Johann Werner (organ builder)

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Johann Werner († around after 1660 ) was an organ builder from Elbing in Prussia.

Life

Johann Werner was possibly a son of the organ builder Peter Werner from Leipzig and a brother of the organ builder Andreas Werner . It was first mentioned around 1630. He built organs in some churches in Polish Prussia and in the Duchy of Prussia , none of which have survived today.

List of works (selection)

  • Elbing , St. Marien, 1641–43, 31 registers
  • Balga , church, positive , 1642
  • Elbing, Heilig-Geist-Kirche, 1645
  • Bartenstein , Stadtkirche , 1649/1653, 36 registers, preserved until 1945
  • Marienfelde near Königsberg, church, 1652
  • Lichtenhagen near Elbing, church, around 1660, later in Pomehrendorf, church

literature

  • Werner Renkewitz, Jan Janca : History of organ building art in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume 1. Weidlich, Würzburg 1984. P. 122f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sabine Beckmann, Klaus Garber (ed.): Cultural history of Prussia, royal Polish share in the early modern period (= early modern period 103). Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 978-3-484-36603-9 . P. 667
  2. ↑ Gottfried Döring: attempt at a history and description of the main Protestant church at St. Marien in Elbing. Elbing 1864. p. 62
  3. ↑ St. Johannes Ostpreussen.net
personal data
SURNAME Werner, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Werner, Joh.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Organ builder in Elbing in Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: after 1660