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Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 28 September 2016.

Photo: Giel Daems

Augsburg, Deutschland (Bayern) - Hohe Domkirche Sankt Mariä Heimsuchung, Marienorgel
Municipal: Augsburg
Region:Schwaben
Address: Hoher Weg 30, 86152, Augsburg
Website: https://bistum-augsburg.de/Pfarreien/Hlgst.-Herz-Jesu_Augsburg-Dom/Der-Dom

Description nr.: 2009961.

Built by: Orgelbauwerkstatt März (1904)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1904 Orgelbauwerkstatt März  new organ
1984 Orgelbau Kubak  restoration

  • The Domkirche in Augsburg has the main organ located on the epistle side of the choir. In 1903-04 it was built by Franz März from Munich. He designed a classical Gothic organ case. On the site where the organ was built, there was already an organ from 1718, built by Johann Bez and renovated in the years 1846-1850 by Joseph Bohl. In those years it also had a new neo-gothic front. This prospect from 1850 has been transferred to the south aisle of the church and has been preserved there. In the church, an organ was also built on the gospel side of the choir in 1742 by Johann Baptist Kronthaler. This organ was donated to the parish church in Neu-Ulm in 1860.
  • In 1984, a restoration has been carried out by the company Kubak.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- I. Manual14
- II. Manual14
- Pedal9
Total number of stops37
Key actionPneumatic
Stop actionPneumatic
Windchest(s)Cone chests

Specification
I. Manual (C-g'''): Principal 16', Bourdon 16', Principal 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Doppelflöte 8', Salicional 8', Gedeckt 8', Octav 4', Gemshorn 4', Rohrflöte 4', Rauschquinte 2 2/3' + 2'', Kornett 5 fach (8') (from c°), Mixtur 5 fach (2'), Trompete 8'.
II. Manual (C-g'''): Salicional 16', Geigenprincipal 8', Tibia 8', Lieblichgedeckt 8', Aeoline 8', Vox Coeleste 8' (from c°), Dolce 8', Viola Pomposa 8', Violine 8', Principal 4', Traversflöte 4', Flautino 2', Harmonia Aethera 3 fach (2 2/3'), Fagott & Clarinette 8'.
Pedal (C-d'): Principalbaß 16', Violon 16', Subbaß 16', Salicetbaß 16', Quintbaß 10 2/3', Octavbaß 8', Cello 8', Posaune 16', Clairon 4'.
Couplers: I. Manual - II. Manual, Pedal - I. Manual, Pedal - II. Manual, Oberoktavkoppel I. Manual - II. Manual, Unteroktavkoppel I. Manual - II. Manual, Oberoktavkoppel II. Manual, Unteroktavkoppel II. Manual.
Accessories: 2 freie Kombinationen, 5 feste Kombinationen (pp - p - mf - f - ff), Tutti, Rohwerke Ab, Crescendo-Walze.

Literature
  • Historische Orgeln in Schwaben / Hermann Fischer, Theodor Wohnhaas. - München ; Zürich : Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 1982. - (Veröffentlichtung der Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde ; 94).
  • Die Maerz-Orgel im Dom zu Augsburg / H. Fischer, Th. Wohnhaas. - In: Ars Organi, 33. Jhg., Heft 4, Dezember 1985.
  • 25 Jahre Orgelbauwerkstatt Rudolf Kubak Augsburg : Firmenjubilaeum 1986 / Rudolf Kubak. - Augsburg : Rudolf Kubak Orgelbauwerkstatt, 1986.
  • Orgeln in Schwaben / Georg Brenninger. - München : Bruckmann, 1986.
  • Berühmte Orgeln : Meisterwerke europäischer Orgelbauer / Ursula und Ulrich Rüge. - Hamburg : Nikol Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1994.
  • Ars Organi 4/1998.
Recordings
  • Claudia Waßner spielt Werke von Karl Kraft an der historischen Marienorgel im Hohen Dom zu Augsburg / Claudia Waßner. - CD. - 2012
  • Süddeutsche Orgelromantik / Klaus Linsenmeyer. - Motette-Ursina 11151 M (CD). - 1988.

Photo: Giel Daems. Date: June 2000.
Photo: Giel Daems
Photo: Giel Daems. Date: 28 September 2016.
Photo: Giel Daems
Oude front uit 1850 in de zuidbeuk. Photo: Giel Daems. Date: June 2000.
Photo: Giel Daems