Paul Butow

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Paul Bütow (born December 31, 1854 in Koenigsberg in the Neumark , † March 30, 1926 in Koenigsberg in the Neumark) was a German organ builder in the Neumark .

Life

Paul Bütow was born as the son of the organ builder Friedrich Carl Wilhelm Bütow and Willemine Elisabeth Teppern . He learned the trade of organ building in his father's workshop before going on a hike. It is assumed that the construction of his organs can be traced back to the training of his future teacher Wilhelm Sauer , Frankfurt (Oder) . In contrast to his father, he also built cone shop organs, the organ in the church of Groß Lindow is probably his masterpiece. After his father's death, he continued his workshop in Königsberg, and in 1897 lived with his mother in an apartment at Klosterstrasse 276. It was not until 1902, when he married Martha Heckendorf , who was twenty years his junior , that he moved to Klosterstrasse 28. Da moved The workshop rooms were located in the monastery, they had to be cleared in 1925 when the building was sold. Many records were lost because it was reported that Paul Bütow had the habit of noting many events on the walls of the workshop. He was a talented organ builder, but not a businessman, so that he had only made a modest living. In addition to his new buildings, he was primarily occupied with repairs, maintenance and organ modifications. His last repair in the French Reformed Church in Schwedt / Oder brought him into considerable economic difficulties due to inflation. He couldn't buy any more material for lack of money and so the master organ builder Max Emil Albert Kienscherf from Eberswalde had to complete the repairs. The organ building history of the Bütow family ended with his death in 1926, as their son Hans Bütow (born September 15, 1905 in Königsberg, missing in East Prussia since November 1, 1944 ) preferred to become a teacher. He became known as a local researcher on the history of Neumark and also wrote several articles, including about churches and their organs.

Works (selection)

Paul Bütow is known to have built 6 new organs, as well as conversions and repairs in Neumark and neighboring areas. Only parts of Groß Lindow and Neuenhagen have survived .

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
1876 Great Lindow church II / P 10 probably the first organ, mechanical cone chests, partially preserved, restored in 2005 by Schuke
1880 Theeren (Tchórzno) church I / P 4th mechanical cone shop
1898 Butterfelde (Przyjezierze) church I / P 6th mechanical cone shop
1899 Flemsdorf , Uckermark church I / P 8th Reconstruction using the original parts by Joachim Wagner from 1745, mechanical grinding and cone chests, baroque case and few parts preserved
around 1901 Rehdorf (Stoki) church I. 4th Positive , mechanical cone shop
around 1902 Neuenhagen , Neumark church II / P 12 mechanical cone shop, 2011 restoration of the only almost completely preserved Paul Bütow organ, badly damaged by fire in 2013, repairs planned
1909 Zorndorf (Sarbinowo) church II / P 10 pneumatic cone chests, replaces the previous organ from 1839 by CF Landow
1914 Alt Drewitz (Stare Drzewice) church II / P 14th Pneumatic cone store, replaces the previous organ from 1840 by Lang & Dinse

literature

  • Karl Richter: The Bütow organ building workshop in Königsberg / Nm. A contribution to the history of the Brandenburg country organ building. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-8059-4 . abstract
  • Karl Richter: The Bütow organ building workshop in Königsberg. In: Rocznik Chojeński 2012. pp. 109–118. PDF

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German War Graves Commission D4621556.
  2. ^ Gazeta Chojeńska .
  3. ↑ Hans Bütow: The Jerusalem Chapel and the Jerusalem or Holy Cross Hospital in Königsberg / Nm. In: The Neumark. Yearbook of the Association for History of the Neumark. Jg. 7, 1930, ZDB -ID 500751-3 , pp. 127-144.
  4. ^ Hans Bütow: Small and large Wubiser. In: Königsberg district calendar. 1928, ZDB ID 849026-0 .
  5. ^ Karl Richter: The Bütow organ building workshop in Königsberg / Nm. A contribution to the history of the Brandenburg country organ building. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2010. P. 63ff. New organs, p. 19ff. Repairs and modifications
  6. ^ Festive service for the Bütow organ in Groß Lindow Alte Kirchen, MOZ, press review, 2005
  7. ↑ The Neuenhagener Organ Organ Förderverein island Neuenhagen
personal data
SURNAME Butow, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buettow
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder in Neumark
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg in the Neumark
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1926
Place of death Koenigsberg in the Neumark