List of organs in Lower Franconia

The list of organs in Lower Franconia includes historical organs and important new organs.

In the sixth column, a Roman number indicates the number of manuals , "P" a separate pedal , "p" an attached pedal . The Arabic number in the seventh column indicates the number of independent registers . Revisions, conversions, re-organizations and further information about the organs can be found in the last column.

place	building	image	Organ builder	year	Manuals	register	Remarks
Alsleben	St. Kilian		Franz Ignaz Seuffert	1787	I / P	14th	largely preserved
Altbessingen	Assumption of the Virgin and St. Giles		Johann Adam Höffner	1758	I / P	14th	13 registers preserved
Amorbach	Former abbey church		Johann Philipp and Johann Heinrich Stumm	1774-1782	IV / P	66	One of the largest surviving baroque organs, of international importance; 5116 pipes
Amorbach	St. Gangolf		Johann Hofmann, Balthasar Schlimbach	1717, 1881	II / P	20th	1881 extensive renovation
Aschaffenburg	Christ Church		GF Steinmeyer & Co.	1961	III / P	41
Aschaffenburg	Sacred Heart Church		Organ building Vleugels	1995	IV / P	63
Aschaffenburg	Visitation of the Virgin Mary		Karl Goeckel	2016	II / P	20th	Behind the case of the Frankfurt organ maker Hans Georg Steigleder (1714) with embossed and painted pipes, replacement for a Willibald Siemann organ from 1929
Aschaffenburg	St. Peter and Alexander		Johannes Klais organ building	1984	III / P	54	2013 three registers added
Aub	Hospital Church		Balthasar Schlimbach / Martin Joseph Schlimbach	1864	I / P	10	neo-Gothic prospectus
Aura Monastery	Monastery church		Horst Hoffmann	1981	II / P	17th	behind baroque housing
Bad Kissingen	Herz-Jesu parish church		Karl Schuke	1993	III / P	53
Bad Kissingen	St. James		Horst Hoffmann	1988	II / P	28	in historical case (1775)
Bad Königshofen in Grabfeld	City parish church of the Assumption		Balthasar Schlimbach	1872	II / P	28	largely preserved
Bad Neuhaus	Castle Church		Franz Ignaz Seuffert	1776	I / P	10	Attribution; completely preserved
Bad Neustadt an der Saale	Carmelite Church		Johann Ignatius Samuel Will	1722	I / P	13
Brebersdorf	St. Peter in chains		Kaspar Kirchner	1809	I / P	13	completely preserved
Bundorf	Castle chapel		Johann Andreas Hofmann	1798	I / P	8th	completely preserved
Dettelbach	Pilgrimage church Maria im Sand		Gustav White	1957	II / P	28	behind prospectus from 1659
Dimbach	St. Maria de Rosario		Johann Adam Brandenstein , Balthasar Schlimbach , Horst Hoffmann	1693, 1859, 1980	II / P	16	1859 remodeling, 1980 reconstruction and extension by a second manual
Ebelsbach	St. Mary Magdalene		Horst Hoffmann	1983	III / P	36
Escherndorf	St. John Baptist		Johann Michael Voit	1776	I / P	10	Prospectus and 7 old registers preserved
Your village	St. John the Baptist		Balthasar Schlimbach / Martin Joseph Schlimbach	1875	II / P	21st	Neo-Gothic prospectus and 18 registers preserved
Frickenhausen (Mellrichstadt)	St. George		Horst Hoffmann	1988	III / P	27
Fridritt	St. Lawrence and the Assumption		Johann Philipp Seuffert	1738	I / P	16	Winter choir organ; rearranged in the 19th century, restored to original layout in 1975; Housing and 8 registers preserved
Gaibach	Trinity Church		Johann Philipp Seuffert	1748	I / P	12	Housing and 9 registers preserved
Gailbach	St. Matthew		Horst Hoffmann	1985	II / P	23
Geroda	St. Martin		unknown	1720	I / P	17th	Housing and 12 old registers preserved
Gleisenau (Ebelsbach)	Evang. church		Horst Hoffmann	1976	II / P	15th
Gochsheim	St. Michael		Horst Hoffmann	1971	II / P	26th
Grafenrheinfeld	Finding the Cross		Claudius Winterhalter	1999	III / P	43
Grossbardorf	St. Margareta		Horst Hoffmann	1978	II / P	21st
Großostheim	Kreuzkapelle		Johann Georg Hugo	1749	I / P	10	completely preserved
Halsheim	St. Sebastian		Philipp Albert Seuffert	1815	I / P	14th	Classicist prospectus and 11 registers preserved
Hammelburg	St. John the Baptist		Johannes Klais organ building	1993	III / P	43
Hassfurt	Knight's Chapel in Hassfurt		Martin Joseph Schlimbach	1890	II / P	20th	with mechanical cone shop
Hofheim in Lower Franconia	City parish church of St. John the Baptist		Horst Hoffmann	1987	II / P	30th
Hoheim	St. George		Barthel Brünner	1748	I / P	9	Prospectus and 7 old registers preserved
Hohenroth	Virgin Mary's birth		Horst Hoffmann	1988	II / P	24
Hollstadt	St. Jacob Major		Horst Hoffmann	1972	II / P	20th
Iphofen	St. Vitus		Johann Philipp Seuffert (or Voit), Augustin Bittner	1751, 1861	II / P	23	In 1861 Bittner extensively rebuilt and extended it with two manuals, in 1986 Seuffert's disposition was restored, but the second manual was retained
Junkersdorf	St. Vitus		Christoph Hofmann	1848	I / P	13	Prospectus and 11 old registers preserved
Karlstadt	Holy Family		Horst Hoffmann	1979	III / P	32
Kirchheim	St. Michael		GF Steinmeyer & Co.	1903	II / P	14th	behind the brochure by Franz Ignaz Seuffert (1778)
Kitzingen	Evangelical town church		GF Steinmeyer & Co.	1958	IV / P	55
Kitzingen	St. John		Organ building Vleugels	1996	III / P	49
Klingenberg am Main	St. Pancras		Martin Joseph Schlimbach	1892	II / P	26th	almost completely preserved
Kleinlangheim	St. George and Mary		Johann Michael Voit	1801	I / P	13	completely preserved
Kürnach	St. Michael		Horst Hoffmann	1985	III / P	31
Limbach	Pilgrimage church Maria Limbach		Johann Philipp Seuffert	1756	I / P	16	Largest preserved Seuffert organ, components and registers lost in 1986 reconstructed based on other Seuffert organs
Spoonsterz	St. Aegidius		Johann Philipp Seuffert	1736	I / P	12	Housing and 8 registers preserved
Lohr am Main	Pilgrimage Church of Mariabuchen		Horst Hoffmann	1995	II / P	22nd
Mailes	St. Luke		Johann Rudolf Voit	around 1730	I / P	8th	almost completely preserved
Einersheim market	St. Matthew		Hey organ building	1983	II / P	24	in the case by Johann Philipp Seuffert (1752), with coupling manual
Marktsteinach	St. Bartholomew		Johann Philipp Seuffert	1731	I / P	11	Housing and 5 registers preserved
Mespelbrunn	Maximilian Kolbe Church		Horst Hoffmann	1976	II / P	18th
Middle sense	James Church		Johann Georg Göbel	1758	I / P	14th	mostly old
Münsterschwarzach	Monastery church		Johannes Klais organ building	1937	IV / P	60	→ organ
Nordheim before the Rhön	St. John the Baptist		Matthäus Obermüller	1699	II / P	22nd	mostly old
Obereisenheim	Ev. church		Johann Adam Brandenstein	1721	I / P	11	probably the only surviving organ from Brandenstein
Oberelsbach	St. Kilian		Horst Hoffmann	1997	II / P	28
Oberlauringen	Holy Cross Church		Christoph Hofmann	1860	I / P	11	completely preserved
Obereuerheim	St. Laurence		Johann Philipp Seuffert	1760	I / P	11	Existing largely preserved
Obervolkach	St. Nicholas		Franz Ignaz Seuffert	1774	I / P		Attribution; receive
Oberwaldbehrungen	Ev. church		Johann Christian Hart (?)	1673	I / P	12	1738 implementation according to Oberwaldbehrungen; Prospectus and 7 old registers preserved
Ochsenfurt	St. Andrew		Claudius Winterhalter	1997	III / P	39	in the case of Johann Philipp Seuffert (1754)
Ostheim in front of the Rhön	Ostheim fortified church		Johann Ernst Döring	1738	II / P	37	1848 renovation by Markert
Poppenhausen (Lower Franconia)	St. Jacob		Horst Hoffmann	1973	II / P	18th	New building behind a historic prospect
Possenheim	Protestant church		Johann Arnold	1860	I / P	12	behind the prospectus by Franz Ignaz Seuffert (1784) or Johann Sebastian (1794), reconstruction in 1860
Prölsdorf	St. Sebastian		Josef Wiedemann	1861	I / P	13	except for prospectus pipes
Rentweinsdorf	Trinity Church		Horst Hoffmann	1984	II / P	26th
Reyersbach	St. Mauritius		Kaspar Schlimbach	1858	I / P	9	except for prospectus pipes
Rohrbach	St. Valentine		Philipp Albert Seuffert	1789	I / P	11	9 registers preserved in whole or in part
Rothausen	St. John the Baptist		Schmidt-Möller	1867	I / P	13	behind the prospectus by Matthäus Obermüller (1722–1723)
Schweinfurt	Holy Spirit Church		GF Steinmeyer & Co.	1967	III / P	46
Schweinfurt	St. Johannis		Organ building Sandtner	1992	III / P	53
Sondheim before the Rhön	St. Michael		Johann Georg Oestreich / Johann Adam Oestreich	1819	II / P	22nd	Prospectus and two-thirds of the register received
Stetten ( Sondheim before the Rhön )	Trinity Church		Hans Konrad Kitzinger, Johann Brähler	1652, 1790	II / P	19th	Prospectus and 14 old registers preserved
Sulzfeld (in the grave field)	St. Bartholomew		Horst Hoffmann	1998	II / P	26th
Thalau	St. James		Horst Hoffmann	1983	II / P	18th
Triefenstein	Triefenstein Monastery , collegiate church		Adam Philipp Schleich, Franz Zettler	1695, 1791	II / P	22nd	rebuilt several times
Uettingen	Ev. church		Georg M. Gessinger, Sigmund F. Braungart	1760, 1880	I / P	10	largely preserved
Unterhohenried ( Haßfurt )	St. Michael		Johann Kirchner	1846	I / P	12	almost completely preserved
Unterweissenbrunn	St. Catherine		Nicholas Santorius	1823	I / P	13	mostly old
Volkersberg Monastery	Pilgrimage church		Horst Hoffmann	1993	II / P	29
Waldbrunn (Lower Franconia)	St. Norbert		Horst Hoffmann	1984	II / P	22nd
Wetzhausen	Martinskirche		Voit	around 1740	I / P	13	mostly old
Wiesentheid	St. Mauritius		Johann Ignatius Samuel Will, Johann Philipp Seuffert	1730, 1740	II / P	13	9 old registers preserved in whole or in part
Wurzburg	St. Adalbero		Richard Rensch	1995	III / P	52
Wurzburg	Augustinian Church		Johannes Klais organ building	1996	III / P	58	2012 new central console for main organ and choir organ
Wurzburg	Würzburg Cathedral , main organ		Johannes Klais organ building	1969	V / P	87	2012 new central console for main organ and choir organ
Wurzburg	Würzburg Cathedral , choir organ		Johannes Klais organ building	1968	II / P	23
Wurzburg	St. John's Church		Rudolf von Beckerath organ building	1960	III / P	39
Wurzburg	Käppele		Organ building Vleugels	1991	II / P	31	New building behind the Rococo prospectus by Johann Christian Köhler (1753–1755), reconstructed and extended by 4 registers
Wurzburg	St. Laurence		Horst Hoffmann	1976	II / P	27
Wurzburg	Martin Luther Church		Horst Hoffmann	1982	II / P	22nd
Wurzburg	New Church		Karl Schuke	1986	IV / P	64	→ organ
Wurzburg	Ecumenical center		Horst Hoffmann	1983	II / P	23
Wurzburg	St. Peter and Paul		Organ building Vleugels	2016-2018	III / P	35	also 20 transmissions
Wurzburg	St. Stephan		Organ builder Friedrich Weigle	1982	III / P	51
Wurzburg - Höchberg	Saint Norbert Church		Horst Hoffmann	1986	II / P	25th

literature

• Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Historical organs in Lower Franconia . Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7954-0424-X .
• Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas: Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .

Web links

Commons : Organs in Lower Franconia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The organ in the former Amorbach Abbey Church , accessed on May 17, 2020.
2. ↑ A house for over a thousand pipes. In: Main-Echo from February 26, 2016; accessed on May 17, 2020.
3. ^ Organ in Obereisenheim , accessed on May 17, 2020.
4. ^ Organ in Possenheim , accessed on May 17, 2020
5. ^ Organ in Sulzfeld , accessed on May 17, 2020.