Eobanus Friedrich Krebaum

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Eobanus Friedrich Krebaum (born February 14, 1786 ; † April 30, 1845 in Albungen ) was a master organ builder who worked in Eschwege .

life and work

Friedrich Krebaum's grandfather was court gardener for Landgrave Christian (Hessen-Wanfried-Rheinfels) , and in 1759 he married Anna Maria Reyer. She was the daughter of the forester Lorenz Reyer, who ran an inn in Eschwege. Her son Johann Friedrich Krebaum (born October 26, 1759 - † May 28, 1801) continued the business and married Ottilia Döhle on April 18, 1784, who continued to run the inn until 1817 after the death of her husband. The couple had two sons: Johann Bernhard (born July 9, 1784), who also became an innkeeper, and Eobanus Friedrich Krebaum, who learned to build organs.

Friedrich Krebaum married Marie Lieberknecht (* May 30, 1790; † November 24, 1855) "in silence" on May 5, 1811, because she was already pregnant at that time. In total, the two had eleven children, two of whom died early. In 1815 Krebaum bought house no.751 (today: Schlossplatz 6) in Eschwege, which he expanded to include a rear building, which probably served as an organ workshop. In 1825, Krebaum was appointed a district organ builder in Eschweg. Krebaum could not do business well and got increasingly into financial hardship. This could be the reason that he committed suicide and on April 30, 1845 “was found dead in the Werra near Albungen”. In addition, it is mentioned in the church book that he "self-evacuated as a result of melancholy", but was properly buried in the Albunger cemetery.

Krebaum mainly built front-playing village organs with a manual and an independent pedal , but also some two-manual city organs. The brochures for the smaller works are usually in five parts, with large rectangular fields on the outside and a lower, slightly arched central tower or a central flat field that is flanked by two-story flat fields. Stylistically, the prospectuses are shaped by classicism .

Friedrich Ziese was a journeyman with Meister Krebaum from 1825 to 1831. Johann Georg Markert II is said to have learned organ building from 1841 to 1845 from Krebaum. After Krebaum's death, his widow placed a newspaper ad on May 7, 1845 to sell his tools and the materials stored in the organ workshop.

List of works

The following new organs are proven:

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1825 Grebendorf Protestant church
1828 Sterkelshausen Protestant church I / P 9 originally built for Niederhohne, implemented in 1895/1896
1829-1830 Sachsenhausen (Gilserberg) Protestant church I / P 8th originally built for Speckswinkel, sold and implemented in 1896; received changed
1829-1830 Marburg St. John Evangelist I / P 12 not received
1829-1830 Frankershausen Protestant church I / P 14th rebuilt preserved (today II / P / 17)
around 1830 Walburg Protestant church I / P 12 almost completely preserved
1832 Herleshausen Protestant church
1833 Erksdorf Protestant church I / P 14th almost completely preserved
1834 Grains Protestant church received greatly changed
1837 Neuenbrunslar Protestant church I / P 12 7 registers and housing preserved
1837-1839 Eschwege Neustadt Church
Eschwege St. Katharina 128.JPG
 II / P 31 Prospectus received
1840-1841 Hilgershausen Protestant church
1842 Buyouts Protestant church
1841-1843 Allendorf St. Crucis not received
1834-1845 Marburg University Church of Marburg 1846 set up after Krebaum's death by Gustav Wilhelm , Kassel; Replaced in 1894

literature

  • Magnus Backes (edit.): Dehio-Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Hesse. 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 1982, ISBN 3-422-00380-0 , 1982, pp. 213, 219, 236, 413, 422, 514, 666, 774, 839.
  • Peter Brusius: The organ builder Eobanus Friedrich Krebaum (1786–1845) from Eschwege. Self-published, Marburg 2013.
  • Eckhard Trinkaus: organs and organ builders in the former district of Ziegenhain (Hessen) (=  publications of the historical commission for Hessen . Volume 43 ). Elwert, Marburg 1981, ISBN 3-7708-0713-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brusius: The organ builder Eobanus Friedrich Krebaum. 2013, p. 6.
  2. ↑ Trinkaus: organs and organ builders in the former district of Ziegenhain. 1981, pp. 325-326.
  3. ^ Brusius: The organ builder Eobanus Friedrich Krebaum. 2013, p. 7.
  4. ↑ Trinkaus: organs and organ builders in the former district of Ziegenhain. 1981, pp. 239-240.
personal data
SURNAME Krebaum, Eobanus Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German master organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1786
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1845
Place of death Nonsense