Paul Voelkner

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Paul Voelkner (* around 1870 in Dünnow , Western Pomerania ; † after 1945 ) was a German organ builder in Pomerania and West Prussia from 1900 to 1918.

Life

His father Christian Friedrich Voelkner had an organ building workshop in Dünnow in Western Pomerania , which his son took over around 1900. In 1906 the factory premises burned down due to arson. Paul Voelkner sold the site and built a larger company in Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) in West Prussia. In 1914 he employed 50 people there who built around 30 organs a year.

After Bromberg became Polish in 1919, Paul Voelkner sold the factory to a Polish businessman who set up a joinery there. Voelkner probably bought an estate in Garzigar in Pomerania and settled there. His further life is unknown.

Works (selection)

In Paul Voelkner's organ building company in Dünnow and Bromberg, several hundred organs were built between 1900 and around 1916, mainly in the provinces of West Prussia, Pomerania and Posen. Stylishly carved housings were characteristic. Some of them have been preserved.

year place building image Manuals register Remarks
around 1901/1902 Remscheid , Rhineland church probably not received
around 1901/1902 Dar es Salaam , German East Africa, today Tanzania German Protestant Church
1902 Schulzendorf near Gransee, Brandenburg church II / P 9 receive
1903 Rendsburg , Schleswig St. Mary Begun in 1903, further development not known, replaced by Walcker organ in 1972
1908 Neustettin (Szczecinek), Western Pomerania Church of St. Mary, today Church of the Assumption II / P 35 2014 general restoration
1908 Wannagen, East Prussia, today Vanagai, Lithuania Evangelical Lutheran Church II / P 10 2003 restoration by Gučas
1909 Kolberg (Kołobrzeg), Western Pomerania church 23
1909 Posen (Poznan) Ballroom of the Royal Academy II / P 38
1910 Środa (Środa), Greater Poland church 34
1910 Kulm (Chełmno) Franciscan Church of St. Jacob and Michael II / P 17th receive
1910 Gdansk - Langfuhr (Gdańsk) Heart of jesus 42
1911 Wriezen , Brandenburg St. Mauritius? (or St. Mary ?) II / P 18th
1911 Cutting mill (Piła) St. John 34
1911 German Crown (Wałcz) Church, today St. Nikolai II / P 22nd receive
1912 Berlin-Wilhelmshagen Tabor Church II / P 18th preserved but not playable
1912 Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), West Prussia St. Trinity 40
1912 Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) Heart of jesus 28
1912 Stolp (Słupsk), Western Pomerania St. Mary III / P 48
1912 Czersk , West Prussia church 28
1912 Lägerdorf , Holstein Luther Church II / P 13 Restored from 2016 to 2018, the only surviving Voelkner organ in Schleswig-Holstein
1912 Messow (Maszewo), Neumark church II / P 13 ? Modification ? New building by Grüneberg in 1868
1913 Posen (Poznan) Church of the Redeemer III / P ? preserved, original disposition unknown, rebuilt probably after 1945, general restoration by Drozdowicz in 2000, now III / P, 49, electro-pneumatic action
1913 Spices St. Laurence II / P 18th receive
1914 Polish Crown (Koronowo), Poznan Province Church, today the Assumption receive
1914 Attendorn , Rhineland church II / P 13 not received
1915/1916 Danzig (Gdansk) Christ Church II / P 27
1916 Rötzenhagen (Boleszewo), Western Pomerania church I / P 5 not playable
? German Crown (Wałcz) Church, today the Capuchin Church of St. Antonius II / P 27 Attribution, received

literature

  • Werner Renkewitz , Jan Janca , Hermann Fischer : History of the art of organ building in East and West Prussia from 1333 to 1944. Volume II, 2. From Johann Preuss to E. Kemper & Sohn, Lübeck / Bartenstein. Siebenquart, Cologne 2015, pp. 709f.
  • Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner: Lexicon of North German Organ Builders. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg and the surrounding area including Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017. S. 584f.
  • Hans Boldt: Dünnow as the East Pomeranian home of German church organ building. In: Ostpommersche Heimat. 1937, No. 10. ( PDF )
  • Wolfgang J. Brylla: Organmistrz Paul Voelkner z Bydgoszczy. In: Organy i muzyka organowa. Volume VII. Gdańsk 1988.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Between 1909 and 1912, 117 new organs were recorded in a list. No other comprehensive overviews are known.
  2. ↑ Newspaper for Hinterpommern from May 15, 1903, quoted in Hans Boldt: Dünnow as East Pomeranian home of German church organ building. In: Ostpommersche Heimat. 1937, No. 10. PDF , in it also mentioned previous organs in Remscheid and Dar es Salaam
  3. ↑ Szczecinek, Kościół Narodzenia NMP MudicamSacram, with history and disposition (Polish)
  4. ↑ Organ Orgdatabase, with disposition (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Chełmno, Kościoł św. Jakuba i św. Mikołaja (pofracziskański) MusicamSacram, with disposition
  6. ↑ Organ Wirtualne Centrum Organowe, with disposition (Polish)
  7. ↑ Bydgoszcz, Herz-Jesu-Kirche organy.pro (Polish)
  8. ^ Organs church district, with disposition
  9. ^ Organ Lägerdorf SPD Dithmarschen
  10. ↑ Poznań, Kościół Najświętczego Zbawiciela Musicam Sacram (Polish)
  11. ↑ Koronowo, Bazlika Wnębożecia NMP MusicamSacram (Polish)
  12. ↑ Wałcz, Kościół sw.Antoniego MusicamSacram, with disposition (Polish)
  13. ↑ Organ Wirtualne Centrum Organowe, with disposition (Polish)
personal data
SURNAME Voelkner, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES PB Voelkner (company name); Völkner, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organ builder in Pomerania and West Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH around 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Dünnow
DATE OF DEATH after 1945