around 1737 to 1743 from Christian Müller in Amsterdam. As Müller's journeyman, he will have worked on the construction of the great organ of the Haarlem St. Bavo Church . Around 1743 he married Anna Maria Busch and became a citizen of Cologne on October 23, 1744. From 1756 he lived "Unter Wappensticker" (today it belongs to Hohen Strasse). It is believed that Christian Ludwig König initially ran his father's workshop in Münstereifel before setting up on his own in 1756.

From his six children, Balthasar Franz Joseph (* August 3, 1744 - December 30, 1764 in Cologne) and Karl Philipp Joseph (* July 28, 1750 in Cologne, † February 17, 1795 in Cologne) chose the profession of organ builder. While Balthasar Franz Joseph died early, Philipp Joseph was involved in his father's work from 1770.

Among the students of Christian Ludwig König were Johann Mathaeus Wyskirchen, Fuhrmann, Hirtum and Caspar Melchior Vorenweg .

List of works

The size of the instruments is indicated in the fifth column by the number of manuals and the number of sounding registers in the sixth column. A capital “P” stands for an independent pedal, a lowercase “p” for an attached pedal. Italics indicate that the organ in question is no longer or only the prospectus has been preserved.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1742	Anrath	St. John Baptist				together with his father Balthasar König; not received
1748	Bonn	St. Remigius		III / P	32	Replaced in 1904
1749	Cologne	St. Gregorius in misery		I / p	9	destroyed
around 1750	Cologne	St. Severin		II / P	34	not received
around 1750	Marienthal (Ahr)	Marienthal Monastery		I / p	10	Attribution (or Balthasar König); after 1803 moved to Aremberg, St. Nikolaus (picture); receive
1750	Aachen	St. Stephan		I / p	8th	not received
1751	Neuss	Franciscan Church				1804 to Krefeld, Reformed Church implemented
1751	Belgium (location unknown)	unknown		I / p	9	from around 1863 in Karlshausen, St. Bartholomäus
1752	Kempen	Father's Church		II / p	24	Attribution; Replaced in 1925, reconstructed in 2000 by Verschueren and supplemented with a free pedal (II / P / 28); Housing received
1752	Then after	Franciscan Church		II / P	28	or Balthasar König? Pipe inscription: "König Köln 1752", (older?) Housing in the Stumm design ; Realized in 1805 after the Assumption of Mary (Andernach) (picture); 1939–1949 extension conversion by Klais; Remains received
1752	Aachen	St. Nicholas		II / P	32	Demolished in 1876
1753-1755	Dusseldorf	Max Church		III / P	39	Housing and 4 registers preserved
1757	Menden (Sauerland)	St. Vincenz		II / P	17th	Organ completed by Balthasar König after his death
around 1760	Putz	St. Adelheid		II / P	18th	Transferred to Burscheid in 1812
1761-1763	Breda	Waalse Kerk		I / p	13	together with Karl Philipp; 1885 extension conversion, 1900 changes of disposition; Parts of König largely preserved
1765	Arnhem	Waalse Kerk		I / p	9	from Karl Philipp? receive
1765-1767	Cologne	St. Mary in the Capitol		III / P	31	not received
1767-1768	Schilling Chapels	Monastery church		I / p	9	1806 moved to Ollheim, St. Martinus ; 1948 two registers exchanged; largely preserved
1770	Schleiden	Schleiden Castle Church		II / p	27	Attribution; 1865 free pedal added; 1946–1948 changes in disposition; 1987 reconstruction while keeping the pedal; Rococo case; Monument organ
1770	Cheeky	Evangelical Church Frechen				around 1928 to Cologne, Carthusian Church moved; Housing in the Hardenrath Chapel preserved
1770	Cologne	Carmelite monastery		II / P	26th	1804 to Elberfeld, ref. Church relocated, extended and new housing; not received
1772	Cologne	St. Andrew		II / P	30th	not received
before 1773	Cologne	Dominican Church		III / P	30th	not received
before 1773	Cologne	St. George		II / P	24	not received
before 1773	Cologne	St. Mary indulgence		I.	5	not received
1773	Oudenbosch	Hervormde Kerk		I / p	10	receive
1773	Cologne	All Saints Chapel		I / p	8th
1773	Cologne	St. Johann and Cordula		II / P	20th	Attribution; 1803 transferred from Fuhrmann to Annakirche in Aachen and renovated, extensively rebuilt before 1876, replaced in 1898 by a Walcker organ behind the historical prospectus; Destroyed in 1944
1773-1776	Nijmegen	Grote of Sint Stevenskerk		III / P	54	Badly damaged in 1944, several restorations
1780	Cologne	St. Kunibert		II / P	30th	partly taken over as successor organ by Franz Wilhelm Sonreck
around 1780	the Bosch	Waalse Kerk				not received
around 1780	Cologne	St. Martin		II / P	30th	not received
1785	Xanten	Ev. church		I / P	9	receive

In 1781, König made an offer for the Osnabrück Cathedral (III / P / 39).

literature

• Ulrich Bons: 300 years of organ history in Anrath . In: Home book of the district of Viersen . Viersen 1983, p. 177-188 .
• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : The organ builder families König in Ingolstadt, Münstereifel and Cologne. In: Roland Behrens, Christoph Grohmann (Ed.): Dulce Melos Organorum. Festschrift for Alfred Reichling's 70th birthday (= publication by the Society of Organ Friends. Volume 200). Society of Organ Friends, Mettlach 2005, pp. 111–168.
• Ute Gremmel: The still existing organs of the Rhenish organ builder family König . In: Diploma thesis in the field of church music (Cologne University of Music) . Cologne 1986.

Web links

Commons : Christian Ludwig König  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hermann Fischer , Hans-Wolfgang Theobald: The Rhenish organ builders Balthasar and Christian Ludwig König (PDF; 565 kB)
• Theodor Wohnhaas:  King, Christian Ludwig. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 334 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Description of the König organ of the Kempen Paterskirche in kempener-orgelkonzerte.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hermann Fischer, Hans-Wolfgang Theobald : The Rhenish organ builders Balthasar and Christian Ludwig König (PDF file; 565 kB), p. 5, viewed December 14, 2012.
2. ^ Franz Bösken , Hermann Fischer, Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 40 ). tape 4 : Koblenz and Trier administrative districts, Altenkirchen and Neuwied districts . Schott, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-7957-1342-0 , p. 40, 779 .
3. ^ Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer, Matthias Thömmes: Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 40 ). tape 4 : Koblenz and Trier administrative districts, Altenkirchen and Neuwied districts. Part 2. Schott, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-7957-1342-0 , p. 100 .
4. ^ Information from Ute Gremmel-Geuchen (organist in Kempen in the Paters Church and the Provost Church)
5. ^ Evangelical Anna Church: The King Organ , accessed on March 10, 2019.
6. ↑ Stevenskerk: König-Orgel , accessed on January 19, 2016.