Gregor Hradetzky

Gregor (Georg) Hradetzky (born January 31, 1909 in Krems an der Donau , † December 29, 1984 in Bad Kleinkirchheim ) was an Austrian canoeist and organ builder .

Life

Gregor Hradetzky
nation	Austria
birthday	January 31, 1909
place of birth	Krems an der Donau ,  Austrian Empire
date of death	December 29, 1984
Place of death	Bad Kleinkirchheim ,  Austria
Career
discipline	Canoe racing
Boat class	Kayak (K 1)
Medal table
Olympic medals 2 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games gold Berlin 1936 Kayak single 1,000 m gold Berlin 1936 Kayak single 10,000 m World Championship bronze Vaxholm 1938 Kayak single 1,000 m

athlete

As the son of the organ builder Gregor Franz Hradetzky d. Ä. He learned the trade of organ builder in his father's business, but initially turned to water sports, since - having grown up on the banks of the Danube - he soon came into contact with the folding boat . His sporting talent was only discovered when he was 18 years old, but just one year later he was Austrian champion in the kayak single over 10,000 m for the first time. In 1933 he won the first European title in Prague .

He bridged the winter with training sessions in cross-country skiing , but he was also at home on the ski jump . For example, he planned to take part in the Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( Nordic combination ) and the Summer Games in Berlin ( canoe ) in 1936 . However, participation in winter was not possible because he had recently sustained a hand injury.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he won the folding boat competition over 10,000 m and the kayak competition over 1000 m. A repetition of the successes at the - not held - Olympic Games in 1940 was prevented by the Second World War .

Organ builder

In 1948, after his return from American captivity, Hradetzky took over the workshop of his father, who had died in 1942, which in the meantime had been continued as a widow's business and had kept itself afloat with repair work. Hradetzky moved it from downtown Krems (Göglstrasse, corner of Neutaugasse) to near Kremser Steinertores (Fischergasse, Schwedengasse).

Gregor Hradetzky built organs with electro-pneumatic action until 1963 , before becoming a pioneer in the implementation of the principles of organ movement that called for the return to the mechanical slide organ . This made Hradetzky an internationally recognized organ builder who built numerous organs not only in Austria, but also in Great Britain , Poland , Italy , the USA , Japan and Australia . Particularly noteworthy is his organ built in cooperation with Ronald Sharp in 1979 for the Sydney Opera House with 131 stops on five manuals and a pedal .

His son Gerhard Hradetzky is also an organ builder.

Organs

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1957	Great Gerungs	Parish Church of Groß Gerungs
1959	Wieselburg	Parish Church of St. Ulrich		II / P	16	First mechanical organ from Gregor Hradetzky's workshop (inauguration on June 12, 1960).
1961	Vienna	Parish church Leopoldau		II / P	20th	New building in the baroque case, extension by side pipe fields without prospectus . The action is electro-pneumatic.
1962	Langenlois	Parish church				Expansion of an organ by the Mauracher brothers and its conversion to an electro-pneumatic action.
1964	innsbruck	Wilten Abbey		IV / P	40	2007 transferred to the parish church Stephanshart .
1964	Lily field	Lilienfeld Abbey		III / P	44
1964	Altmelon	Parish Church of St. James the Elder Ä.		II / P	9
1964	Vienna	Neuerdberg parish church		II / P	20th
1965	Schönbach	Parish church		II / P	15th	New building in the baroque housing from 1777
1965	Vienna	Mozart Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus		II / P	25th	Anton Heiller played the entire organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach on this organ . In 1992 it was first transferred to Korneuburg and then in 2015 to the parish church of St. Peter and Paul Vienna-Dornbach .
1965	Bad Traunstein	Parish church Bad Traunstein		II / P	15th	→ Disposition of prospect pipes of the main plant made of copper, those of the Rückpositiv made of 75 percent tin
1965	Vienna	University of Music and Performing Arts Practice organ in the institute building Seilerstätte 26, room C0113		II / P	10
1966	Vienna	University of Music and Performing Arts Teaching and exercise organ in the institute building Seilerstätte 26, room A 109		II / P	11
1966	Alland	Alland Parish Church		II / P	16
1966	Traisen	Parish Church of Traisen
1967	Pottenbrunn	Parish Church Pottenbrunn
1967	horn	Canisiusheim		II / P	7th	Consecrated by Alois Stöger , then Auxiliary Bishop , played for the first time by Peter Jan Marthé.
1968	Vienna	St. Ursula University Church		II / P	28	Church of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
1968	Götzis	Götzis old parish church
1969	Salzburg gneiss	cath. Parish Church of St. Capistran		II / P	18th
1969	Melk	City parish church of Melk		II / P	17th
1969	Klaffer on the Hochficht	Klaffer parish church		II / P	16
1970	Melk	Melk Collegiate Church		III / P	45
1970	Vienna-Alsergrund	Seminary Church of Santa Maria de Mercede		II / P	19th
1971	Vienna	Leopold Church		II / P	22nd	→ Disposition
1972	Furth near Göttweig	Furth parish church near Göttweig
1974	Bregenz	Parish Church Bregenz-St. Gallus
1974	Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting	Parish Church of St Stephan			16	The case of the main organ dates from 1752. The organ work was newly acquired by Hradetzky in 1974. Likewise, a secondary organ on the gallery parapet, the case of which has been adapted to the original of the main organ.
1975	Kirchberg am Walde	Parish church Kirchberg am Walde				The organ case with acanthus decor from 1711 is labeled GWC, shows the coat of arms of Collonicz (left) and Kuefstein (right) and bears the figure of David in the center .
1978	Oberpullendorf	Parish church Oberpullendorf
1978	Haindorf	Parish Church of Haindorf				Parapet
1979	Vienna	Trinity Church		II / P	13	→ Disposition image without return positive
1979	Sydney	Sydney Opera House		V / P	131	together with Ronald Sharp
until 1980	Krems	St. Paul Church		II / P	20th

literature

• Hans Frühwirth: Your love was for Krems. Cultural Office of the City of Krems, Krems 1997, ISBN 3-901664-01-9

Web links

Commons : Gregor Hradetzky  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gregor Hradetzky in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Austrian Olympic Museum: Georg Hradetzky - "Nurmi of Water"

Individual evidence

1. ^ Founding history of Hradetzky I. Accessed on November 18, 2011 .  (History of the Hradetzky company on the website of Orgelbau Hradetzky)
2. ↑ The post-war years 1945-1959. History of the Hradetzky company on the website of Orgelbau Hradetzky. Retrieved November 18, 2011 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} list of works by Gregor Hradetzky d. J. Retrieved November 18, 2011 . 
4. ^ Günter Lade: Organs in Vienna . Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-9500017-0-0 , pp. 44f.
5. ↑ Gottfried Allmer: Large organs in Austria - an overview. In: The Organ Forum. No. 13, 2010, p. 83.
6. ^ Austrian organ database Karl Schütz. Retrieved June 17, 2012 . 
7. ^ Günter Lade: Organs in Vienna . Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-9500017-0-0 , p. 226.
8. ^ Peter Planyavsky: Anton Heiller - All registers of a life. Edition VA bENE, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85167-227-5 , p. 142 u. 145
9. ^ Hradetzky-orgel.at: Gregor Hradetzky ; accessed on December 25, 2019
10. ↑ Gottfried Allmer: The Austrian organ building abroad. In: The Organ Forum. No. 12, 2009, p. 46.