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Jägersdorf, Deutschland (Thüringen) - Evangelische Kirche
Municipal: Schöps
Address: Jägersdorf, 07768, Schöps bei Jena

Description nr.: 2019893.

Built by: Christian August Gerhardt (1797)
Destroyed by fire (2002)

YearBuilderOpusActivity
1797 Christian August Gerhardt  new organ
1892 Ernst Poppe & Sohn  maintenance/reparations
1989 Norbert Sperschneider  restoration

  • In 1797 Christian August Gerhardt built a new organ for the village church in Jägersdorf. The Poppe company overhauled the instrument in 1892. In 1917 the old prospect pipes were requisitioned and later replaced by zinc ones. Norbert Sperschneider started a restoration in 1989. There were two open spaces on the wind chest of the manual.
  • On September 17, 2002, a fire broke out in the church, resulting in the loss of the organ.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Manual6
- Pedal2
Total number of stops8
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Manual (CD-c'''): Gedackt 8', Principal 4', Gedackt 4', Quinte 2 2/3', Principal 2', Mixtur 2 fach.
Pedal (CD-c'): Subbaß 16', Principalbaß 8'.
Couplers: Pedalkoppel.

Literature
  • Orgeln im Bezirk Gera : Eine Übersicht über die Orgellandschaft Ostthüringen / Hartmut Haupt. - Gera : Rat des Bezirkes Gera, Abt. Kultur, 1989.
  • Orgeln in Ost- und Südthüringen / Hartmut Haupt. - [Erfurt] : Thüringische Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, 1995. - (Arbeitshefte des Thüringischen Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege ; 1).