Henning Kroeger

Henning Kröger (* before 1605 ; † after 1621 ) was a German master organ builder who also worked in northern Germany under the name M. Henninck (Master Henning). Apparently nothing of his works has survived.

He came from Wismar and was a journeyman with Valentin Christian from Schwerin . In this function he built the organ of the parish church Güstrow in the years 1605-1608 , which had 44 registers on three manuals and pedal. A move from Güstrow to Wismar can be verified in 1611. Here he created organs for the Georgenkirche (1614) and Nikolaikirche (1617–1619), of which the three-part tower structure in the style of the late Renaissance has been preserved. In 1620 Kröger was involved in the construction of the organ in Grevesmühlen and also in the construction of organs in Gadebusch ( town church ), Boizenburg / Elbe ( Marienkirche ) and Ratzeburg . Kröger built the organ in the Ratzeburg town church together with his journeymen Joachim Lemcke and Johann Gade. It had 19 stops on two manuals and a pedal and existed until the church was rebuilt in 1787. 1621–1622 he added a breastwork to the dance of death organ in Lübeck's Marienkirche and expanded the pedal. The organ prospect of the village church in Kirchdorf (Poel) by an unknown master from the 17th century is attributed to Kröger's surroundings.

literature

• Gustav Fock : Arp Schnitger and his school. A contribution to the history of organ building in the North and Baltic Sea coast areas . Bärenreiter, Kassel 1974, ISBN 3-7618-0261-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fock: Arp Schnitger , p. 175.
2. ↑ orgelmuseum-malchow.de: Wismar, Protestant St. Nikolaikirche , accessed on April 17, 2019.
3. ↑ arpschnitger.nl: Ratzeburg, Stadtkirche , accessed on April 17, 2019.
4. ↑ See the disposition at Fock: Arp Schnitger. 1974, p. 163.
5. ^ Organ in St. Marien, Lübeck , accessed on April 17, 2019.