List of organs in the Upper Palatinate

The list of organs in the Upper Palatinate (area of ​​the current Bavarian administrative district Upper Palatinate ) includes historical organs and important new buildings since 1945.

The fourth column lists the original builders of the current organ; a slash indicates the cooperation of organ builders. 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
On the mountain	Ev. Paulan Church		Hey organ building	1988	III / P	40	Case Steinmeyer 1899. 2010 new stop action, small change of position in the pedal, new there trumpet 8 ', post-intonation Munich organ builder Johannes Führer .
On the mountain	Ev. Church of the Redeemer		Steinmeyer	1968	II / P	15th	Mechanical play and stop action. 2011 Replacement of the 5 1/3 'quintbass by an 8' bassoon ( Munich organ builder Johannes Führer )
On the mountain	Holy Trinity		Michael way	1969	III / P	44	New building with material from Steinmeyer. Slider drawer, mechanical tone action / electrical stop action. 2013 Revision and reorganization, including a new mechanical soundtrack ( Mühleisen organ building )
On the mountain	St. Augustine School Church		Organ building Sandtner	1993	II / P	26th	In the case by Johann Konrad Funtsch (1760)
On the mountain	St. George		Oberlinger	1981	III / P	48	In the case by Johann Konrad Funtsch (1767). New building with additional choir organ in planning (2023)
On the mountain	St. Katharina (cemetery church)		Johann Konrad Funtsch	1753	I / P	9	Prospectus, manual wind chest, register action preserved, restored in 1990 by Hartmann , June 2020 general overhaul after church renovation by Rainer Kilbert (Hönighausen). Singular in Funtsch: bassoon 8 'in the pedal
On the mountain	St. Martin		EF Walcker	1968	III / P	61	Opus 4993; 1973 expanded to include a bomb factory. Conversion or new building in planning .
On the mountain	Pilgrimage Church of Maria Hilf		Reinhard Weise	1978	III / P	25th	In the case by Johann Baptist Funtsch (1733)
Arnschwang	St. Martin		Reinhard Weise	1991	II / P	23	originally built in 1755 by Andreas Weiß for Roding, housing preserved; 1959 implementation
Arrach	St. Valentine		Ludwig Edenhofer	1887	I / P	10	In the case by Johann Peter Plersch (1768), 7 registers, wind chests and action from 1887 preserved
Branch (forest munich)	Our Lady		Andreas White	1771	II / P	14th	Preserved, restoration of the Sandtner organ building in 1995
Berching	Assumption Day		Organ building Sandtner	1996	II / P	29	Opus 231; in the baroque case from 1758
Brand (Upper Palatinate) in the Fichtel Mountains	Heart of jesus		Weimbs organ building	2005	II / P	20th	Opus 336, the organ is also very suitable for the music of Max Reger, who was born in Brand i. Fichtelgebirge was born, less than 100 meters from the church
Well	St. Peter and Paul		Anton Ehrlich	18th century	I / P	7th	originally built for Frauenberg, moved to Niedermotzing in 1807, moved to Brunn in 1865 and rebuilt, largely preserved
Cham (Upper Palatinate)	Maria Hilf monastery church (Cham)		Ludwig Edenhofer junior	1909	II / P	28	Church building from 1900, organ rebuilt by Hirnschrodt in 1959
Cham (Upper Palatinate)	City parish church St. Jakob (Cham)		Organ building Eisenbarth	1967/2005	III / P	43 + 8	with choir organ
Degerndorf ( Lupburg )	Assumption Day		unknown	before 1773	I / P	7th	originally built for Lupburg, implemented by Anton Ehrlich in 1793 , reconstruction by Joseph Bittner in 1884 ; 4 registers, mechanics and case from before 1773 and 2 registers from 1884 preserved
Yours	St. Willibald		Organ building Sandtner	1984	II / P	27
Dengling ( Mötzing )	St. Mark		Matthias Braumandl	1879	I / P	6th	largely preserved
Duggendorf	Sacrifice of the Virgin		August Hartmann	1988	II / P	15th	originally probably the choir organ in Pielenhofen Monastery , after 1803 implementation; 1988 outer towers and adjacent small fields added. 2015 Rainer Kilbert renovation
Eichlberg	Holy Trinity		Johann Ludwig Ehrlich	1792	I / P	14th	1873 renovation by Joseph Bittner ; 6 registers, housing and mechanics preserved
Eixlberg ( Pfreimd )	St. Barbara		Andreas White	1752	I / P	10	largely preserved
Ensdorf	St. James		Binder & Siemann	1913	II / P	20th	In the housing by Andreas Weiß (1782), general renovation Rainer Kilbert (Lappersdorf) 2009
Ensdorf	Eggenberg Church		Nicolaus Manderscheidt	1645	I.	5	Second oldest organ in the Upper Palatinate
Etzelwang	St. Martin		Georg Jann	1975	I / P	7th	Opus 2 by Georg Jann, his first independent work, with a magnificent, full-bodied trumpet 8 '
Etzelwang	St. Nicholas		Elias Hößler	1744	I / P	9	largely preserved, 1984 restoration by Schindler and Hoffmann
Frohnberg	Our Lady		Binder & Siemann	1897	I / P	8th	In the case by Elias Hößler (1735)
Furth in the forest	Assumption Day		Eisenbarth	1982	III / P	32	In the case by Andreas Weiß (1788), which was expanded in 1982
Götzendorf	Simultaneous Church of St. Magdalena		Johann Heinssen	1836	I / P	6th	preserved, 2006 restoration of Johannes Klais organ building
Habsberg	"Maria, salvation of the sick"		Johann Konrad Funtsch	1767	II / P	16	original preserved, 1972 restoration of Johannes Klais organ building
Hirschau	Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers		Johann Adam Funtsch	1764	I / P	10	6 registers and case from 1764 preserved, 1984 restoration by Rickert
Hohenburg- Allersburg	St. Michael		Andreas White	1765	I / P	10	originally built for Neustadt an der Waldnaab , St. Felix, implemented in 1880
Kappl ( Waldsassen )	Holy Trinity Church Kappl		Franz Faßmann / David Schmied / Hans A. Pleyer / Leopold Goll	1734-1738	II / P	12	largely preserved; 2020 restoration by Dlabal & Mettler from Bílsko CZ, consecration on July 26, 2020
Katzberg ( Cham )	St. Aegidius		unknown	1st half of the 18th century	I / P	7th	added a pedal in the 19th century; largely preserved
Katzdorf near Neunburg in front of the forest	Branch church to the Sorrowful Mother		unknown	around 1750	I / P	7th	largely original
Kirchenrohrbach ( Walderbach )	St. Mary Magdalene		Carl Georg Wild	around 1750	I / P	6th	largely original
Bad Kötzting	Assumption Day		Ferdinand Salomon (AT)	2002	II / P	26th	in the case of Brandenstein 1737
Mitterauerbach	Our Lady		Johann Konrad Funtsch	1782	I / P	7th	Prospectus and register from 1782 preserved, 1982 restoration by Rickert (Regensburg)
Neualbenreuth	St. Laurence		Organ building Vleugels	2005	III / P	37	Middle part of the case by Andreas Weiß (after 1750)
Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate	St. John		Mathis organ building	1982	III / P	43
Neustadt am Kulm	Ev. Trinity Church		Steinmeyer	1892	II / P	16	1985 restoration of Hey Orgelbau
Neustadt am Kulm	Ev. Cemetery church		Johann Georg Purucker	1732	I / P	11	Transferred from the Trinity Church in 1892; almost completely preserved
Neustadt an der Waldnaab	St. George		Thomas Jann organ building	2007	III / P	32	New construction using large parts of the Weise organ from 1974; New main organ case, restoration of the historical positive case
People	St. Peter and Paul		unknown	around 1850	I / P	6th	preserved, possibly from the workshop of Joseph Weiß II (Nabburg)
Pittersberg	St. Nicholas		Friedrich Specht	1862	I / P	9	largely preserved
Puchersreuth	St. Quirin		unknown	1692	I.	8th	possibly built by Franz Kannhäuser; largely preserved
regensburg	Teutonic Order Church of St. Aegidia		Organ building Sandtner	2016	II / P	17th
regensburg	St. Albertus Magnus		Eduard Hirnschrodt	1966	III / P	35
regensburg	St. Anton		Thomas Jann organ building	1996	III / P	39
regensburg	St. Cecilia		Michael way	1939	III / P	41	Free pipe prospectus
regensburg	Regensburg Cathedral , main organ		Rieger organ building	2009	IV / P	79	largest free-hanging swallow's nest organ in the world
regensburg	Regensburg Cathedral , choir organ		Mathis organ building	1989	II / P	33	Originally III / P / 43, after construction of the new main organ degradation of the positive that in the parish church of St. Peter in Hüsten was implemented
regensburg	Trinity Church		Hendrik Ahrend	2020	III / P	47	in the case of Franz Jakob Späth (1758)
regensburg	St. Emmeram		Eduard Hirnschrodt	1959	III / P	68	including pipes from the previous organ by Binder & Siemann (1900) in the case by Christoph Egedacher (1669)
regensburg	Minorite Church		Stephan Cuntz	1627	I.	6th	pedalless positive , oldest organ in the Upper Palatinate
regensburg	Heart of jesus		Willibald Siemann	1936	III / P	30th	in the spirit of the Alsatian organ reform
regensburg	St. Johann		Eisenbarth	2004	II / P	25th	behind the prospectus of a baroque organ, probably by Johann Konrad Brandenstein
regensburg	College for Catholic Church Music and Music Education		Friedrich Goll	2009	III / P	50
regensburg	St. Joseph		Willibald Siemann	1912	III / P	26th	Inclusion of material from the previous organ by Steinmeyer (1887), expanded in 1926, rearranged in 1952 by Eduard Hirnschrodt
Regensburg - Reinhausen	St. Josef (Reinhausen)		Organ building Sandtner	1994	III / P	46	Opus 220
Regensburg - double beds	Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Dech Betten)		Joseph Franz Bittner	1891	II / P	11	mechanical cone shop
regensburg	Music high school of the Regensburger Domspatzen		Rieger organ building	1997	III / P	42
regensburg	Neupfarrkirche		Thomas Jann organ building	1986	III / P	42	Renovated in 2016 by Andreas Utz and expanded by 2 registers
regensburg	St. Oswald		Franz Jakob Späth	1750	II / P	18th	1986–1991 Restoration of Johannes Klais organ building
regensburg	St. Rupert		Johann Anton Breil	1850s	I / P	11	Housing anonymous 18th century
regensburg	Collegiate church to the old chapel		Mathis organ building	2006	II / P	40	→ Pope Benedict organ ; Case 1791 by Andreas Weiß
regensburg	St. Theresa		Binder & Siemann	1902	II / P	18th	After war damage, restoration and reconstruction by Eduard Hirnschrodt , two pedal stops added in 1981
regensburg	St. Wolfgang		Willibald Siemann	1943	III / P	61	After war damage, restoration and reconstruction by Weise , 1961 expansion to include portal work (Fernwerk) Friedrich Meier , 1985 new console , 2018 renovation of Mühleisen organ building
Riekofen	St. John		Anton Ehrlich	1857	I / P	12	largely preserved
Schönsee	St. Wenceslas		Organ building Sandtner	2007	II / P	28	Extension of the housing by Martin Binder (1900) to include pedal towers
Schwandorf	Elisabethenheim, chapel		Friedrich Specht	1859	I / P	7th	originally built for the hospital church
Schwandorf	To Our Lady of the Kreuzberg		Michael way	1960	III / P	48	one of the remarkable wise organs of the era, general renovation in the planning stage
Chafing	St. Mary		Anton Ehrlich	1874	I / P	7th	received rebuilt
Siegenhofen	Our Lady		Friedrich Specht	1843	I / P	8th	1843 new wind chests and action for the organ from the Franciscan monastery Neunburg v. W. of 1757 by woodpecker; largely preserved
Super tough	Speinshart Monastery , Maria Immaculata		Steinmeyer	1996	II / P	26th	Originally Purucker 1716 (9 / I / P), currently Opus 2395 by Steinmeyer
Stettkirchen ( Hohenburg )	Visitation of the Virgin Mary		Johann Adam Funtsch	1760	I / P	10	largely preserved
Sulzbach-Rosenberg	Ev. Christ Church		Friedrich Weigle	1960	III / P	45	1989 expansion by 10 registers ( Orgelbau Schmid Kaufbeuren), 2003 post-intonation and another 2 registers (Rainer Kilbert)
Sulzbach-Rosenberg	St. Mary		Rieger organ building	2002	III / P	44	Prospectus (Hößler 1702) partially preserved (originally with Rückpositiv), new building in the style of Cavaillé-Coll ( Günther Kaunzinger )
Sulzbach-Rosenberg	St. Elisabeth Hospital Church		Elias Hößler	1743	I / P	9	1971 Deininger & Renner restoration ; largely preserved
Tännesberg	Pilgrimage Church of St. Jodok		unknown	18th century	I / P	7th	1979 restoration by Johann Rickert; Housing, 3 registers and mechanics preserved; 2020 renovation of Thomas Jann organ building
Thumhausen	Sorrowful Mother of God		unknown	18th century	I / P	6th	Most of the case, 1865 reconstruction by Georg Schweigert. Case, action, console from the 18th century have been preserved
Unterhaimbuch ( Mötzing )	St. Margarethe		Anton Ehrlich	1865	I / P	6th	Except for prospectus pipes completely preserved
Velburg	Sacred Heart of Jesus		Wilhelm Hepp	1803	I / P	12	largely preserved, 2018 restoration and reconstruction by organ builders Dlabal & Mettler (Bilsko, CZ)
Waldsassen	Waldsassen Collegiate Basilica		Georg Jann	1989	VI / P	103	In the case by Johann Konrad Brandenstein (1738); 1983 Epistle organ, 1987 Fernwerk, five-manual console on the main organ for all works, two-manual console of the Epistle organ, 1992 six-manual free-standing central console by Aug. Laukhuff
Willows in the Upper Palatinate	Former monastery church of St. Augustine		Michael way	1937	III / P	43	Diaphragm box, electric action. The organ is astonishingly well suited for interpreting works by Max Reger .
Willows in the Upper Palatinate	Sacred Heart Church		Georg Jann	1991	III / P	51
Willows in the Upper Palatinate	St. Joseph		Organ building Eisenbarth	1983	III / P	52	Revision Thomas Jann organ building 2009
Willows in the Upper Palatinate	St. Michael		Weimbs organ building	2007	III / P	53	Max Reger memorial organ in a German-romantic style
Cloud ring	Assumption Day		Johann Heinssen	1835	I / P	6th	except for prospectus pipes
Zant ( Ursensollen )	Pilgrimage Church of St. Joseph		Johann Konrad Funtsch	1778	I / P	6th	Pedal added by Friedrich Specht in 1858 ; completely preserved

literature

• Michael Bernhard: Organ database Bavaria . Munich 2009.
• Georg Brenninger: Organs in Old Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7654-1859-5 .
• Eberhard Kraus : Historic organs in the Upper Palatinate . Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-0387-1 .
• 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 : Pipe organs in the Upper Palatinate  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• new organs in the diocese of Regensburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ orgel-information.de: The organ of the Amberg school church , accessed on November 26, 2019.
2. ^ Organ in Amberg, St. Georg , accessed on November 26, 2019.
3. ^ Organ in Regensburg Cathedral , accessed on November 26, 2019.
4. ↑ Anneliese Hilz: “A completely new organ in the Closter Kürchen”, accessed on November 26, 2019.
5. ↑ Schön, Wolfgang: Historical organ is being restored. In: Mittelbayrische. April 8, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2019 . 
6. ^ Organ in Waldsassen , accessed on November 26, 2019.
7. ^ Organ in Weiden , accessed on November 26, 2019.