Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel

The organ town of Brandenburg an der Havel includes historical and modern organs from the 18th to the 21st century. The Wagner organ from 1725 in the cathedral is considered to be one of the most important preserved historical organs in the Mark Brandenburg . The organ by Johann Wilhelm Grüneberg from 1793 in the church in Plaue has largely been preserved. The Sauer organ in the Katharinenkirche from 1898 also has a baroque prospectus by Joachim Wagner from 1726. There are also newer instruments from the organ building companies Schuke , Jehmlich and Sauer .

St. Peter and Paul Cathedral

Main organ

Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel
General
alternative name	Main organ
place	St. Peter and Paul Cathedral
Organ builder	Joachim Wagner
Construction year	1723-1725
epoch	Baroque
Organ landscape	Brandenburg
Illustrations
Technical specifications
Number of pipes	2010
Number of registers	33
Number of manuals	2

The organ in the cathedral comes mainly from Joachim Wagner and was built between 1723 and 1725. The prospectus was created by Johann Georg Glume , a student of Andreas Schlueter . The bass pipes are carried by figures of the patron saints as atlases in protruding projections .

The organ has 33 registers (2010 pipes) on two manuals and pedal . In the years 1997–1999 the instrument was restored by Schuke (Potsdam).

Disposition

I Hauptwerk C, D – c 3 1. Principal 8th' 2. Drone 16 ′ 3. Viola di gamba 8th' 4th Reed flute 8th' 5. Quintadena 8th' 6th Octav 4 ′ 7th Pointed flute 4 ′ 8th. Quinta 3 ′ 9. Octav 2 ′ 10. Cornett V 11. Scharff V 12. Cimbel III 13. Trumpet 8th'

II upper structure C, D – c 3 14th Principal 8th' 15th Quintadena 16 ′ 16. Salicional 8th' 17th Dumped 8th' 18th Octav 4 ′ 19th Reed flute 4 ′ 20th Nassat 3 ′ 21st Octav 2 ′ 22nd Tertia 2 ′ 23. Sif flute 1' 24. Mixture IV 25th Vox humana 8th'

Pedal C, D – c 1 26th Principal 16 ′ 27. Violon 16 ′ 28. Gemshorn 8th' 29 Quinta 6 ′ 30th Octav 4 ′ 31. Mixture VI 32. trombone 16 ′ 33. Trumpet 8th'

Playing aids: valves (to the main work, upper work, pedal), tremulant, cymbal stars, calcant bell

Choir organ

Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel
General
alternative name	Choir organ
place	St. Peter and Paul Cathedral
Organ builder	Schuke
Construction year	1951
epoch	20th century
Organ landscape	GDR
Technical specifications
Number of registers	8 (shared)
Number of manuals	1

There is also a choir organ in the cathedral , which was built by Schuke from Potsdam in 1951. A sliding chest from the 18th century was used.

The organ has 8 divided registers, with a manual and attached pedal.

Manual C – c 3 Dumped 8th' divided Reed flute 4 ' divided Principal 2 ' divided Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ' divided Octave 1' divided Tertian 2 fold 1 3 ⁄ 5  ' divided Scharff 3–4 times divided Cymbal flute 1 part 2 ⁄ 11 divided Tremulant

Pedal C – d 1 attached

Technical specifications

• Mechanical action and stop action
• 18th century slider shop
• Wind pressure: 55 mm
• Coupling: Pedal Coupler

St. Gotthardt

Main organ

Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel
General
alternative name	Main organ
place	St. Gotthardt
Organ builder	Schuke organ building
Construction year	1979-1986
epoch	20th century
Organ landscape	GDR
Illustrations
Technical specifications
Number of registers	44
Number of manuals	3

The Gotthardtkirche owns an organ from Schuke Orgelbau from 1979 to 1986 with 44 registers and three manuals and pedal . This had replaced the Sauer organ from 1904/06 with a prospectus by Joachim Wagner from 1737, which was destroyed in a church fire in 1972.

history

From 1553 to 1554/1557 Jacob Scherer built an organ for the Gotthardt Church. In 1707, Arp Schnitger gave it a certificate. From 1736 to 1737 Joachim Wagner built a new instrument. The bellows stood in the cross-vaulted room above the tower porch.

From 1904 to 1906 the organ building company W. Sauer replaced the organ while keeping the baroque prospectus. The toy manufacturer Ernst Paul Lehmann was the founder. The bellows with the motor were placed in the space above the old bellows space. The old one was used for the church library.

On May 5, 1972, the organ with the valuable baroque prospectus was destroyed in a fire in the church. In 1979 the Schuke company from Potsdam started with a completely new building. The restorer Fritz Leweke (1901–2001) created the prospectus. The new instrument was inaugurated on September 7, 1986.

Disposition

The organ has 44 stops on three manual works and a pedal. The game and stop action are mechanical, there are slide chests. The disposition is.

I Rückpositiv Cg 3 1. Wooden dacked 8th' 2. Quintadena 8th' 3. Principal 4 ′ 4th Reed flute 4 ′ 5. Sesquialtera II 6th octave 2 ′ 7th Pointed flute 2 ′ 8th. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 9. Scharff IV 10. Vox humana 8th' Tremulant

II Hauptwerk C – g 3 11. Dumped 16 ′ 12. Principal 8th' 13. Reed flute 8th' 14th Viola da gamba 8th' 15th octave 4 ′ 16. Gemshorn 4 ′ 17th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 18th octave 2 ′ 19th Mixture IV 20th Scharff V 21st Trumpet 8th'

III Swell C – g 3 22nd Drone 16 ′ 23. Violin principal 8th' 24. Dumped 8th' 25th Salizional 8th' 26th octave 4 ′ 27. recorder 4 ′ 28. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 29 Forest flute 4 ′ 30th third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 31. Sif flute 1' 32. Mixture V 33. Dulcian 16 ′ 34. oboe 8th' Tremulant

Pedals C – g 1 35. Principal 16 ′ 36. Sub-bass 16 ′ 37. octave 8th' 38. Bass flute 8th' 39. octave 4 ′ 40. Flat flute 2 ′ 41. Mixture V 42. trombone 16 ′ 44. Trumpet 8th' 44. Clairon 4 ′

• Coupling: I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Choir organ

Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel
General
place	St. Gotthardt
Organ builder	Yes
Construction year	1972
epoch	20th century
Organ landscape	GDR
Technical specifications
Number of registers	4th
Number of manuals	1

The choir organ was built in 1972 by the Jehmlich company from Dresden. It has four registers with a manual and an attached pedal. The disposition is

Manual C– Dumped 8th' Reed flute 4 ' Principal 2 ' Mixture 3 times

Pedal C– attached

Technical specifications

• Mechanical action and stop action
• Slider chests

St. Catherine's

Main organ

Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel
General
alternative name	Main organ
place	St. Catherine's
Organ builder	Wilhelm Sauer
Construction year	1898
Last renovation / restoration	1937 Schuke 1993 Schuke 2019 Schuke
epoch	romance
Organ landscape	Brandenburg
Illustrations
Technical specifications
Number of registers	48
Number of manuals	3

The organ was built in 1898 by the organ builder Wilhelm Sauer from Frankfurt / Oder. The richly decorated case that Johann Georg Glume made in 1726 was used. The bass pipes are carried by atlases in swinging risalits .

history

From 1725 to 1726 Joachim Wagner built an organ with 35 registers on three manuals and a pedal. In 1855 repairs were carried out by Gesell & Schultze.

In 1898 Wilhelm Sauer built a new plant in the old case. The prospect pipes were preserved. In 1937 the instrument was repaired (renewed) by the Schuke organ builder from Potsdam. In 1993 the same company carried out a general overhaul with slight changes to the layout and installed a new gaming table. Another restoration by Schuke with an extension is planned for 2019.

Disposition

The instrument has 48 stops on three manuals and a pedal. The game and stop actions are electro-pneumatic, with a cone chest .

I main work CD – c 3 1. Principal 16 ′ 2. Principal 8th' 3. Reed flute 8th' 4th Gemshorn 8th' 5. Nasat 5 1 ⁄ 3  ′ 6th octave 4 ′ 7th Night horn 4 ′ 8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 9. octave 2 ′ 10. Mixture III 11. Sharff VI 12. Trumpet 16 ′ 13. Trumpet 8th'

II Oberwerk CD – c 3 14th Dumped 8th' 15th Quintadena 8th' 16. Principal 4 ′ 17th Reed flute 4 ′ 18th Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 19th octave 2 ′ 20th Forest flute 2 ′ 21st Sif flute 1' 22nd Sesquialtera II 23. Scharff IV 24. Rankett 16 ′ 25th Krummhorn 8th' Tremulant

III Swell CD – c 3 26th Quintad 16 ′ 27. Principal 8th' 28. Coupling flute 8th' 29 Salizional 8th' 30th octave 4 ′ 31. Pommer 4 ′ 32. Night horn 2 ′ 33. Mixture V 34. Cymbel III 35. bassoon 16 ′ 36. Hopper shelf 8th' 37. Schalmey 4 ′ Tremulant

Pedal mechanism CD – c 3 38. Contrabass 32 ′ 39. Principal 16 ′ 40. Sub bass 16 ′ 41. octave 8th' 42. Bass flute 8th' 43. octave 4 ′ 44. Peasant flute 2 ′ 45. Mixture VIII 46. trombone 16 ′ 47. Trumpet 8th' 48. Clairon 4 ′

• Coupling : II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P (also as super octave coupling)
• Playing aids : 64-fold electronic setting system, crescendo roller

Choir organ

Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel
General
alternative name	Choir organ
place	St. Catherine's
Organ builder	Yes
Construction year	1957
Last renovation / restoration	2005 Jörg Dutschke
epoch	20th century
Organ landscape	GDR
Illustrations
Technical specifications
Number of registers	12
Number of manuals	2

The choir organ was built in 1957 by Jehmlich Orgelbau from Dresden for the Paulikapelle . In 2005 it was transferred to the Katharinenkirche by Jörg Dutschke from Salzwedel.

The organ has 12 registers on two manuals and a pedal. The playing and stop actions are mechanical, with sliding drawers

The disposition is

I. Manual C– Principal 8th' Wooden flute 8th' recorder 4 ' octave 2 ' Mixture 4 times

II. Manual C– Dumped 8th' Principal 4 ' Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ' Trumpet 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C– Sub-bass 16 ' Principal bass 8th' Thought bass 8th'

• Coupling : I / II, P / I, P / II

Plaue

Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel
General
place	Protestant Church Plaue
Organ builder	Johann Wilhelm Gruneberg
Construction year	1793
Last renovation / restoration	1814 1912 Emil Heerwagen 1984 Ulrich Fahlberg 2000–2003 Christian Scheffler
epoch	Baroque
Organ landscape	Brandenburg
Technical specifications
Number of registers	17th
Number of manuals	2

The organ in the Protestant church in Plaue was built in 1793 by Johann Wilhelm Grüneberg and is the second oldest preserved in the urban area of ​​Brandenburg.

It was originally built for the St. John's Church and had 15 stops with a manual and a pedal. The disposition was

manual Drone 16 ' Gedact 8th' Principal 4 ' Reed flute 4 ' Nassat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ' Octav 2 ' Forest flute 2 ' Sif flute 1' Cornett 3 fold Mixture 3 times Trumpet 8 '(descant)

pedal Sub bass 16 ' violoncello 8th' Octav 4 ' trombone 8th'

• Coupling: Pedal Coupler

In 1806 the organ was relocated from the Johanniskirche, as it was to serve as a storage room for the Napoleonic troops. In 1814 King Friedrich Wilhelm III. the instrument to the church in Plaue. In 1845 Johann Friedrich Turley carried out repair and restoration work. In 1912 Emil Heerwagen expanded the instrument with a second manual to II / P, 17. In 1984 Ulrich Fahlberg restored the organ, and from 2000 to 2003 Christian Scheffler . She now has the following disposition.

Main work Drone 16 ' Principal 8th' 1912 Dumped 8th' Octave 4 ' 1912 Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ' Octave 2 ' 1912 third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ' 1912 Cornet 3 fold (treble) Mixture 3 times

Upper work flute 8th' 1912 Dolce 4 ' 1912 Salizet 2 ', 1984 Siffiote 1' 1984

pedal Sub bass 16 ' Violon bass 8th' 1912 Octavbass 4 ' Principal 2 ' 1984

• Coupling: manual coupling, pedal / main work
• Mechanical action and stop action
• Slider chests

Holy Trinity

The Catholic parish church of the Holy Trinity has an organ from Schuke Orgelbau from 1968 with 7 stops on a manual and pedal. In 2018 she decided to buy an instrument from Christ Church in Woking , England , which Alfred Hunter & Son had built in 1909. The organ has three manuals with pedal and 32 sounding registers and should be built by 2026.

New Apostolic Church

Organ city of Brandenburg on the Havel
General
place	New Apostolic Church
Organ builder	W. Sauer organ building (Opus 2276)
Construction year	2011
epoch	21st century
Organ landscape	Brandenburg
Illustrations
Technical specifications
Number of registers	17th
Number of manuals	2

The New Apostolic Church has had an organ made by W. Sauer from Mühlrose since 2011 . This replaced a previous Schuke instrument that had stood here since 1957 and had 6 stops with a manual and pedal .

The main work and pedal work were taken over from the dismantled organ of the New Apostolic Church in Berlin-Mahlsdorf, the swell work was newly added. The console is connected to the instrument via an electrical control line. The organ has 17 stops on two manuals and a pedal. The disposition is

I Hauptwerk C – g 3 1. Principal 8th' 2. Dumped 8th' 3. Salicional 8th' 4th Octave 4 ′ 5. Pointed flute 2 ′ 6th Mixture II-III

II Swell C – g 3 7th Reed flute 8th' 8th. Ital. Principal 4 ′ 9. flute 4 ′ 10. Nasat 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ 11. Flautino 2 ′ 12. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ 13. Sif flute 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 14th Sub bass 16 ′ 15th Octavbass 8th' 16. Bass flute 8th' 17th Choral bass 4 ′

Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P, Sub II, Sub II / I,

Setter combination 2 × 64 fold

Technical specifications

• Wind chest system: electric cone chest
• Tone and stop action: electric
• Tuning pitch: 440 Hz at 20 ° C

Christ Church

The Protestant Christ Church has a positive by Alexander Schuke Orgelbau from 1993 with four registers.

Advent Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church owns an organ from Schuke Orgelbau from 1972 with 6 stops on a manual and pedal.

Web links

Commons : Organs in Brandenburg an der Havel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Organs in Brandenburg an der Havel Orgeldatabase (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Wagner organ in the Brandenburg Cathedral. Brandenburg Cathedral Monastery.
2. ↑ References Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau GmbH, with disposition
3. ↑ A general cleaning and tuning as well as repair of the wind chests were carried out in 2014 by the same company. Queen with qualities: Wagner organ sounds again. In: Märkische Allgemeine . August 28, 2014,
4. ↑ Herbert Schultze: Organ Projects 1942-1978. A contribution to the art of organ disposition and mensuration. With the participation of Karl Theodor Kühn. Karl H. Henssel Verlag, Berlin 1979.
5. ↑ Brandenburg, St. Peter and Paul Cathedral with history and disposition (Dutch)
6. ↑ Wolf Bergelt : Organ builder. In: Organ Landscape Brandenburg. Retrieved January 8, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Ibo Ortgies : Schnitger . In: Uwe Pape , Wolfram Hackel (Hrsg.): Lexikon Norddeutscher Orgelbauer. Volume 3. Saxony-Anhalt. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2015, p. 507.
8. ^ L. Dihm: The restoration of the St. Gotthard Church in Brandenburg ad Havel . In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Vol. 32 (1912) No. 43, pp. 269–274, here p. 274 online access
9. ^ L. Dihm: The restoration of the St. Gotthard Church in Brandenburg ad Havel :. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Vol. 32 (1912) No. 43, pp. 269–274 and No. 44, pp. 277–280, here pp. 273, 279 online access
10. ↑ Marcus Alert: 1,600 euros for the Schuke organ. Märkische Allgemeine, January 12, 2016, accessed on May 1, 2019 . 
11. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) St. Gotthardt parish
12. ↑ organ (Dutch)
13. ↑ organ (Dutch)
14. ↑ Looking behind the organs. Märkische Oderzeitung from June 11, 2014.
15. ↑ Record order for organ builder Schuke. Potsdam latest news from November 6, 2018
16. ↑ Brandenburg an der Havel, St. Katharinen Orgeldatabase, with history and disposition (Dutch).
17. ↑ Brandenburg an der Havel, St. Katharinen choir organ, organ database, with history and disposition (Dutch)
18. ↑ Plaue, Church with History and Dispositions (Dutch)
19. ↑ Brandenburg an der Havel, Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, brief details (Dutch)
20. ↑ Saving a valuable organ from Brexit. Meeting point Brandenburg on March 3, 2019.
21. ↑ The Christ Church Organ History and Disposition (p. 6f.), Probably an offer to buy the organ (only an indirect location, English, pdf)
22. ↑ Organ 1957 (Dutch)
23. ^ The organ of the New Apostolic Church Brandenburg