Franz Joseph Merklin

Franz Joseph Merklin (born June 28, 1788 in Oberhausen , Grand Duchy of Baden , † September 14, 1857 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German organ builder in Baden.

Life

Franz Joseph Merklin learned the carpentry trade in Oberhausen. From 1808 he worked in Würzburg , Munich and Vienna , probably as an organ builder for the last few years. In 1817 he married in his home town of Oberhausen and was named a master carpenter. In the following years Merklin worked as an organ builder with Stephan Just, starting around 1821 alone. In 1823 he finished his first organ in Bischoffingen and received his license to build an organ for the Grand Duchy of Baden .

In 1831 Merklin received permission to settle in Freiburg im Breisgau and then moved to Wiehre in 1832 . In 1837 he became a citizen of the city and in 1839 became a member of the building guild. During this time, twelve employees worked in the workshop. Merklin stayed in Freiburg-Wiehre until the end of his life.

The son Joseph Merklin worked temporarily in the workshop and later became one of the most important organ builders in Belgium and France in the 19th century.

Works (selection)

28 new organs in the Grand Duchy of Baden are known by Franz Joseph Merklin . Six organs and two brochures have been preserved.

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1822-1823	Bischoffingen	church		I / P	12	first known new organ, not preserved
1823-1825	Throat	Protestant church		II / P	23	second new organ, not preserved
1827	Kandern	Protestant church		II / P	21st	Largest surviving organ, with the latest received Rückpositiv in Baden
1828	Freett	Protestant church		II / P	17th	1967 Extension by Muhleisen to II / P, 25 received
1829	Loerrach	St. Fridolin		II / P	22nd	Prospectus received
1829	Acorn	St. Gallus		I / P	14th	receive
1830	Memprechtshofen	Protestant church		I / P	9	receive
1830	Kleinkems	Protestant church		I / p	6th	In 1961 transferred to the town church of St. Michael in Schopfheim , preserved
1832	Eyes	church		II / P	20th	not received
1832	Rippoldsau	church		II / P	22nd	not received
1834	Liel	St. Vincent		I / P	11	Replaced in 2010
1838	Freiburg	Ludwig Church		II / P	26th	not received
1839	Breisach	Stephansmünster		II / P	28	not received
1840	Oberrotweil	Catholic parish church		II / P	21 + 3	receive
1842	Bollschweil	St. Hilary				not received
1846	Schallstadt	St. Peter				Prospectus received
1851	Obereggenen	Protestant church		I / P	14th	receive

literature

• Heinrich Richard Trötschel: The organ builder Franz Joseph Merklin and his license to practice as an organ builder. 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. 487–502.
• Bernd Sulzmann: The genealogy of the Merklin family of organ builders . In: Ars Organi . 57th year. 1978. pp. 441-444.

Web links

• Franz Joseph Merklin MGG online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World cultural heritage from Kandern publishing house Jaumann
2. ↑ Organ in Kandern Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
3. ^ Organ in Freistett Orgeldatabase
4. ↑ Organ in Memprechtshofen organ database
5. ^ Organ in Schopfheim, organ database
6. ↑ Organ in Oberrotweil organ database
7. ^ Organ in St. Peter Schallstadt organ directory
8. ^ Organ in Obereggenen organ database