Organ building museum Ostheim vor der Rhön
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| founding | 1993 |
| founder | Horst Hoffmann , founding chairman |
| Seat | Ostheim in front of the Rhön |
| Chair | Jörg Schindler-Schwabedissen (Head) |
| Website | orgelbaumuseum.de |
The organ building museum Schloss Hanstein Ostheim e. V. is a musical instrument museum founded in 1993 in Ostheim before the Rhön . It is located in the former Hanstein Castle , which was built in the early 15th century.
Agency and funding goals
The museum is run by a non-profit association that has set itself the task of researching and presenting international organ history from its beginnings to the present day. The aim of the museum, which also shows the technical aspects of organ building , is to keep all exhibited organs playable and to be able to demonstrate them.
history
Gerhard Schmidt, an employee of the Thuringian Organ Museum , asked the two Ostheimer organ builders Horst and Günter Hoffmann for exhibits for his museum, which was closed a short time later. In 1993, under the founding director Horst Hoffmann, the "Hanstein Castle Organ Museum" was founded. Together with the Hoffmann brothers, organ expert Jürgen-Peter Schindler developed a museum concept that is still valid today.
An important reason for choosing the location was that Ostheim vor der Rhön can look back on around 400 years of organ building tradition. Advice was there Orgelbaumeister as
- Andreas Weiß (1596–1670) (not to be confused with Andreas Weiß (1722–1807))
- Johann Christoph Hart (1641-1719)
- Johann Ernst Döring (1704–1787)
- Johann Georg Schenk (1758–1825)
- Johann Georg Markert I and II (1781–1835 and 1813–1891) and the son of Johann Georg II, Otto Reinhold Markert (1860–1944)
- the brothers Louis (1906–1965) and Otto Hoffmann (1913–2004) and his sons Horst Hoffmann (* 1944) and Günter Hoffmann (* 1947)
The tradition of the Markert and Hoffmann workshops is continued in today's organ building company Hoffmann and Schindler .
Jörg Schindler-Schwabedissen has been running the museum since 2012.
Exhibition and offers
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The permanent exhibition, presented on four floors and 15 rooms with a total area of around 700 m², was redesigned and redesigned in 2007 and 2008. It includes reconstructions and organs from the Middle Ages, the Baroque and modern times, including the reconstruction of a Gothic block organ from 1350, an original positive organ by Nicolaus Manderscheidt from 1646, a pneumatic organ and a house organ from 1940.
In addition, the museum organizes concerts, "sounding and technical museum tours" and offers museum educational offers for children and families.
Web links
- Homepage of the Organ Building Museum Ostheim
- Organ building museum . In: Ostheimrhoen.de
- Organ building museum . In: Rhoenline.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schloss Hanstein , museen-rhoen-saale.de, accessed on 20 January 2018th
- ↑ The carrier. In: orgelbaumuseum.de. April 18, 1993. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Your visit. In: orgelbaumuseum.de. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 31 ″ N , 10 ° 14 ′ 6 ″ E