Hieronymus Spiegel
Hieronymus Spiegel (* 1699 in Fridingen an der Donau ; † 1779 ) was a German organ builder who was mainly active in Upper Austria .
After his apprenticeship with his well-known uncle and master organ builder Leopold Spiegel in Prague and his wanderings, he settled in Rottenburg am Neckar , where he received citizenship in 1736. He spent his twilight years in Waldsee from 1772 .
The covered flute stops , the so-called copula major 8 and copula minor 4, are characteristic of Spiegel's organs . He had got to know these registers, which are widely used in Bohemia , in his uncle's workshop in Prague and brought them to southwest Germany.
His work includes the following new buildings:
- 1742 Beuron Monastery . After the abolition of the monastery, the organ was sold to the town church in Pfullendorf at the beginning of the 19th century
- 1748 Haigerloch , St. Nikolaus
- 1755 Mariaberg . This organ came to Stetten near Haigerloch in 1768 and from there to Kaiseringen in 1900
- 1756 Haigerloch , St. Anna
- 1759 Mühlheim an der Donau , St. Gallus
- 1762 Neuhausen auf den Fildern (since 1977 in the Church of St. Petrus and Paulus )
- 1763 Reichenbach am Heuberg
- 1772/1778 A six-register organ initially intended for the St. Gallus Church in Unterschwarzach was installed in the Frauenberg chapel in Waldsee in 1778
literature
- Corbinian Gindele: The organ builders Leopold and Hieronymus Spiegel from Fridingen in Prague, Rottenburg and Waldsee . Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1985.
- Wolfgang Manecke, Johannes Mayr, Mark Vogl: Historic organs in Upper Swabia - the Ravensburg district . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2006.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manecke u. a .: Historical organs, p. 238
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spiegel, Hieronymus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organ builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1699 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fridingen on the Danube |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1779 |