Mönch organ building

Mönch Orgelbau GmbH & Co. KG
legal form	GmbH & Co. KG
founding	1875
Seat	Ueberlingen , Germany
management	Peter Mönch, Hans Mönch
Branch	Organ building
Website	www.moench-orgelbau.de
	Stand 2013

Mönch Orgelbau is an organ building company in Überlingen on Lake Constance.

history

With Xaver Mönch (1843–1907) the organ building of the Mönch family in Überlingen began in 1875. Organ building was already a tradition there. Well-known organ builders such as Johann Georg Aichgasser , whose successor was Johann Baptist Lang and, from 1816, Anton Hieber , who continued the tradition , lived and worked here.

From 1907 Otto Mönch (1876–1954) headed his father's workshop. It was followed in 1954 by the founder's grandson, Karl-Otto Mönch (1909–1983), from 1972 with Horst F. Prachtel (1934–1986) as a partner. In 1975 Peter Mönch (* 1952) succeeded his father. The company was then called Mönch und Prachtel. In 1986 Horst F. Prachtel died in a traffic accident. Two years later, Peter Mönch received management support from his brother Hans Mönch (* 1956).

Relationships with other organ builders

Xaver Mönch founded an organ building workshop together with Wilhelm August Schwarz as early as 1873 . However, the two company owners separated again in 1875 and each continued to run their own company.

Albert Reiser (1874–1947) learned the trade of organ building at the Mönch company, among others.

Josef Zeilhuber Sr. (1889–1964) worked for Otto Mönch from 1908 to 1927, from 1914 as a workshop master. His son Josef Zeilhuber jun. was trained by Mönch.

Gunnar Schmid (* 1967) learned organ building from 1988 at the Mönch company.

Works (selection)

year	opus	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1876	01	Dingelsdorf (Constance)	St. Nicholas	I.	6th
1878	02	Taillings	St. Remigius	II	15th
1878	03	Harthausen (Winterlingen)	St. Mauritius	II	12
1879	04	Aselfingen ( Blumberg )	St. Otmar	I.	4th	not available anymore
1879	05	Kappel (Niedereschach)		I.	8th
1879	06	Achdorf (Blumberg)	St. Nicholas	I.	8th	existent
1881	07	Hausen in front of the forest (Hüfingen)	St. Peter and Paul	I.	9	existent, in Mönch workshop
1881	08	Zell am Andelsbach (Pfullendorf)	St. Peter and Paul	I.	10
1882	09	Mulhouse-Ehingen	St. Peter and Paul	I.	10
1882	10	Mimmenhausen (Salem)	Our Lady	I.	9
1883	11	Lippertsreute (Überlingen)	Our Lady	II	12	existing, 1990 restoration Mönch
1884	12	Güttingen (Radolfzell)	Ortisei	I.	8th	Sliding chest and wooden pipes received
1885	13	Bad Säckingen	Old Catholic Church	I.	10	existent
1886	14th	Hochemmingen (Bad Dürrheim)	St. Peter and Paul	II	11	Preserved cone shop and pipes
1886	15th	Gutmadingen (Geisingen)	St. Conrad	II	18th	existent, 1977 restoration Mönch
1886	16	Geisingen (Walburg)	chapel	I.	8th
1886	17th	Markelfingen (Radolfzell)	St. Laurence	I.	7th	exists since 1987 in Stahringen
1887	18th	Hamlet (moss)	St. Leonhard	I.	9	exists, 1981 restoration Mönch
1887	19th	Saig (Lenzkirch)	St. Johann	I / P	9	Broken down in 1965, today replaced by a Hill & Son organ from 1870 (II / P 8 Reg)
1888	20th	Andelshofen (Ueberlingen)	St. Verena	I.	6th
1888	21st	Kommingen (Blumberg)	Altkath. church	I.	8th
1888	22nd	Betra (Horb am Neckar)	St. Laurence	II	13
1888	23	Häg-Ehrsberg	St. Michael	II / P	12	existent
1888	24	Stetten (Hohentengen)	cath. Branch church	I.	7th	existent
1889	25th	Villingen-Schwenningen	Music hall	I.	5
1889	26th	Leutkirch (Salem)	Assumption Day	II	14th	existent
1890	27	Bernau in the Black Forest	St. Johann B.	II	14th
1891	28	Gengenbach	St. Mary	I.	5
1891	29	Allmannsdorf (Constance)	St. George	I.	10
1891	30th	Narrow	Assumption Day	II	24
1892	31	Völkersbach (Malsch)	St. George	II	17th	existent, 1989 restoration Mönch
1892	32	Thengendorf ( Tengen )	St. Laurence	II	11
1893	33	Dillendorf (Bonndorf)	St. Mary	II / P	14th	existent
1892	34	Wallstadt (Mannheim)	Christ the King Church	I.	8th
1893	35	Eppelheim	St. Joseph	I.	10	Housing and some registers preserved
1894	36	Feudenheim (Mannheim)	St. Peter and Paul	II	14th
1895	37	Schriesheim	Assumption Day	II	12
1895	38	Mundelfingen	St. George	I.	10
1895	39	Haslach (Freiburg)	St. Michael	I.	6th	existent, in Mönch workshop
1895	40	Schupfart		I.	8th
1895	41	Walbertsweiler (forest)	St. Gallus	II	13
1897	42	Herrischried	St. Zeno	II	20th	Multiple renovations, 1984 restoration Mönch, 2012 restoration
1897	43	Horheim	Anthony's Chapel	I.	7th	existent
1897	44	Schwaningen (Stühlingen)	St. Martin	I.	9	existent
1893	45	Herdwangen-Schönach	St. Peter and Paul	II	13	existent, 2006 restoration Mönch
1898	46	Breitnau	St. Johann B.	II	16	exists since 1977 in Löffingen
1898	47	Constancy	synagogue	II / P	11	The organ has been in the Catholic parish church of St. Sebastian, Hubertshofen (Donaueschingen) since 1925.
1898	48	Biesendorf (Engen)	St. Laurence	I.	8th	existing, 1990 restoration Mönch
1899	49	Altheim (Frickingen)	St. Pancras	II	11	existent, 2000 restoration Mönch
1899	50	Ludwigshafen ( Bodman-Ludwigshafen )	St. Otmar	II	12
1901		Wieden	All Saints Day	I / P	12	In 1959 the organ was rebuilt with two manuals and completely renovated in 1977.
1902		Hausen in Wiesental	St. Josef (Hausen)	II / P	12	Cone drawer, mechanical action and stop action.
1903		Hagnau	St. Johann	II / P	18th	1982 addition of 2 registers, 1993 restoration (II / 20 Mönch).
1906		Binningen (Hilzingen)	St. Blaise	II / P	13	Pneumatic cone drawer, change of 4 registers, insertion of a cimbel (on additional drawer), main work original except for Schwiegel 2` (formerly Gamba 8`)
1914		Well-situated (Mannheim)	St. Boniface			Interim organ until 1934
1930		Herten (Rheinfelden)	St. Joseph	II / P	25th	Renovated in 1981
1932		Heddesheim	St. Remigius (old church)	II / P	18th
1935		Freiburg in Breisgau	Mary help	IV / P	45	2000 restoration (Mönch)
1947		Maulburg	St. Paul	II / P	19th	Since 1971 in the Pauluskirche.
1963		Donaueschingen	St. Johann	III / P	41
1964		Heidelberg	St. Boniface	III / P	41	1992 Bombardwerk, IV / P, 52 registers (Mönch) added.
1966		Bonndorf in the Black Forest	Pauluskirche	II / P	12	New building
1968		Überlingen	St. Nicholas	III / P	52	Built together with the Pfaff company, Überlingen. 1996 Addition of saucer 32 'and electronic typesetting system, III / P, 53 registers (Mönch).
1970		Greater Saxony (Hirschberg)	Christ the King Church	II / P	24
1977		Breitnau	St. Johann Baptist	II	22nd
1978		Beuron	Abbey choir organ	II	17th
1979		Buhl	Maria-Hilf monastery	II	10
1980		Freiburg in Breisgau	Collegium Borromaeum	II / P	29	Slider drawer, mechanical action mechanisms, electrical stop action mechanisms
1981		Biberach an der Riss	Ev. Community center	I.	5
1981		Bleibach (Gutach)	St. George	II	23
1981		Aulendorf	St. Martin	III	37
1982		Balgheim	Catholic Church	II	12
1982		Bad Krozingen	St. Alban	II	32
1983		Bad Groenenbach	Ev.-ref. Church (hospital church)	II	12
1985		Bernbach (Bad Herrenalb)	Ev. church	I.	8th
1986		Hamborn (Duisburg)	St. Johann Abbey Church	III / P	45	Slider box, 3181 pipes
1988		Birch field	St. Clare	I.	6th
1989		Burkheim am Kaiserstuhl (Vogtsburg)	St. Pancras	II	19th
1991		Birnau (Uhldingen-Mühlhofen)	Monastery u. Pilgrimage church	III	39
1991		Venrath	St. Valentine	II / P	12	12 sounding registers, 1 half-move, 7 alternating loops (WS) - playable either on Manual I or II. 776 pipes made of tin alloys and wood Mechanical action mechanism with single-legged keys. Mechanical registry. Housing with front of the predecessor organ by Stahlhuth, 1898 , side play system
1994		Kappel (Bad Buchau)	St. Peter and Paul	II	16
1995		Aach-Linz (Pfullendorf)	St. Martin	II	16
1995		Bad Rippoldsau	Mater Dolorosa	III	35
1996		Brenden (Ühlingen-Birkendorf)	St. Laurence	I.	9
1999		Ladenburg	St. Gallus	III / P	45	Prospectus draft by Burkhart Goethe
2000		Ahe (Bergheim)	St. Michael	II	12
2001		Allensbach	Mercy Church	II	13
2001		Buchenbach	St. Blaise	II	25th
2003		Berghausen (Pfinztal)	Christ the King	II	11
2005		Schwetzingen	St. Pancras	II / P	35	Historic organ prospectus from 1767