List of organs in Western Pomerania

The list of organs in Western Pomerania gradually includes the preserved historical organs as well as nationally significant new organs in Western Pomerania . In the two districts of Vorpommern-Rügen and Vorpommern-Greifswald and in the Western Pomerania part of the Mecklenburg Lake District there are around 350 organs, about 90% of which were built before the First World War .

Organ list

The main builders are given in the fourth column; Cooperation between several organ builders is indicated by a slash, later modifications by commas. In the sixth column, the Roman number indicates the number of manuals , a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal , and a lower-case "p" indicates a pedal that is only attached. The Arabic number indicates the number of sounding registers in today's organs. The last column provides information on the state of preservation and links with further information.

place	building	image	Organ builder	year	Manuals	register	Remarks
Ahlbeck	Ahlbeck Church		Barnim Gruneberg	1895	II / P	15th	1962 reconstruction by Eule
Altentreptow	St. Peter Church		Johann Simon Buchholz	1812	II / P	31	1865 extension by Barnim Grüneberg ; largely preserved
Anklam	Marienkirche		Emil Kaltschmidt , Alexander Schuke Potsdam organ building	1864, 1962	III / P	30th	1962 New building incorporating 8 registers from the previous organ
Barth	St. Mary's Church		Johann Simon Buchholz / Carl August Buchholz	1821	III / P	50	1896 extension conversion by Barnim Grüneberg ; largely preserved → organ
Mountain wood	Bergholz Church		Emil Kaltschmidt	1864	I / P	10
Bobbin	St. Pauli Church		Barnim Gruneberg	1881	I / P	6th	Built in 1842 by Carl August Buchholz ; 2007 Restoration and brochure installation by organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter (Dresden)
Bodstedt	St. Ewalds Church in Bodstedt		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1887	II / P	11	1987 general overhaul by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter, 2011 cleaning / general overhaul by the workshop for historical keyboard instruments Schmidt (Rostock)
Bretvish	Bretwisch Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1868	II / P	6th
Demmin	St. Bartholomew		Johann Simon Buchholz / Carl August Buchholz	1819	IV / P	64	1867 Reconstruction and expansion by Barnim Grüneberg → Organ
Dersekov	Dersekow Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1861	II / P	11	1997 restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter (Dresden); 2012 comprehensive repair and maintenance by the workshop for historical keyboard instruments Schmidt (Rostock)
Deyelsdorf	Deyelsdorf Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1878	I.	7th	Organ originally by Arp Schnitger in 1694 , installed in Deyelsdorf in 1742, new building behind the old prospect in 1878; 1998 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Ducherow	Village church		Friedrich Wilhelm Kaltschmidt	1850	I / P	6th
Eixen	Eixen Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1853	II / P	9
Elmenhorst	Elmenhorst Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1870	II / P	9	1999 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Flemendorf	St. Mary's Church		Barnim Gruneberg	1855 (1858?)	I / P	8th	Restored in 2003 by the Mecklenburg Orgelbau company
Garz / Rügen	St. Petri		Carl August Buchholz	1836	II / P	12	1914 reconstruction by Barnim Grüneberg ; 1995 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Went	Saint Jacob Church		Christian Erdmann Kindten	1790	II / P	22nd	largely preserved
Gormin	St. Mary's Church		Barnim Gruneberg	1852/1853	I / P	7th	Built for the Paris World Exhibition in 1855 , it is one of the oldest instruments with a cone shop in Western Pomerania
Greifswald-Wieck	Bugenhagenkirche		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1883	II / P	13
Greifswald	St. Jacobi Church		Alexander Schuke Potsdam organ building	1966	II / P	30th
Greifswald	St. Mary's Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1866	III / P	32
Greifswald	St. Nikolai Cathedral		Jehmlich Orgelbau Dresden , Carl August Buchholz	1831/1832, 1987/1988	III / P	51	Prospectus and 15 registers from Buchholz received
Griebenow Castle	Castle chapel		unknown	1654	I.	2	oldest positive in Western Pomerania
Grim	St. Mary's Church		Central German organ building A. Voigt	1992	III / P	24	New building in the housing of Carl August Buchholz (around 1830)
Gristow ( Mesekenhagen )	Village church		Johann Simon Buchholz / Carl August Buchholz	1820	I / P	15th	by the 19th century Barnim Grüneberg extended
Great Bünzow	Gross Bünzow Church		Carl August Buchholz	1840	I / P	8th	originally built for St. Catherine's Church (Leplow) , since 1980 in Groß Bünzow
Gross Mohrdorf	Groß Mohrdorf village church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1870	II / P	10	1999 Partial restoration by organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Big Zicker	Groß Zicker village church		Barnim Gruneberg	1864	I / P	5	1999 General overhaul by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Gützkow	Nikolaikirche		Barnim Gruneberg	1915	II / P	23	Case by Carl August Buchholz (1831), 1965 remodeled by Reinhard Schmeisser
Hanshagen	Hanshagen Church		Carl August Buchholz	1839	II / P	8th	In 1860 by Friedrich Albert Mehmel a second manual was added and in 1954 by Barnim Grüneberg jr. rescheduled
Hohenbüssow ( Alt Tellin )	Hohenbüssow Church		Barnim Gruneberg	1868	I / P	5	2002 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Jarmen	St. Mary's Church		Felix and Georg Grüneberg	1911	II / P	20th
Kartlow	St. John's Church		Barnim Gruneberg	1870	II / P	10
Kemnitz	Holy Cross Church		Johann Friedrich Nerlich	1855	II / P	10	Modifications in 1885 by Friedrich Albert Mehmel and 1963 by W. Sauer Orgelbau
Kölzin	St. Mary		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1862	I / P	5
Koserow	Ev. church		Barnim Gruneberg	1897	I / P	9	1994 General overhaul by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Kröslin	Ev. church		Barnim Gruneberg	1856	I / P	9	2002 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Crooked	Ev. church		Barnim Gruneberg	1865	I / P	9	1993 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Lancken-Granitz	Village church		Barnim Gruneberg	1860	I / P	8th	Attribution; 2001 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Lassan	St. Johannis		Carl August Buchholz	1832	II / P	17th	1986 General overhaul by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter (Dresden)
Luckow	Half-timbered church Luckow		Emil Kaltschmidt	1883			Reduction of the baroque organ, the prospectus of which has been preserved
Meiersberg	Meiersberg Church		Emil Kaltschmidt	1888	I / P	5
Mellenthin	Mellenthin village church		Barnim Gruneberg	1879	I / p	4th
Merz	Ev. church		Carl August Buchholz	1830	I / P	9
Morgenitz	Village church		Barnim Gruneberg	1894	I / P	5
Nehringen	St. Andrew's Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1869	II / P	16
Neuenkirchen (near Greifswald)	Neuenkirchen Church		Johann Friedrich Nerlich	1836	I / P	11
Niepars	Niepars village church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1867	II / P	10	1999 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Pasewalk	St. Otto		Felix Johannes Grüneberg	1913	II / P	13
Snappy	St. Margarethen Church		Johann Friedrich Nerlich / Haase	1846	I / p	7th
Penkun	Ev. City Church		Barnim Gruneberg	1863	II / P	13	Damaged in World War II, restored in 1959 by Barnin Grüneberg junior, Greifswald
Pinnow	Pinnow village church		Johann Friedrich Nerlich	1847	I / P	8th
Putbus	Putbus Castle Church		Barnim Gruneberg	1892	II / P	14th	1995 General overhaul by Rainer Wolter organ building and restoration workshop
Bag	Ev. Village church		Carl August Buchholz	1829	II / P	14th	2014 restoration by the company historical keyboard instruments Schmidt (Rostock)
Ribnitz-Damgarten	Marienkirche Ribnitz		Jehmlich organ building Dresden	1994	III / P	38
Richtenberg	Saint Nikolai Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1861	II / P	18th
Sagard	St. Michael Church		Christian Erdmann Kindten	1796	II / P	23	largely preserved
Sassnitz	St. John's Church		Ferdinand Dinse	1899	II / P	13	largely preserved
Schlatkow	Schlatkow village church		Barnim Gruneberg	1863	I / P	8th
Schlemmin	Ev. Village church		Carl August Buchholz	1841	I / P	8th	Prospect pipes were handed in for war purposes in 1917, restored by the Martin-Christian Schmidt company in 2001–2002
Starkow	St. Jürgen Church (Starkow)		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1860	II / P	17th
Steinhagen	Steinhagen village church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1863	II / P	12	Restored in 1993
Stumble on Usedom	Stolpe Church on Usedom		unknown	around 1775	I / P	7th	Conversions in the 19th century by Christian Friedrich Völkner and in 1969 by Günter Bahr
Stralsund	Heilgeistkirche		Carl August Buchholz	1829	II / P	17th	1969 extension conversion by Alexander Schuke Potsdam organ building ; Prospectus and 8 registers received from Buchholz
Stralsund	St. Jakobi Church		Wegscheider organ workshop	2023?	III / P	51	New building in the case by Christian Gottlieb Richter (1741), which is based on the previous organ by Richter and Ernst Julius Marx (1783) → Organ
Stralsund	St. Mary's Church		Friedrich Stellwagen , Wegscheider organ workshop	1659, 1999-2008	III / P	51	Housing and 550 pipes from Stellwagen preserved, rest of the reconstruction → organ
Stralsund	St. Nicholas Church		Carl August Buchholz , Wegscheider organ workshop / Johannes Klais organ building	1841, 2003-2006	III / P	56	30% from Buchholz preserved, the rest reconstructed → organ
Strasburg (Uckermark)	St. Mary		Carl August Buchholz	1845	II / P	30th	1930s and 1973 new dispositions, some registers received from Buchholz
Torgelow	Christ Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel / Paul Mehmel	1890	II / P	14th	1938 conversion by Barnim Gruneberg jr.
Trent	Church of St. Catherine		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1861	II / P	11	1999 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Tribsees	St. Thomas		Carl August Buchholz	1831	II / P	24	1996 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Vilmnitz	Maria Magdalena Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1866	II / P	10
Völschow	Völschow Church		Felix Grüneberg	1937	II / P	9	influenced by organ movement
foreshore	Church foreshore		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1875	II / P	11	1997 Restoration by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Weitenhagen	Village church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1862	I / P	9
Wolgast	St. Peter's Church		W. Sauer organ building	1988	II / P	22nd
Zemmin ( Bentzin )	Zemmin village church		Emil Kaltschmidt	around 1880	I / p	4th	behind a baroque prospectus (around 1700)
Zingst	Peter and Paul Church		W. Sauer organ building	1863	II / P	17th	New building from Sauer in the housing of Friedrich Albert Mehmel (1986).
Zirkow	St. John's Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1888	II / P	9	2001 Made playable by organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter
Zudar	St. Lawrence Church		Friedrich Albert Mehmel	1884	I / P	7th	1985 general overhaul / 2000 restoration and installation of the prospectus by the organ building and restoration workshop Rainer Wolter

See also

• Organ city of Stralsund
• List of organs in the Mecklenburg Lake District
• Organ landscape Upper Pomerania
• List of organs in Mecklenburg
• Lists of organs

literature

• Dietrich W. Prost : Organs on Rügen and Usedom. Rensch-Orgelbau-Verlag, Laufen 1998, ISBN 3-921848-34-2 .
• Martin Schulze: Pomeranian Baroque. Organs and organ cases before 1800 in Western Pomerania . In: Organ International . tape 4 , 2000, pp. 148-156 .
• Uwe Pape , Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (Eds.): Lexicon of North German Organ Builders . tape 4 : Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area including Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Pape, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-921140-06-2 .
• Dietrich W. Prost : Organ builder and organ builder in Western Pomerania . In: Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Ed.): The organ in East Germany and Poland . Kleinblittersdorf 1993, p. 15-22 .

Web links

Commons : Organs in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Organs in Western Pomerania Baltic Organ Center Stralsund

• Organs in Western Pomerania Orgeldatabase, some organs (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Baltic Organ Center: Organs in Western Pomerania , accessed on January 28, 2019.
2. ^ Organ in St. Marien Anklam , accessed on January 26, 2019.
3. ^ Organ in Görmin , accessed on January 28, 2019.
4. ↑ Die Pommersche Zeitung , No. 51/52, December 18, 2004 ( online )
5. ^ Organ Nehringen , accessed on January 28, 2019.