Johannes Hahn (organ builder)

Johannes Hahn (* 1712 in Leutschau , Upper Hungary , Habsburg Monarchy ; † March 13, 1783 in Sibiu , Transylvania , Habsburg Monarchy) was a German organ builder in Transylvania.

Life

Johannes Hahn was baptized on March 15, 1712 as the son of Michael and Susanna Hahn in Leutschau in Upper Hungary (today Levoča in Slovakia). He came to Hermannstadt (today Sibiu) and became one of the most important baroque organ builders in Transylvania.

He was married to Sara Christina Hahn, their son Johannes Hahn jun. (* June 25, 1763; † November 9, 1814) took over the workshop of the father after his death in 1783. Another student was probably Johann Samuel Maetz.

Works (selection)

Johannes Hahn built organs in Transylvania, some of which have been preserved as important evidence of the Baroque organ building there.

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1745	?	?		I.	5	Positive, 1925 by Ms. Töret privately owned by Elisabeth City / Dumbrăveni received,
1748	Hermannstadt / Sibiu	Evangelical parish church		I.	6th	Positive, preserved - organ
1750	Weingartskirchen / Vingard	Protestant church		I.	7th	Positive, received
1750	Hermannstadt / Sibiu	Ursuline Church		I.	8th	Positive, later to Hohndorf / Viișoara , Evangelical Church, 2011 to Obereidisch / Ideciu de Sus (on loan)
1753	Belleschdorf / Idiciu	Protestant church		I.		1992 in the catholic Michaelskirche in Klausenburg / Cluj-Napoca , there as positive of the main organ, also independently playable
1755	Mediasch / Mediaş	Evangelical Margaret Church		II / P	24	receive
1757	Baassen / Bazna	Protestant church		I / P	11	receive
1763	Marpod	Protestant church		I.	8th	Positive, received
1768	Werd / Vărd	Protestant church		I.	8th	Positive, in 1992 in the Catholic Michaelskirche in Klausenburg / Cluj-Napoca , there in the choir
1770	Alzen / Alțâna	Protestant church		I / P	10	receive
1773	Stolzenburg / Slimnic	Protestant church		I / p	10	Comprehensively restored in 2015, all original prospect pipes stolen in 2019, preserved
1773/75	Klausenburg / Cluj-Napoca	St. Michaels Catholic Church				Prospectus received, in it a new work by Hermann Binder with parts of several older organs (III / P, 35)
1775	Großau / Cristian	Protestant church		II / P	17th	receive
1778	Kirchberg / Chirpăr	Protestant church		I.	9	Positive, received
1780	Marls / merghindeal	Protestant church				receive

literature

• Hermann Binder: Organs in Transylvania. A contribution to the Transylvanian organ history from the beginning to the middle of the 19th century . Gehann Musikverlag, Kludenbach 2000, ISBN 978-3-927293-20-5 , p. 67-75 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Organ in Elisabethstadt Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania (German)
2. ^ Organ in Hohndorf, now Obereidisch organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
3. ↑ organ in Bell Eschendorf, now Cluj organ file of the Evangelical Church in Romania
4. ↑ Organ in Mediasch organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
5. ^ Organ in Baaßen Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
6. ^ Organ in Marpod organ file of the Evangelical Church in Romania AB
7. ↑ Organ in Werd, now Klausenburg organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
8. ^ Organ in Alzen Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
9. ^ Organ in Stolzenburg Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
10. ↑ In Stolzenburg the Hahn organ was damaged Transylvania from July 5, 2019
11. ^ Organ in Cluj-Napoca St. Michael Orgeldatabase (Dutch)
12. ^ Organ in Grossau Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
13. ^ Organ in Kirchberg Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
14. ^ Organ in Mergeln Organ file of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania