List of organs in Poland

This list of organs in Poland gradually includes the noteworthy preserved historical organs as well as nationally significant new organs in Poland .

Organs (selection)

The most important historical organ is in Oliwa with the largest baroque prospectus in the world, important preserved baroque organs can be found in Krzeszów (Grüssau) and Pasłęk (Prussian Holland), the oldest organ is in Olkusz .

The list is sorted according to the number of sounding registers . The columns “Location”, “Building”, “Year”, “Organ builder” and “Manuals” can also be sorted.

place	building	image	Organ builder	year	Manuals	register	Remarks
Licheń Stary	Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń		Zych Zakłady Organowe	2004-2006	VI / P	154	5 connected organs → organ
Wroclaw (Breslau)	Dom		Wilhelm Sauer ; Wacław Biernacki	1913, 1956	V / P	151	contains large parts of the organ of the Centennial Hall from 1913, rebuilt in 1956 by Wacław Biernacki, 13,207 pipes → organ
Częstochowa (Czestochowa)	Cathedral Holy Family		Wacław Biernacki	1949	IV / P	117
Gdańsk-Oliwa (Danzig-Oliva)	Dom		Johann Wilhelm Wulff , Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz , Friedrich Wilhelm Kaltschmidt , Josef Goebel	1763-2010	V / P	111 (85 + 17 + 9)	Main organ, choir organ and positive can be played together, largest baroque prospectus worldwide, expanded and rebuilt several times, around 8,000 pipes → organ
Gdynia	Sacred Heart Church		Zygmunt Kamiński	1972	IV / P	102
Czestochowa	Jasna Góra Basilica		Truszczyński	1956	IV / P	98 (84 + 14)	two organs, contains parts of the organ of the Jahrhunderthalle in Breslau from 1913 by Karl Sauer, rebuilt in 1956, 7 transmission registers → organ
Gdańsk (Danzig)	Baltic Philharmonic		Kuhn organ building	1955	IV / P	88	originally in the cathedral in Lausanne , implemented by Kukla in 2003
Kraków (Cracow), Kazimierz	Corpus Christi basilica		Wacław Biernacki	1963	IV / P	82	Prospectus case from the 17th century; 2005 repairs to the organ
Jastrzębia Góra	Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola		Emanuel Kemper , Lübeck	1962, 2007	IV / P	75	originally in Katharinenkirche Hamburg, implemented in 2007, mediated by Krzysztof Penderecki
Katowice (Katowice), Janów	Church of St. Anna		Rieger	1927	III / P	74
Pelplin	cathedral		Carl August Buchholz	1845	III / P	72	originally III / P, 55, expanded by Bruno Goebel and Cepka; Choir organ was playable from the main organ until 1998 → organ
Kraków , Lagiewniki	Sanctuary of Divine Mercy		Zych Zakłady Organowe	2018	IV / P	70
Ruda Śląska	St. Paul Church		Biernacki	1928	III / P	70
Warszawa (Warsaw)	National Philharmonic		Schuke organ building	2001	III / P	71	→ organ
Jelenia Góra (Deer Mountain)	Exaltation of the Cross Church		Schlag & Sons	1869	III / P	69	2010 by Broszko works
Kraków	St. Mary's Basilica		Zebrowski	1908	III / P	68	Main organ, front case from 1800, works by Truszczyńki, Heuss
Warszawa , Natolin	Władysław Church of Gielniów		Zych Zakłady Organowe	2008	III / P	68
Warszawa	Heart of Mary Church		Kamiński		III / P	67
Łódź	Sacred Heart Church		Biernacki	1920	III / P	67	1999 repairs
Łódź	Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic		Rieger organ building	2015	IV / P	66	Romantic organ
Frombork (Frauenburg)	Dom		E. Kemper & Son	1935	IV + I / P	49 + 16	in baroque case by Daniel Nitrowski from 1687, main organ and choir organ can be played together from a console → organ
Szczecin (Stettin)	St. Jacob's Cathedral		Zych Zakłady Organowe	2008	IV / P	65
Plock	Cathedral of the Assumption		Wilhelm Sauer	1907	III / P	65	1953 by Biernacki work
Łódź	Church of St. Theresa		Kamiński	1992	IV / P	64
Warszawa	All Saints Church		Zych	2002	III / P	64
Białystok	Opera and Philharmonic		Zych	2012	IV / P	61
Lublin	Church of St. Mary and St. Francis		Kamiński	1993	IV / P	60
Jelenia Gora	Church of St. Erasmus and St. Pankratius		Berschdorf	1938	III / P	60	Casparini prospectus 1706
Warszawa	Cathedral of St. John the Baptist		owl	1987	III / P	60
Gliwice (Gliwice)	St. Bartholomew Church		Berschdorf	1911	III / P	60	2002 by Hober work
Łódź	St. Matthew Church		Rieger	1931	III / P	60
Świdnica (Schweidnitz)	Friedenskirche		Schlag & Sons	1912	III / P	59	Prospectus from 1784, main organ
Łódź	cathedral		Eisenbarth	1977	IV / P	58
Warszawa	Basilica Holy Cross		Caecilia	1927	III / P	58	Organ brochure from 1851
Warszawa , Praga	St. Florian Cathedral		Kruszewski	1987	III / P	57	1999 from Zech work
Poznań (Poznan)	All Saints Church		Mehnert	1785	IV / P	56	Modifications by Sauer and Goebel until 1975
Warszawa	Church of the Redeemer		Kamiński		IV / P	54
Gliwice (Gliwice)	Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul				III / P	54
Tczew (Dirschau)	Josefskirche		Mollin		III / P	53	Works by Biernacki
Gliwice (Gliwice)	All Saints Church		Berschdorf		III / P	53	2002 restoration by Rieger-Kloss
Legnica (Liegnitz)	Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul		Schlag & Sons	1894	III / P	53	Restoration by Broszko in 1991
Wroclaw (Breslau)	Dominican Church of St. Adalbert		Cynar	1991	III / P	53
Poznań -Smochowice	Church of Mary		Cepka	1976	IV / P	52	Work 1986
Gniezno (Gnesen)	Arch Cathedral		Laukhuff	1980	III / P	52
Kraków -Lagiewniki	Sanctuary John Paul II		Zych	2016	III / P	52
Toruń (Thorn)	Church of the Assumption of Mary		Cepka		III / P	52	Organ prospect historically
Katowice (Katowice)	Church of the Resurrection		W. Sauer	1922	III / P	52	Restoration since 2017
Warszawa	Andrzej Boboli Church		Kamiński	1972	IV / P	51
Poznań (Poznan)	Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul		Drozdowicza		III / P	51
Sierądz (Sieratz)	Sacred Heart Church		Cynar		III / P	51	3,688 pipes
Lublin	Philharmonic		Schuke organ building	1997	III / P	51
Rumia (Rahmel)	Marienkirche				IV / P	50
Krzeszów (Grüssau)	Cathedral of the Assumption		Engler	1736	III / P	50	Reconstruction by Schlag & Söhne, restoration in 2008 by Jehmlich
Warszawa (Warsaw)	Church of St. Peter and Paul and St. Barbara		Kamiński		III / P	50
Bardo Śląskie (Wartha)	Church of the Annunciation		Eberhard	1758	III / P	50	Modification by Schlag & Söhne, restoration in 2013 by Jehmlich
Kraków (Krakow)	Philharmonic		Klais	1996	III / P	50	replaced Schuke organ from 1982 (III / P, 56)
Koszalin (Köslin)	cathedral		Schlag & Sons	1899	III / P	50	Repairs 1972
Niepokalanów	St. Mary's Cathedral		Truszczynski		III / P	49
Ledziny	St. Anne's Church		Ott	1956	III / P	49	originally for Zionsgemeinde Bethel, expanded in 1962, implemented in 1998
Warszawa (Warsaw)	Chopin Music Academy		EF Walcker	1996	III / P	49
Kamień Pomorski (Cammin)	Cathedral of John the Baptist		Wladyslaw Cepka	2004	III / P	44	Reconstruction of the organ from 1672 in the historical prospectus → Organ
Święta Lipka (Holy Linden Tree)	basilica		Bruno Goebel	1905	II / P	36	in a baroque prospectus by Mosengel with moving angels, 2009 restoration by S. Sauer
Pasłęk (Prussian Holland)	St. Bartholomew		Andreas Hildebrandt	1717-1719	II / P	36	2013 restoration by Wegscheider → organ

See also

• Lists of organs
• Organ landscape Upper Pomerania
• Organ landscape West Prussia

literature

• Jerzy Gołos: The Polish Organ. 2 volumes. Sutkowski, Warszawa 1993 (translated from Polskie organy , 1972)
• Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht : The organ in East Germany and Poland (= publications of the Walcker Foundation for Organ Research, Volume 14). Musicological Publishing Society Kleinblittersdorf 1993.

Web links

Commons : Organs in Poland  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Organs in Poland Organ index, organs with history and dispositions (German)
• Polska Musical Sacram, over 1,000 organs with history and disposition (Polish)
• Organy.pro Polskie Wirtualne Centrum Organowe, over 2,700 organs with history and disposition (Polish)
• Organs in Poland Orgues France, when entering tous pays - Pologne (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ How Bach's organ got into a Polish seaside resort, Spiegel of May 11, 2008