Friedrich Albert Mehmel

Friedrich Albert Daniel Mehmel (born December 6, 1827 in Allstedt , Thuringia , † July 4, 1888 in Stralsund ) was a German organ builder in Stralsund. He is considered the most important Pomeranian organ builder of his time alongside Barnim Grüneberg .

Life

Friedrich Albert Mehmel began his apprenticeship in 1845 and then worked for Ibach in Bremen, Julius Strobel in Frankenhausen, Johann Friedrich Schulze in Paulinzella and Friedrich Ladegast . Ladegast had a strong influence on his sound ideas. The influence of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll on Mehmel's work can also be explained through him .

From 1856 he worked for Matthias Fernau in Stralsund and in 1858 took over his workshop on the Appolonienmarkt . On May 21, 1859, Mehmel received citizenship in Stralsund. His work extended from Cuxhaven to Western Pomerania, but he was mainly active in Western Pomerania, where he alone had 45 new organs built. Because of the high demand, he opened a branch in Wismar, Mecklenburg in 1874. Up to 14 workers were employed in his Stralsund workshop in the house built according to his plans; he probably had a lot of things done at home. He himself always worked hard; He was involved from design to final assembly and intonation. Friedrich August Mehmel only built mechanical organs, mostly with slide chests.

His son Paul Daniel Mehmel (* April 4, 1868, † July 21, 1894) took over the workshops as FA Mehmel's son Stralsund and Wismar after his father's death in 1888 , but died himself soon afterwards.

List of works (selection)

Friedrich Albert Mehmel

More than 60 new buildings by Friedrich Albert Mehmel are known, mainly in Western Pomerania, but also in Mecklenburg. The largest preserved is in Greifswald. Instruments that are no longer available are in italics .

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1853	Eixen	Eixen Church
1858	Prohn	church				?
1860	Starkow	St. Jürgen		II / P	17th	preserved → organ
1860	Wattmannshagen	church		II / P	9	Expanded in 1899, later restored, today II / P, 11
1861	Dersekov	Dersekow Church		II / P	11	1997 restoration by Wolter ; 2012 comprehensive repair and maintenance by Schmidt (Rostock)
1861	Trent	Church of St. Catherine		II / P	11	1999 restoration by Wolter
1861	Richtenberg	St. Nikolai		II / P	17th	preserved → organ
1861	Weitenhagen near Greifswald	church		I / P	6th	1976 tonal and technical redesign by Nussbücker, z. Currently not playable
1862	Kölzin	St. Mary		I / P	5	→ organ
1863	Steinhagen	Steinhagen village church				Restored in 1993
1863	Zingst	Peter and Paul Church		II / P	11	Housing preserved, 1986 new organ from Sauer (II / P, 17)
1865	Stralsund	St. Johannis		II / P	22nd	Destroyed in 1944
1866	Greifswald	St. Mary's Church		III	37 (5 ext.)	→ organ
1866	Vilmnitz	Maria Magdalena Church		II / P	10	receive
1867	Nehringen	St. Andrew's Church		II / P	13	→ organ
1867	Niepars	Niepars village church		II / P	10	1999 restoration by Wolter → Organ
1868	Bretvish	Bretwisch Church		I / P	6th	General overhaul by Wolter
1869	Satow	church		II / P	10	receive
1869	Pantlitz	Pantlitz village church				After the church was closed in 1972, the remains of the organ were sold to Wattmannshagen near Güstrow.
1869	Hohendorf	church		II / P	12
1870	Gross Mohrdorf	Groß Mohrdorf village church		II / P	10	1999 Partial restoration by Wolter
1870	Elmenhorst	Elmenhorst Church		II / P	9	1999 restoration by Wolter → Organ
1870	Greifswald	Jahn high school		II / P	10	probable not received
around 1870	Tribsees	Prayer room		I / P	4th	Transferred to Hohenselchow in 1949
around 1870	Pustow	church		I / P	5	stored (?)
around 1871	Greifswald	St. Joseph		II / P	18th	not received
1873	Neustadt-Glewe	St. Mary		II / P	12	2019 restoration by Sauer
1873	Wustrow	church		II / P	17th	Prospectus received
1875	Kirchdorf on Poel	church		II / P	11
1875	foreshore	Church foreshore		II	11	1997 restoration by Wolter
1875	Spornitz	City Church		II / P	13	receive
around 1875	Altenkirchen	church		II / P	23	Prospectus received, new building by Böhm in 1971
1876	Sassen	Ev. church		I / P	9	2003/2005 partial restoration / restoration and brochure installation by Wolter , 2009 restoration by Schmidt (Rostock)
1876	Klaber	church		II / P	10	receive
1877	Stralsund	St. Jakobi Church		IV	69	Housing preserved, since 2017 new building with a few old parts by Wegscheider → Organ
1877	Kolbergermühle, today Bębnikąt	church
1878	Deyelsdorf	Deyelsdorf Church		I / P	7th	in the prospectus from 1694 by Arp Schnitger , since 1742 in Deyelsdorf, 1998 restoration by Wolter → Orgel
1878	Ticino	church		II / P	10	receive
1881	Ratzeburg	Dom		II	29	not received
1881	Ziethen , Lauenburg	St. Laurence				1987 replaced by Rieger organ (I / P, 10)
1882	Trantow
1884	Demern	Demern village church		I / P	7th	Restored in 2003 by Schuke
1882	Kreutzmannshagen	Ev. church		I / P	6th	1997 General overhaul / restoration by Wolter
1883	Herrnburg	Herrnburg village church		II / P	10	organ
1883	Greifswald-Wieck	Bugenhagenkirche		II	12	1985 General overhaul by Wolter → Organ
1883	Baggendorf church	church		II / P	14th	receive
1884	Demern	church		I / P	7 (6)	organ
1884	Zudar / Rügen	St. Lawrence Church		I / P	7th	1985 general overhaul / 2000 restoration and installation of the prospectus by Wolter → Organ
1885	Sassen	church		I / P	9	receive
1885	Vellahn	church		II / P	16	receive
1886	Bodstedt	St. Ewalds Church in Bodstedt		II	11	1987 general overhaul by Wolter , 2011 cleaning / general overhaul by the workshop for historical keyboard instruments Schmidt (Rostock)
1886	Zirkow	St. John's Church		II	9	2001 made playable by Wolter → Organ
1886	Lübeck	St. Jürgen Chapel				1905 pneumatic conversion by Kemper, from around 1957 implementation in several Lübeck churches
1887	Sehlen	Thanksgiving Church		I.	5	1998 restoration by Wolter

Paul Mehmel

Around 1888 Paul Mehmel took over the workshops and ran them as FA Mehmel Sohn Stralsund and Wismar . Only a few new buildings were built until 1894.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1888	Warnkenhagen	church		I / P	9	receive
1889	Gross Bisdorf	church		II / P	10	receive
1890	Wismar	St. Georgen		III / P	51	not received
1890	Torgelow	Ev. church		II / P	14th
around 1890	Old Plestlin	church		I / P	5	receive
?	Levenhagen	church		I / P	6th	not received

literature

• Dietrich W. Prost : The organ builder Friedrich A. Mehmel and his work in Western Pomerania. In: Acta Organologica. 23. 1993. pp. 279-296.
• Mehmel, Friedrich Albert . 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.

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Albert Mehmel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Friedrich Albert Mehmel Organ Center Stralsund
• Friedrich Albert Mehmel organ index, some organs
• Friedrich Albert Mehmel Orgeldatabase, 39 organs (Dutch)
• Literature about Friedrich Albert Mehmel in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cuxhaven-Ritzebüttel renovation in 1886
2. ↑ Uwe Pape : Mehmel, Paul Daniel. 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. p. 363.
3. ^ Orgel Wattmannshagen Orgelmuseum Malchow, with history and disposition
4. ^ Weitenhagen village churches in MV
5. ↑ Organ Ev. Zingst Church, photo
6. ↑ Organ Nehringen Organartmedia, with special features, photo and disposition
7. ↑ Photo (Memento)
8. ^ Niepars Orgelbau Wolter, with disposition
9. ^ Organ Orgelmuseum Malchow
10. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
11. ^ Hohenselchow Uckermark churches
12. ↑ Sauer organ building with photos, details and disposition
13. ^ Neustadt-Glewe Organ Museum Malchow
14. ^ Spornitz Orgelmuseum Malchow
15. ↑ Organ Altenkirchen hot settler (pdf)
16. ↑ Klaber Orgelmuseum Malchow
17. ↑ Ticino Organ Museum Malchow
18. ^ Disposition in Urania: Music magazine for organ building, organ and harmonium playing. 39 (1881), p. 66f ( preview )
19. ↑ on catalog raisonné Schuke
20. ^ Organ Church in Herrnburg
21. ^ Vellahn Orgelmuseum Malchow
22. ^ Organ in the St. Jürgen Chapel ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
23. ^ Organ Orgelmuseum Malchow