Thumhart

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Thumhart is the name of a widespread family of violin makers from the Upper Palatinate.

Family table

Only the instrument makers are named; the baptism dates are given.

  1. Wolfgang Dumbhart, 1650 - January 12, 1716; First mentioned in 1690 as "Tagwerker und peregrinus" in Gärmersdorf near Amberg , from 1691 in Stamsried
    1. Johann Martin Thumhart ( Stamsried ), November 12, 1691 - August 13, 1762
      1. Georg ( Cham ), April 6, 1715 - March 1, 1765
        1. Johann Sebastian (Cham), August 10, 1751 - April 10, 1808
      2. Georg Anton (Stamsried), March 6, 1717 - March 26, 1797
        1. Stephan I ( Straubing ), December 21, 1750 - December 26, 1817
          1. Stephan II ( Munich ), August 17, 1786 - April 20, 1845
          2. Peter I (Munich), August 3, 1792 - February 4, 1824
            1. Peter II (Munich), February 28, 1818 - November 18, 1840
          3. Alois (Straubing), May 25, 1794 - July 22, 1829
          4. Eleven other children
        2. Johann ( Ingolstadt ), October 21, 1752
          1. Joseph (Ingolstadt)
            1. Franz Xaver (Ingolstadt, from 1847 he took over the workshop of Stephan II in Munich), October 2, 1815 - May 18, 1876
              1. Joseph (Munich), February 16, 1841 - July 26, 1888
                1. Xaver (Munich), July 3, 1876; until 1904 in Munich
                2. Two more children
              2. Daughter Babette
        3. Johann Georg ( Amberg ), May 3, 1757. 1780 acquisition of civil rights in Amberg, † after 1796 in Amberg.
          1. Simon (Amberg), August 28, 1788, † after 1824 there
            1. Stephan (Amberg), May 27, 1816 - July 1, 1850
            2. Four more children
          2. Eleven other children
        4. Eight more children
      3. Johann, March 5, 1738
      4. Five more children
    2. Johannes Thumhart, August 13, 1699 - August 25, 1748
    3. Andreas Thumhart, February 2, 1703
    4. Five more children

Instruments

  • Johann (1752), Ingolstadt

five violins, privately owned

  • Johann Georg (1757). On the mountain
    • Violin 1787, private property in Regensburg
    • Violin?, Private property, Regensburg
    • Viola 1796, Amberg City Museum
  • Alois Thumhart (1794), Straubing
    • Two violins (1825, 1828) each privately owned in Regensburg
    • Two zithers (around 1825), Gäubodenmuseum Straubing
  • Stephan Thumhart (1786), Munich
    • Viola 1824, private property, Munich
    • Five double basses, small model, all around 1835
    • Double bass, large model, around 1835

literature

  • Stefan Buchner: The Thumharts. A family of violin makers in southern Germany, life and work . State University of Music and Theater, approval thesis for the 1st state examination, Munich 1986