Felix Grüneberg

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Felix Johannes Erdmann Grüneberg (born March 8, 1876 in Stettin , Province of Pomerania , † November 15, 1945 in Watenstedt-Salzgitter ) was a German organ builder in Finkenwalde near Stettin.

Life

Felix Grüneberg continued the tradition of the family who had been organ builders in Stettin since 1782. The father Barnim Grüneberg was the most important organ builder in north-eastern Germany in his time and built around 500 new organs or converted them. The mother was Clara, née Müller. Felix learned from his father and from around 1905 took over the management of the workshop at Domstrasse 24 in Stettin. In 1906 a new organ building establishment was built in Finkenwalde near Stettin at Langen Strasse 61 (today ul. Batalionów Chłopskich 61), with a large assembly hall, several workshops and a residential building , the only one of which has survived to this day.

After his father's death in 1907, he was responsible for organ building production; the company initially remained in the possession of his mother Clara Grüneberg, and since 1911 with his brother Georg. The organ building institute B. Grüneberg had up to 65 employees and rebuilt or rebuilt around 300 organs. Felix Grüneberg was a member of the NSDAP after 1933, but, according to his grandson, saved the lives of some Jewish employees by sending them to the villages to work.

The family left Stettin in March 1945. Felix Grüneberg died in Watenstedt at the end of the year.

The son Barnim Albert Bogislaw Grüneberg (born April 13, 1914 in Stettin; † May 24, 1963 in Munich) learned from his father and in France and worked in the workshop since 1935. Since 1946 he was in Greifswald as an organ builder and repaired many organs there, also of the ancestors, which were thereby preserved.

Organs (selection)

literature

  • Dietrich W. Prost : The organ builder family Grüneberg . In: Acta Organologica 22. 1991. pp. 105-130.
  • Uwe Pape : Felix Grüneberg . In: Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area including Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. pp. 191f.
  • Organ building company with steam operation Stettin-Finkenwalde B. Grüneberg . 1912. Reprint: Pape Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-921140-77-2, with list of opus

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ An outline of the past. In: Tagesspiegel from November 20, 2010. Accessed October 31, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Grüneberg, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grüneberg, Felix Johannes Erdmann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder in Finkenwalde near Stettin
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin , Pomerania Province
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1945
Place of death Watenstedt-Salzgitter