Offner (organ builder)

The Offner family is a family of organ builders in Augsburg and Kissing . She mainly builds organs in Swabia and Upper Bavaria .

Organ builder

Johann Offner (born January 6, 1846, † July 5, 1887 in Augsburg) was the founder of the organ building family. He learned from Joseph Bohl and was consequently his successor in concession for Augsburg. Offner's widow married Josef Mühlbauer from Schongau . He ran the workshop until 1916.

Max Josef Offner (born October 14, 1880 in Augsburg; † July 17, 1961 there), son of Johann Offner, took over the workshop after the death of his stepfather.

Max Anton Offner, the grandson of the company founder (* 1923 in Augsburg; † 1992) took over the company in 1953 and moved it to Kissing. He created several hundred new buildings and conversions. His instruments have a southern German neo-baroque sound. He died after falling from an organ in the nave .

Maximilian Offner (* 1952), the first great-grandson of the company founder, founded his own workshop in Kissing in 1987.

Andreas Offner (* 1965), the second great-grandson of the company founder, continued to run the parent company after the accidental death of his father, initially as an organ builder together with his mother. Since 1995 he has been leading it independently as a master organ builder.

List of works (selection)

year	place	building	Manuals	register	Remarks
1879	Ottmaring		I / P	10	Johann Offner
1896	Hochdorf	St. Peter and Paul	I / P	6th	Johann Offner
1923	Pair	St. John Baptist	II / P	12
1968	Neuburg on the Danube	Court Church	III / P	42	→ organ
1970	Weilheim in Upper Bavaria	Assumption Day	III / P	41	→ organ
1971	augsburg	St. Anton	IV / P	86
1979	Augsburg-Oberhausen	St. Martin	II / P	27	Maximilian Offner → Organ
1987	Kochel am See	St. Michael	II / P	20th	Maximilian Offner → Organ
1988	Neuburg on the Danube	St. Peter	II / P	30th	→ organ
1988	Kutzenhausen	St. Nicholas	II / P	17th	Maximilian Offner
1988	Bubesheim	Virgin Mary's birth	II / P	16	Partial renovation of Maximilian Offner → organ
1990	Meitingen	St. Wolfgang	III / P	41	Maximilian Offner → Organ
1990	Großkötz	St. Peter and Paul	II / P	19th	Maximilian Offner
1997	Lützelburg	St. George	II / P	16	Andreas Offner
2000	Strassberg	Holy cross	II / P	24	Maximilian Offner
2003	Kühbach	St. Magnus	II / P	29	Andreas Offner
2005	Ellgau	New Church of St. Ulrich	II / P	16	Andreas Offner
2005	Waldberg	St. Radegundis	II / P	15th	Andreas Offner
2005	Gutenberg	St. Margareta	II / P	13	Maximilian Offner
2006	Heidenheim an der Brenz	New Apostolic Church	III / P	28	Andreas Offner
2008	Thaining	St. Martin	II / P	21st	Andreas Offner
2008	Prittriching	woman Church	I / P	10	Andreas Offner
2009	Waldkirch	Our Lady of Sorrows	II / P	14th	Andreas Offner → Organ
2011	Eppisburg	St. Nicholas	II / P	18th	Andreas Offner
2012	Raising	St. Remigius	II / P	18th	Andreas Offner
2015	augsburg	St. Squidward	III / P	52	Andreas Offner → Organ
2015	Walchensee	Ortisei	II / P	17th	Andreas Offner
	Wehringen	St. George	II / P	41	Maximilian Offner
	Jengen- Weinhausen		I / P	11	Maximilian Offner
	Vineyards (near Kaufbeuren) - Zellerberg		II / P	21st	Maximilian Offner
	augsburg	St. Stefan	II / P	14th	Maximilian Offner
	Emersacker		II / P	17th	Maximilian Offner
	Adelsried	St. John the Baptist	II / P	21st	Maximilian Offner
	Hilgertshausen	St. Stephan	II / P	21st	Maximilian Offner

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 , p. 287.
↑ Company history on the website of the organ building company , accessed on July 4, 2018
^ Hochdorf: Offner organ. In: ohr.com. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Bavarian organ database online
^ Kutzenhausen celebrates its Offner organ. In: Augsburger Allgemeine. October 22, 2013, accessed July 4, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j My organs. Organ builder Maximilian Offner. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j organs after 1950. In: bistum-augsburg.de. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
↑ A memorial for the organ builder. In: Schrobenhausener Zeitung. September 19, 2003, accessed July 4, 2018 .
↑ Ellgau. In: stefan-niebler.de. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
↑ The organ is already taking shape. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (JPG).
^ Organ consecration with top-class guests. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (JPG).

[1] Hermann Fischer , Theodor Wohnhaas : Lexicon of southern German organ builders. Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1994, ISBN 3-7959-0598-2 , p. 287.

[2] Company history on the website of the organ building company , accessed on July 4, 2018

[3] Hochdorf: Offner organ. In: ohr.com. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .

[orgeldatenbank-4] Bavarian organ database online

[5] Kutzenhausen celebrates its Offner organ. In: Augsburger Allgemeine. October 22, 2013, accessed July 4, 2018 .

[maximilian-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j My organs. Organ builder Maximilian Offner. Retrieved July 4, 2018.

[bistum-7] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j organs after 1950. In: bistum-augsburg.de. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .

[8] A memorial for the organ builder. In: Schrobenhausener Zeitung. September 19, 2003, accessed July 4, 2018 .

[9] Ellgau. In: stefan-niebler.de. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .

[10] The organ is already taking shape. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (JPG).

[11] Organ consecration with top-class guests. Retrieved July 4, 2018 (JPG).