Johann Christoph Wiegleb

Johann Christoph Wiegleb (* 19th March 1690 in Heldritt ; † 15. November 1749 in Steppach ) was a German organ builder of the Baroque .

life and work

Wiegleb was the second eldest son of the organ builder Johann Hieronymus Wiegleb (* July 20, 1664; † around 1723). He came from Horsingsleben near Gotha and was married to the only daughter of the then Mr. von Heldritt. After his apprenticeship with his father, Johann Christoph continued his education with the organ builder Johann Georg Fincke in Saalfeld . He also learned from Adam Ernst Reichard in Wilhermsdorf . There he opened his own workshop in 1711. After he had already become the organ builder of Count von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst , he was able to obtain the title of “court and country organ maker” for Ansbach in 1739. With his son Johann Friedrich, his art flowed into the workshop of the organ builder Johann Friedrich Müller in Heidelberg . Wiegleb had a few students who continued his style. After Wiegleb's death, his journeyman Caspar Moritz Nößler (1720–1777) took over the workshop.

List of works (selection)

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1711	Wilhermsdorf	Main church		II / P	16	with backwork; Assistance in the new building by Adam Ernst Reichard; Prospectus received from Karl Matter
1719	Langenzenn	City Church		II / P	25th	Prospectus received
around 1720	gain	Old town church				Prospectus received
1721	Bad Windsheim	Hospital Church
around 1725	Küps	Ev.-luth. Parish Church of St. Jacob		II / P	15th	Prospectus received
1730	Ross Valley	St. Laurence		I / P	12
1731	Herrnberchtheim	Ev.-luth. Parish church		I / P	8th
1732	Öhringen	Oehringen Collegiate Church		II / P	26th	not received
1733-1736	Bad Windsheim	St. Kilian		II / P	25th	Prospectus received from Johann Friedrich Maucher
1736-1738	Ansbach	St. Gumbertus		III / P	46	Get prospectus; 2004–2007 reconstruction by Orgelmakerij Reil
1738	Water inaccurate	St. Andrew
1749	Mühlhausen near Erlangen			II / P	24	work started
1748-1750	Schornweisach	St. Roswinda		I / P	11	New construction started, with wooden pipes in the prospectus

literature

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : The court and country organ maker Johann Christoph Wiegleb. In: 95th year book of the Historical Association for Middle Franconia. Ansbach 1991, pp. 262-281.
• Paul Günther: The Heldritter Wiegleb organ from 1668/69, its builder Johann Wiegleb and his children. Correction of numerous avoidable errors in Wiegleb research. Rodacher Rückert-Kreis, Bad Rodach 2007.
• Egert Pöhlmann: A Franconian silver man. The organ builder Johann Christoph Wiegleb (1690–1749). In: Organ - journal for the organ. Vol. 8, No. 1, 2005, pp. 40-48.

Web links

Commons : Wiegleb organs  - collection of images

• The Wiegleb organ in St. Gumbertus Ansbach

Individual evidence

1. ^ Organ in Wilhermsdorf , accessed on April 17, 2018.
2. ^ Organ in Langenzenn , accessed on April 17, 2018.
3. ^ Organ in Bad Windsheim, St. Kilian , accessed on April 17, 2018.
4. ↑ Organ in Ansbach , accessed on April 17, 2018 (PDF file).