Heinrich Voltmann

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Heinrich Voltmann (born April 1, 1830 in Kattenstroth , † July 15, 1909 in Klausen ) was a German organ builder .

Life

Heinrich Voltmann was a son of the married couple Heinrich Christoph Voltmann and his wife Anna Margarete, geb. Meyer to Berenz. When and where exactly Voltmann learned the trade of organ building is not known. However, it is assumed that he came to Klausen as a journeyman organ builder on the Walz around 1850 in order to complete the new construction of the organ in the Klausen pilgrimage church . Here he not only got to know the organ builder Meinolph Knaup (1824-1858), with whom he settled, but also with some certainty the organ builder Heinrich Wilhelm Breidenfeld , who was the market leader at the time , with whom Knaup had worked as an assistant in 1848 . In the Knaups organ workshop, Voltmann completed the organ for the Klausen pilgrimage church in 1852 for an amount of 2589 thalers .

After Meinolph Knaup's early death in 1858, Voltmann took over his workshop and went into business for himself. In 1880 he bought the house in Klausen where the workshop was located. In addition to maintenance and repair work, Heinrich Voltmann's workshop also carried out numerous new and reconstructed organs, of which around 20 could be identified between 1865 and 1900. Around 1890, the journeyman organ builder Anton Turk from Kostreinitz in Lower Styria came to the pilgrimage site of Klausen and worked in Voltmann's organ building workshop . Until Voltmann's death in 1909, they both ran the business together. Turk later ran the organ building workshop on his own.

Organs

Voltmann only built one or two manual loop shutter organs with mechanical game and stop action . It was noticeable that he usually dispensed with thirds or mixtures containing thirds in the disposition .

Works (selection)

The following work could be verified so far:

year place church image Manuals register Remarks
1852 Klausen Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary II / P 22nd Completion of the organ started by Meinolph Knaup
1861 Irsch St. Georg and St. Wendelinus I / P 13 Works on the organ by Roman Benedikt Nollet 1763/65, 1978 restoration by Oberlinger
1865 Kröv St. Remingus II / P 23
1867 Beilstein (Moselle) Carmelite Church of St. Joseph
Beilstein Carmelite Church Gallery 603.JPG
 II / P 17th Rebuilding / extension of the organ by Balthasar König in 1738, restored in 2001 by Hubert Fasen
1867 Urzig St. Maternus II / P 21st Extension / new building, received
1868 Bad Bertrich Catholic Church of St. Peter I / P 13 New building, integrated into Oberlinger's new building in 1975
1868 serious Catholic parish church of St. Salvator II / P 20th New building, preserved, 1908 sound conversion by Anton Turk, 1960 sound conversion by Hubert Elsen (1933–2003), 1981 cleaning by Oberlinger
1869 Valwig Catholic parish church of St. Martin II / P 21st New building, received
1870 (?) Kues St. Brictius Reconstruction of the Stummorgel from 1830 (II / 18), expanded to II / 20 in 1885
1870 Wehlen St. Agatha II / P 18th New building, received
1875 Illingen St. Stephan II / P 24 Extension of the Stumm organ (1849, II / 20)
1879 Pünderich Assumption Day Reconstruction of the organ by Heinrich and Carl Stumm (1813/1815), 1959 reconstruction by Hubert Elsen
1879 Elms St. Matthias I / P 11 New building
1880 Traben-Trarbach St. Nicholas I / P 11
1884 Bernkastel St. Michael II / P 21st New building, predecessor organ Nollet 1745, war damage 1945, replaced by a new building from Klais 1955, III / P / 32, whereby the swell mechanism by Voltmann was retained
1885 Hontheim St. Margaretha I / P 14th New building, received
1890 Readers St. Peter
Voltmann organ
 II / P 17th New building together with Anton Turk, preserved, restored by Weimbs in 1994
1890 Maring Saint Remigius II / P 17th New building together with Anton Turk
1890 Monheim St. Gereon (Monheim) New building
1893 Lagging St. George I / P 9 New building, preserved, restored by Hugo Mayer in 2005
1893 Minheim St. John the Baptist I / P 8th New building, received
1894 Mörsdorf St. Castor II / P 19th New building with cone store , previous organ Stumm 1837/38, organ in the 1920s or 1930s pneumatized by Peter Klein
1895 Simmer St. Joseph II / P 21st New building, predecessor organ by Stumm 1753
1897 Mosel core St. Valerius II / P 14th New building, destroyed in 1945 by the effects of the war, 1949 new building by Sebald / Trier (II / P / 18)
1904 Üdersdorf St. Bartholomew I / P 8th New building together with Anton Turk
1906 Arzheim St. Aldegundis II / P 18th New building

family

Heinrich Voltmann was with Anna Maria, geb. Becker, married. Their daughter Catharina Voltmann was born on May 4th, 1866 in Klausen and later married Anton Turk.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f The Klausener organ builders Voltmann and Turk, In: Trier Orgelpunkt
  2. ↑ Ernst Kath. Parish Church St. Salvator, In: Orgelsammlung
  3. ↑ Sankt Remigius (1), Maring, community Maring-Noviand Kirchweg 1, In: Kulturdb
  4. ↑ Catharina Voltmann in Germany, selected births and baptisms, 1558–1898, FHL film number: 464895, In: Ancestry.de
personal data
SURNAME Voltmann, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Kattenstroth
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1909
Place of death Klausen (Eifel)