Knauf (organ builder)
Knauf is the family name of a German family of organ builders who built organs for four generations in Thuringia and southern Westphalia from 1789 to 1904 . The Knaufs were among the most productive organ builders in Thuringia in the 19th century; her oeuvre includes more than 300 organs.
The dynasty began with Johann Valentin Knauf (1762–1847), it continued with his sons Friedrich Christian (1802–1883) and Gottlieb (1810–1872). This was followed by Friedrich Christian's son Guido († after 1891) and Gottlieb's son Robert (1839–1900), and finally Robert’s son Ernst (1869–1904).
History / biographies
Johann Valentin Knauf was the son of a floorboard cutter ( carpenter ) in Großtabarz (today part of Bad Tabarz ). During his years of traveling as a journeyman , he acquired the craftsmanship to build organs, and since 1789 he had an organ building privilege. Since many devastated churches had to be repaired or rebuilt after the Seven Years' War , there was a lot to do for him as an organ builder.
Johann Valentin's sons Friedrich Christian and Gottlieb initially both worked in their father's business in Groß-Tabarz. Gottlieb opened a workshop in Bleicherode in 1838 . Previously, as a collaborator with his brother Friedrich, he was involved in organ building in Klettenberg (1833), Holbach (1835), Liebenrode (1835) and finally Bleicherode (1838).
Friedrich Christian's son Guido followed his father around 1870, who also opened a branch workshop in Gotha , in Groß-Tabarz and Gotha. Gottlieb's son Robert took over the business in Bleicherode in 1872. Robert's son Ernst began building pneumatic actions around 1895 , but died in 1904 at the age of only 35.
Shortly before his death, Ernst Knauf had won the organ builder Friedrich Johnsen from Humptrup in North Friesland as a partner. This was now the sole owner of the company, went with her but already in 1908 in bankruptcy . The organ builder Jakob Kießling, who had previously worked for Knauf and Johnsen, then founded his own company in 1910 with his sons Georg and Ernst, Kießling & Sohn, which existed in Bleicherode until 1939 and took care of many Knauf organs. Kießling & Sohn had to file for bankruptcy in 1939. The workshop was taken over by Gebr. Krell from Duderstadt.
List of works (selection)
year | place | church | image | Manuals | register | Remarks | |
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Early 19th century | Fischbach (Waltershausen) | Jacobuskirche | II / P | 13 | Johann Valentin Knauf | ||
1819 | Hohenkirchen | St. Gangolf | IIP | 27 | Johann Valentin Knauf, Großtabarz | ||
1823 | Wipperoda | St. Wigbert | I / P | 8th | Johann Valentin Knauf | ||
1823-1825 | Cabarz | Village church | Valuable original substance, mostly preserved | ||||
1824 | Schnepfenthal | St. Peter and Paul | II / P | 19th | Johann Valentin Knauf | ||
1827 | Oesterbehringen | Christ Church | Johann Valentin Knauf. The organ was restored by Orgelbau Waltershausen in 1996–2002 . | ||||
1833 | Apple Town | St. Walpurgis | IIP | 31 | Christian Friedrich Knauf | ||
1833 | Klettenberg | St. Georgii (castle and upper church) | II / P | 19th | Friedrich Knauf; not received | ||
1835 | Holbach | St. Bartholomew Church | Friedrich Knauf | ||||
1835 | Liebenrode | St. Petri Church | II / P | Friedrich Knauf, no longer playable, case preserved | |||
1836 | Berka in front of the Hainich | St. George | II / P | 21st | Valentin and Friedrich Knauf | ||
1843-1844 | Depth location | Peterskirche | II / P | 21st | Friedrich Knauf; 2011–2014 restoration by Hoffmann and Schindler | ||
1845 | Wretched | St. Mary | I / P | 7th | Gottlieb Knauf | ||
1845 | Engelsbach | St. Christopher's Chapel | I / P | 6th | Friedrich Knauf | ||
1846 | Greed City | St. Boniface Church | II / P | 25th | Friedrich Knauf; in need of renovation, mostly original | ||
1847 | Grossenbehringen | Village church | II / P | 25th | Friedrich Knauf | ||
1848 | Life | Johanneskirche | II / P | 20th | Friedrich Knauf; preserved almost unchanged | ||
1848 | Geisa | Catholic parish church of St. Philip and James | III / P | 28 | Friedrich Knauf; next to Niederdorla (1899) only three manual organ of the family; 1906 slightly rearranged by OR Markert; largely preserved | ||
? | Geisa | Gangolf Chapel | Friedrich Knauf | ||||
? | Keula | Trinity | II / P | 16 | Second largest organ by Gottlieb Knauf | ||
1850 | Schönau vdW | George Church | II / P | 21st | Friedrich Knauf | ||
1850 | Boilstädt | To the gate of heaven | I / P | 10 | Friedrich Christian Knauf replaced a previous organ by Johann Christoph Thielemann from 1710 | ||
1852 | Leimbach | Ev. Saint Martin Church | II / P | 21st | Largest organ from Gottlieb Knauf; Originally preserved except for 2 registers | ||
1853 | Munchenlohra | St. Gangolf | |||||
1854 | Deubach | St. Peters Church | |||||
1856 | Winter stone | St. Johannis | IIP | 18th | Friedrich Knauf | ||
1857 | Gehlberg | Mountain church | I / P | 11 | Friedrich and / or Guido Knauf | ||
1857 | Niederspier | St. Peter and Paul | IIP | 16 | Gottlieb Knauf | ||
1857 | Ruhla | St. Concordia | II / P | 31 | Friedrich Knauf; Replaced in 1911 by the Jehmlich organ | ||
around 1858 | Ruhla | Trinity Church | II / P | 33 | Friedrich Knauf; later rescheduling | ||
1858 | Schwarzhausen | St. Peter and Paul | IIP | 21st | Friedrich Knauf | ||
1858 | Wülfingerode | St. Elisabeth Church | II / P | 16 | Gottlieb Knauf; preserved almost unchanged | ||
1859 | Rehungen | Ev. church | |||||
after 1850 | Schmerbach | Christ Church | IIP | 16 | Friedrich Knauf, possibly with Guido Knauf | ||
circa 1860 | Petriroda | St. Salvator | IIP | 12 | Friedrich Christian Knauf | ||
1860 | Gossel | Marienkirche | II / P | 21st | Friedrich or Guido Knauf | ||
after 1860 | Friedrichswerth | Ev. Gustaf Adolf Church | |||||
1861 | Bischofroda | Ev. church | Friedrich Knauf | ||||
1864 | Menden | Ev. Holy Spirit Church | Prospectus received | ||||
1867 | Pustleben | St. Albani | IIP | 14th | Gottlieb Knauf | ||
1868 | Lauterbach | St. Nicholas | |||||
1868 | Hohenbergen | Friedrich Knauf; currently not playable | |||||
1869 | Greifenstein Castle (Greifenstein) | Baroque church | I / P | 14th | Friedrich and Guido Knauf; neo-Romanesque prospectus | ||
1870 | Silberborn | St. Mark's Church | Guido Knauf; receive | ||||
1872 | Emleben | St. Boniface | IIP | 28 | Friedrich Christian Knauf | ||
1873 | Mihla | St. Martin's Church | |||||
1874 | Buttlar | Catholic Church of the Birth of Mary | Guido Knauf | ||||
1877 | Oberholzklau | Ev. church | II / P | 13 | Robert Knauf; Replaced after various changes in 1988, prospectus preserved | ||
1882 | Geschwenda | Nikolaikirche | II / P | 21st | Guido Knauf | ||
1884 | Lengenfeld under the stone | Virgin Mary's birth | II / P | 26th | Robert Knauf | ||
around 1885 | Berlin-Lichtenberg | Baptists | I / P | 7th | From Rieda (Petersberg); mechanical cone tray; 1977 reorganized | ||
1885 | Mehlis | Magdalenenkirche | Guido Knauf; rebuilt several times; today II / P / 30 | ||||
1887 | Hohegeiß | To the gate of heaven | IIP | 12 | August Friedrich Robert Knauf | ||
1887 | Lintorf | Protestant church | |||||
1889 | Braunlage | Trinity Church | II / P | 23 | rebuilt by Robert Knauf with II / P 21, overhauled and modified to II / P 23 by Friedrich Weissenborn in 1953 and 1969 | ||
1891 | Lühe | St. Ulrich's Church | I / P | 6th | Compiled from different materials; pneumatic action | ||
1890-1891 | Again | Luther Church | Mechanical slide chests | ||||
1891 | Neuenkirchen (Ruegen) | Maria Magdalena Church (Neuenkirchen) | II / P | 12 | Guido Knauf; rebuilt several times | ||
1892 | Krimderode | Ev.-luth. St. Nicolai Church | I / P | 8th | Reconstruction of the Vogt organ, which was built in 1874 for the customs office of the Catholic community in Wilnsdorf near Siegen, in 1892 transfer to the church building and, for reasons of space, installation without a principal bass 8 ′ in Krimderode (I / P / 7); In 1960 Jehmlich reorganized | ||
1892 | Braunfels | Catholic parish church St. Anna | Robert Knauf, originally for St. Anna in Wilnsdorf, sold to Braunfels in 1957 and transferred | ||||
1893 | fir | Fir tree village church | II / P | 14th | Robert Knauf | ||
1895 | Schaprode | St. John's Church | II / P | 12 | Guido Knauf | ||
1898 | Bleicherode | St. Mary | II / P | 27 | Robert and Ernst Knauf, op. 197; receive | ||
1899 | Niederdorla | St. John's Church | III / P | 31 | Robert and Ernst Knauf, op. 205; Conversion of the organ by Reubke and Sohn (1874) into a pneumatic one (tube pneumatics with cone loading and inflow) using pipe material from Reubke; since then preserved unchanged | ||
around 1900 | Schermcke | II / P | 12 | Pneumatic cone drawer; Overhauled in 1990, bellows rebuilt | |||
1902 | Altenbrak | II / P | 23 | Ernst Knauf; pneumatic cone tray | |||
1906 | Kraja | Village church | I / P | 6th | R. Knauf & Sohn, Inh. F. Johnson & Co |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hartmut Ellrich u. a .: The churches of the superintendent in Waltershausen-Ohrdruf. Weimar 2005, pp. 30-31, 107.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Ellrich / Heinke / Hoerenz: Between Hörsel and Wilder Gera , Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-86160-167-2
- ↑ 350 years of Klettenberg Castle Church , as seen on March 5, 2016.
- ↑ ev-kirchenkreis-suedharz.de , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ berka-vor-dem-hainich.de: The Knauf organ in Berka in front of the Hainich is 175 years old , seen on December 19, 2011.
- ↑ The Berkaer Knauf Organ 1836–2008, commemorative publication for the organ consecration on October 17, 2008 (PDF; 1.3 MB), viewed December 19, 2011.
- ↑ rokokodom.de , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Organ in Tiefenau ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on December 12, 2015 (PDF).
- ↑ Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexikon Norddeutscher Orgelbauer, Volume 1: Thuringia and Umgehung, p. 159. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4
- ↑ stiftung-orgelklang.de: Organ Johanneskirche Gotha OT Uelleben ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ a b Geisa parish church , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ bistum-fulda.de: Geisa, St. Philippus und Jakobus (with disposition), seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ CD: The Knauf organ in the parish church of St. Philippus and Jakobus zu Geisa: Roland Maria Stangier (Essen) plays works by JS Bach, A. Vivaldi, WA Mozart, APF Boely and F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- ↑ a b c Orgelpate.de: Keula , seen December 19, 2011.
- ^ KiBa Foundation: Sankt-Martin-Kirche Nordhausen, Leimbach , as seen on December 19, 2011.
- ↑ a b Glaub-und-heimat.de: Organ of the Ruhla Winkelkirche used again after three years of renovation , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ otz.de: Donation campaign for the restoration of the "Knauf Organ" in Ruhla , as seen on December 19, 2011.
- ↑ (PDF; 10 MB) ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The history of the Protestant Church in Rehungen ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ otz.de: Bischofroda's Knauf organ is being restored in the workshop , as seen on December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Ev. Menden parish , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ thueringen-tourismus.de: Church of Hohenbergen , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ xGreifenstein Castle: The Little Castle Guide ( Memento from September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Daily Gazette from March 1, 2008: The visit to Silberborn's church is an exhilarating experience ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ St. Martin's Church in Mihla , as seen on December 19, 2011.
- ↑ orgelbau-ruehle.de , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Organ in Oberholzklau , seen March 5, 2016.
- ^ Lengenfeld Church , as seen on December 19, 2011.
- ↑ a b c orgelbau-welde.de , seen December 19, 2011.
- ^ Church in Zella , as seen on December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Lintorf Church ( Memento from July 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ martin-vibrans.de: Organ in Lühe ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Lutherkirche Wieda , as seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Sebastian Wamsiedler: The organ of the Protestant church Maria Magdalena in Neuenkirchen (PDF; 74 kB), as seen on December 19, 2011.
- ↑ karstwanderweg.de: Krimderode Church , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ kirchenmusik-mv.de: Organ in Schaprode , seen December 19, 2011.
- ↑ ev-kirchenkreis-suedharz.de , seen December 19, 2011.
- ^ Uwe Pape (Ed.): Lexikon Norddeutscher Orgelbauer, Volume 1: Thuringia and Bypassing, p. 160. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-921140-86-4
literature
- Fritz Reinboth: The organ builder family Knauf: A contribution to the organ history of Thuringia. 2nd edition, Uwe Pape, Berlin, May 2007, ISBN 978-3-921140-76-5 .