Max Maerz

Max Maerz (* 1812 in Munich ; † April 26, 1879 there ) was a German organ builder .

life and work

Max Maerz was a son of Conrad Maerz (born February 20, 1768 in Haimburg (Berg near Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate) , † November 24, 1846 in Munich). In 1794, his father applied for the successor to court organ maker Anton Bayr in Munich and, although his daughter did not marry him, he was able to take over his workshop inventory. In 1796 he was recognized as an organ maker, despite complaints from competitors. His activity consisted almost entirely of repairs.

Max learned organ building from him and from 1842 also from Joseph Frosch in Munich. In 1844 he took over the business from his father and expanded it from year to year. Initially around two organs were built per year, later often more than five per year. In total he built more than 130 new organs.

From 1851 the orphan Franz Borgias Nothwinkler grew up with him , whom he adopted in 1868 and who took his name, inherited him and continued the business.

List of works (excerpt)

year	opus	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1849		Großweil - Zell	St. Martin		I / P	6th	In 1994 renovated by Riegner & Friedrich → Organ
1860	50	Munich	Old Parish Church of St. Margaret		I / P	9	→ organ
1862	52	Steinkirchen ( Gde. Reichertshausen )	St. Anna		I / P	12	Restored in 2008 by Christoph Kaps
1862	55	Obertaufkirchen	St. Martin		II / P	16	1911 Conversion by Behler & Waldenmaier. 2012 by Frenger & Eder traced back to the state of 1911
1870	90	Obing	St. Laurence		II / P	22nd	Conversion to electric cone shop and expansion to II / 25 by Carl Schuster.
1875	119	Babensham	St. Martin		I / P	12
1879	136	Branch	St. George		I / P	10	→ organ

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georg Brenninger: The churches of the parish Obing . Regensburg 1990, (Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1810)

literature

• Georg Brenninger : Organs in Old Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-7654-1859-5 .
• Hermann Fischer and Theodor Wohnhaas: Lexicon of southern German organ builders . Florian Noetzel Verlag, Heinrichshofen-Bücher, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 .
• Stefan Hammermayer: Bavarian organ building around the turn of the century. Franz Borgias March (1848-1910) . Wiedemann, Bad Reichenhall 1999, ISBN 3-00-004382-9 .