Franz Xaver Krismann

Bruckner organ in the old cathedral in Linz

Franz Xaver Krismann , also known as Chrismann and others (born October 22, 1726 in Reifenberg ( Grafschaft Görz ), today's Branik in Slovenia; † May 20, 1795 in Rottenmann , Styria ), was an important Austrian organ builder and originally a priest.

Life

Organ of the parish church Rottenmann

Krismann, the son of ordinary people, must have attended a Jesuit school, then he completed a degree in theology and was ordained a priest on December 19, 1759 in Gorizia . After a few years of pastoral care, he turned to organ building, where he probably learned the organ building trade between 1754 and 1758. He built u. a. the following organs:

1770–1774 Augustinian Canon Monastery of St. Florian (III + P / 74, "Bruckner organ", rebuilt preserved)
1774–1778 Steyr parish church (some registers preserved)
1780 parish church Steyr-St. Michael (II + P / 27, reconstruction by Krismann)
1768–1770 Alter Dom (Linz) (III + P / 32, "Bruckner organ", rebuilt preserved)

In 1795 Krisman died while working on the organ for the parish church of Rottenmann .

Remarks

↑ According to other information, 1750.

literature

Rupert Gottfried Frieberger : KRISMANN (Chrisman, Krismann, Krisman) Franz Xaver. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 4, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-038-7 , Sp. 665-667. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Ernst Günthert: Crisman, Franz Xaver. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 415 f. ( Digitized version ).
Carl Ferdinand Pohl: Crisman, Franz Xaver . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 139 f.

Web links

Entry on Chrismann also Krismann, Crismann and others, Franz Xaver in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Ernst Hausner: History of the Rottenmann Parish. (PDF) In: Internet presence of the parish association Rottenmann / Oppenberg / Selzthal. Stadtpfarre Rottenmann, 2009, pp. 22-23 , accessed on October 1, 2010 .

personal data
SURNAME	Krismann, Franz Xaver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Crisman; Chrismann; Krisman; Crismann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reifenberg ( County of Gorizia ), today's Branik in Slovenia
DATE OF DEATH	May 20, 1795
Place of death	Rottenmann , Styria

[1] According to other information, 1750.

[Rottemann-2] Ernst Hausner: History of the Rottenmann Parish. (PDF) In: Internet presence of the parish association Rottenmann / Oppenberg / Selzthal. Stadtpfarre Rottenmann, 2009, pp. 22-23 , accessed on October 1, 2010 .