Eduard Wittek
Eduard Wittek (born January 3, 1857 in Wittigwalde , East Prussia , † July 1, 1927 in Elbing , West Prussia ) was a German organ builder in Elbing.
Life
His father was a mill owner. In 1874 Eduard Wittek apprenticed to August Terletzki in Elbing, where he worked as a journeyman from 1879. In 1884 he opened his own workshop in Graudenz , then in 1489 in Gnesen in the province of Posen. In 1893 Wittek took over the workshop of his teacher and ran it as “Orgelbauanstalt Max Terletzki, Elbing, owner Ed. Wittek ”.
In 1906 Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia appointed him purveyor to the court and in 1916 Kaiser Wilhelm II paid tribute to him at the inauguration of the organ in the Court Church in Cadinen . In 1925 the construction of the 500th organ was celebrated. The organ building company supplied instruments primarily to West Prussia, but also from Stettin to the Memelland , to Russia and Austria .
In 1927 Eduard Wittek (* 1898 in Elbing; † 1978 in Würzburg) took over the company and built another 34 organs until 1939. After the war he worked as an organ builder in Würzburg.
List of works (selection)
New organs
Several organs have been preserved.
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Rosenberg (Susz) | church | II / P | 24 | ||
| 1899 | Danzig - Langfuhr | Luther Church | II / P | 25th | ||
| 1900 | Danzig | St. Bartholomew | 40 | |||
| 1900 | Graudenz | Garrison Church | II / P | 25th | ||
| 1901 | Sopot (Sopot) | Church of the Redeemer | II / P | 21st | ||
| 1902 | Tolkemite | Catholic Church | II / P | 20th | ||
| 1904 | Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) | synagogue | II / P | 26th | destroyed | |
| 1909 | Elblag | St. Nikolai | III / P | 45 | ||
| 1910 | Danzig | St. Catherine's | 50 | |||
| 1914 | Irkutsk , Siberia |
literature
- Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca , Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume II, 2. From Johann Preuss to E. Kemper & Sohn, Lübeck / Bartenstein. Siebenquart, Cologne 2015. pp. 410–452.
- Wolfgang J. Brylla: Eduard Wittek. In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. S. 624f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susz Sanctuary św. Antoniego organ (Polish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wittek, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wittek, Ed. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder in Elbing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittigwalde |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1927 |
| Place of death | Elbing , West Prussia |