Eilert Koehler

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Organ in Tettens (1744)
Organ in Suhl (1740)

Eilert Köhler (* around 1710 in Burhave ; † 1751 ) was a German organ builder . He worked mainly in the county of Oldenburg . Its only surviving organ in the Kreuzkirche Suhl is also the largest organ in southern Thuringia .

life and work

Little is known about his life and work. Köhler was born around 1710 in Burhave in the Butjadinger Land (then Grafschaft Oldenburg ) in March or April. It is unknown where and from whom he learned organ building. His subsequent years of traveling took him to Thuringia, as indicated by influences in his new building in Suhl . The organ in the Kreuzkirche Suhl has 39 registers and combines North German and Thuringian influences in a unique synthesis. It was built between 1738 and 1740 and was completely overhauled up to and including May 2007.

Inside the Suhl organ was the inscription:

“I Eilertus Köhler, born in the city and Indinger Land, from the county of Oldenburg and Dalmenhorst, the place where I was born is called Burhave, by God's decree, I created this organ on April 4th in 1738 and September 26th in 1740 by God's grace made and immediately traveled home again. And I was also single when I was quite young. Written in Suhla on the town hall. "

After the new building in Suhl, Köhler received a concession to build organs in Oldenburg and Delmenhorst at a young age (1741), which brought him back to his homeland. New buildings were built here in Oldenburg / St. Nikolai (1742), Tettens (1742–1744) and Hatten (1744). The new building that began in Apen (1750–1751) was completed by Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer . The prospectus of the organ in Tettens (1744) and the pedal mechanism of the two-manual Schnitger organ in Dedesdorf (1742–1745), which Köhler added, have been preserved from Köhler's workshop .

Köhler married on July 22, 1749 and lived with his wife until his death at Oldenburger Gaststrasse 16. After Köhler's death, the Danish king granted Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer, who married Köhler's widow, the privilege. Köhler is assigned to the Schnitger School, even if he was not a direct student of the Hamburg master.

literature

  • The Eilert Köhler organ in the Kreuzkirche in Suhl. Festschrift and program of the festival week from June 2 to June 10, 2007 for the re-inauguration after restoration and reconstruction by Alexander Schuke Orgelbau Potsdam. Published by the parish council of the Kreuzkirchengemeinde. Suhl 2007.
  • Gustav Fock : Arp Schnitger and his school. A contribution to the history of organ building in the North and Baltic Sea coast areas . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1974, ISBN 3-7618-0261-7 .
  • Walter Kaufmann : The organs of the old Duchy of Oldenburg . Oldenburg 1962 (Oldenburg Research, 15).
  • Walter Kaufmann: The organs of East Frisia (=  treatises and lectures on the history of East Frisia; 48 ). East Frisian Landscape, Aurich 1968.
  • Georg Linnemann: Music history of the city of Oldenburg (= Oldenburg research , 8). Oldenburg 1956.
  • Hans Michael: About the church history of Suhl . In: Thüringer Tageblatt , April 13, 1991-11. January 1992 (36 articles).
  • Karsten Reubekeul: Eilert Köhler, organ and instrument maker. The person who built the organ in the Suhl Kreuzkirche . In: Festschrift 300 years of the Kreuzkirchengemeinde Suhl. Suhl 2006.
  • Klaus-Michael Schreiber: The restoration of the Eilert-Köhler organ in the Kreuzkirche in Suhl. In: Ars Organi , Volume 55, Issue 3, September 2008 ( online , PDF file; 555 kB).
  • Klaus-Michael Schreiber: "Made by God's guidance". On the history of the building and the restoration of the large baroque organ by Eilert Köhler in the Kreuzkirche in Suhl / Thuringia. In: Organ - journal for the organ . 4/2012, pp. 13–21 ( excerpt from p. 13–15 online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schreiber: The restoration of the Eilert-Köhler organ in the Kreuzkirche in Suhl. 2008, p. 143 ( online , PDF file; 555 kB), accessed on May 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Fock: Arp Schnitger and his school. 1974, p. 179.
  3. ↑ Fock: Arp Schnitger and his school. 1974, p. 154.
  4. ↑ Schreiber: The restoration of the Eilert-Köhler organ in the Kreuzkirche in Suhl. 2008, p. 144 ( online , PDF file; 555 kB), accessed on May 10, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Koehler, Eilert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH around 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH Burhave , County of Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH 1751