Georg Friedrich Wagner

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Georg Friedrich Wagner (born November 5, 1818 in Holzburg , † June 5, 1880 in Hausen ) was a German organ builder who worked in Upper Hesse in the 19th century .

life and work

Georg Friedrich Wagner was born in 1818 as the son of Schrecksbach pastor Conrad Wagner and his second wife Justina Gies († March 23, 1848), daughter of Schrecksbach forester Johannes Gies. After the father's death on April 6, 1819, the mother and the children moved to Schrecksbach, where Georg Friedrich Wagner grew up. He probably learned about organ building from his half-brother Theodor Wagner (born September 7, 1803 in Holzburg), who was an instrument maker in Schrecksbach and also carried out organ repairs.

From March 23, 1841 to March 23, 1844 Wagner was apprenticed to Friedrich Wilhelm Bernhard in Romrod . He helped build and set up several new organs and built an organ on his own. In the following two years he remained Bernhard's assistant and built two organs and two pianofortes during this time .

In 1846 Wagner started his own business as an organ builder in Schrecksbach, where his mother lived. In 1850 he moved with his workshop and his sisters to Bad Hersfeld . On September 29, 1850 he married Maria Charlotte Lotz, the daughter of the court usher Konrad Lotz and his wife Katharina Elisabeth born in Ziegenhain. Käsinger. The two had seven children between 1851 and 1872, of which the four eldest did not survive childhood. In Hersfeld he carried out various works on Johannes Schlottmann's organ in the city church in 1852/1853 .

After a successful examination in 1851, he received the organ building license for Upper Hesse from the Marburg consistory in 1854. Wagner himself wrote that he had built 26 new organs. Organ repairs, alterations and tunings by him have been proven in around 50 cases. Two days after his death, Wagner was buried in Hausen on June 7, 1880, where he died during his last new organ. His son Heinrich Wilhelm became a typesetter, his son Fritz Georg a decorative painter.

Works (selection)

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1858 Breitenbach am Herzberg Ev. church II / P 16 Wagner's largest new building; except for two registers
1859 Oberstoppel Ev. church I / P 7th New building; received rescheduled
1859-1860 Obergeis Ev. church I / P New building
1862 Mackenzell Catholic Church II / P 14th New building in housing from 1730; Destroyed in 1945
1863-1864 Kirchhasel (Hünfeld) St. George II / P 14th New building; received rebuilt
1864-1865 Lingelbach (Alsfeld) Ev. church I / P 7th New building
1865 Willingshain Ev. church I / P New building
1867 Oberzell (Sinntal) Ev. church II / P 12 New building; 1959 two pedal stops rearranged by the Hoffmann brothers; receive
1868 Upper auditorium Ev. church II / P 19th New building behind the prospectus by Jost Eichenberg (1721); receive
1868-1870 Neukirchen (Haunetal) Ev. church II / P 15th New building; receive
1870-1871 Dörnigheim Ev. church II / P New building; Prospectus received
1870-1871 Immichenhain Ev. church I / P 9 New building; Replaced in 1963
1871-1872 Weißenbach (Großalmerode) Ev. church I / P 8th New building; transferred to the town church Allendorf / Werra and preserved there
1875 Montabaur Pauluskirche II / P 12 New building; Monument organ preserved
1877 Elnhausen Protestant church Elnhausen Church - (inside) (0004) .JPG I / P 12 New building; In 1954/1955 Werner Bosch exchanged 3 registers; receive
1878 Lischeid Ev. church I / P 7th New building; 1968 remodeling by Werner Bosch; receive
1878 Mellnau Ev. church I / P 9 New building; Relocated to a new church in 1883, somewhat rearranged in 1977 by Werner Bosch; receive
1878-1879 Schwarzenborn (Cölbe) Ev. church II / P 13 New building; Modifications in 1951 by Werner Bosch and 1961 by Euler; receive
1879-1880 Hausen (upper auditorium) Ev. church I / P 6th New building using baroque carvings; receive

literature

  • Gerhard Aumüller , Eckhard Trinkaus: Organ building in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district . In: Friedhelm Brusniak, Hartmut Wecker (ed.): Music in Waldeck-Frankenberg. Music history of the district . Bing, Korbach 1997, ISBN 3-87077-098-8 , pp. 144-202 .
  • Peter Brusius: The organ builder Georg Friedrich Wagner . Brusius, Marburg 2014.
  • Gottfried Rehm : Wagner's organ buildings in East Hesse . In: My homeland . Number 18, June 1975, volume 28 , p. 69-71 .
  • Eckhard Trinkaus: organs and organ builders in the former district of Ziegenhain (Hessen) (=  publications of the historical commission for Hessen . Volume 43 ). Elwert, Marburg 1981, ISBN 3-7708-0713-8 , pp. 302-305 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Bösken, Hermann Fischer : Sources and research on the organ history of the Middle Rhine (=  contributions to the Middle Rhine music history . Volume 29.1 ). tape 3 : Former province of Upper Hesse. Part 1: A-L . Schott, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7957-1330-7 , p. 18 .
  2. ^ Trinkaus: organs and organ builders in the former district of Ziegenhain (Hesse). 1981, p. 302.
  3. ^ Rehm: Wagner's organ buildings in East Hesse. 1975, p. 69.
  4. ^ Brusius: The organ builder Georg Friedrich Wagner. 2014, p. 4.
  5. ^ Trinkaus: organs and organ builders in the former district of Ziegenhain (Hesse). 1981, pp. 303-305.
  6. ^ Organ in Oberaula , accessed on September 28, 2017.
  7. ^ Organ in Dörnigheim , accessed on September 28, 2017.
  8. ↑ Organ in Elnshausen , accessed on September 28, 2017 (PDF).
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Georg Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Wooden castle
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1880
Place of death Hausen