Franciscus Volckland

Volckland organ in Mühlberg

Franciscus Volckland , also Franz (born June 5, 1696 in Berlstedt , † December 23, 1779 in Erfurt ) was a German organ builder .

Life

Volckland was Johann Georg Schröter's journeyman in Erfurt. It is not certain whether he had previously studied with the organ builder Johann Conrad Vockerodt from Berlstedt . In 1716 he went to the Lortzing organ workshop in Ohrdruf , but returned to Erfurt in 1718. There he became "beer owner", d. that is, he was allowed to brew and serve beer. He also ran a timber and fruit trade and was a committed citizen of the city.

However, the privilege as an organ builder requested by Volckland was not granted to him. His teacher Schröter already had such a privilege and was dependent on it, while Volckland could get by without building an organ. Already during his apprenticeship with Schröter there had been arguments between the two, which now intensified because of the direct competition with each other.

Volckland married in 1722 and, after the death of his first wife in 1768, a second time at the age of 77. However, he had no children.

Some organs from Volckland are still preserved today and testify to the quality of his workshop. In addition, several years after the new organ was built, he was entrusted with alterations and extensions to it, which speaks for its reliability. According to Jakob Adlung , he built valves in Zimmersupra with tail screws that were easier to remove. In Mühlberg he used hammered tin. Both indicate his extensive skills as an organ builder.

It is uncertain whether the organ builder Nicolaus Weißhaupt can be considered his pupil.

List of works (selection)

Organ constructions by Volckland are proven in the following places:

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1721	Vieselbach
1722-1726	Ollendorf	St. Philip and James		II / P	16	1830 reconstruction by August Witzmann
1729	Egstedt	St. Michael		II / P	24
1729/1744	Muhlberg	Lukas Church		II / P	26th	Approval in 1730 by Johann Peter Kellner ; Renewed in 1823 by Ernst Ludwig Hesse; receive
1732-1737	Erfurt	Neuwerk Church		II / P	28	1895 and 1930 modifications; 1999–2003 reconstructed to its original state by Alexander Schuke ; receive
1738	Room supra	St. Jacobus		II / P	21st
around 1740	Erfurt	Old Thomas Church
around 1740	Sohnstedt	St. Trinity		I / P	11	receive; currently unplayable
1743/1751	Bindersleben	Lukas Church		II / P	23	Restored by Jehmlich Orgelbau after several renovations in the years 2011–2018
1747	Erfurt	Hospital Church
1749-1750	Elxleben near Erfurt	St. Michaelis		II / P	28	New building in the old prospectus by Johannes Eifert in 1916
1748-1751	Elxleben near Arnstadt	St. Peter and Paul		II / P	27	largely preserved
1751	Längwitz near Rudolstadt
1758/1761	Tröchtelborn	St. Boniface		II / P	24	1917 and 1950s conversions; Restored to original condition in 1996; receive
1765	Kuehnhausen	Porta Coeli Church		II / P	23
around 1765	Erfurt	Well chapel
1772	Gottstedt

literature

• Helga Brück: Franz Volckland (1696–1779). An organ builder from Erfurt during the Bach era. In: Thuringian Organ Journal. Arnstadt 1999.
• Helga Brück: Franz Volckland, an organ builder from Erfurt during the Bach era (1696-1779). In: Communications of the Association for the History and Archeology of Erfurt, Erfurt 1865-1940. Issue 57 (New Series, Issue 4), Weimar 1996.
• Felix Friedrich : The organ builder Franciscus Volckland. 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. 191–216.
• Torsten Sterzik: Two Organ Builders - One School. For the 300th birthday of F. Volckland and Chr. Dotzauer. In: Thüringer Orgelsommer eV (Ed.): Thüringer Orgeljournal 1996. Arnstadt 1996, pp. 27-50.

Web links

• Franz Volckland. Archived from the original on January 2, 2008 ; Retrieved September 8, 2012 .