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Photo: Orgelbau Jehmlich.

Photo: Orgelbau Jehmlich

Zwickau, Deutschland (Sachsen) - Katharinenkirche
Municipal: Zwickau
Address: Katharinenstraße, 08056, Zwickau
Website: https://www.stadtkirchgemeinde.de/

Description nr.: 2078421.

Built by: Jehmlich Orgelbau (1929) - opus 439
Demolished (1967)


The Katharinenkirche in Zwickau is a former monastery church of a nunnery. In the years 1517-1525 the building was converted for the Protestant religion. In 1894 the organ of the church was rebuilt by the firm of Jehmlich and expanded with sixteen stops. This organ was replaced in 1927-1928 by a new Jehmlich organ with 56 registers. The Jehmlich firm built a new organ with nineteen stops in 1967.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- I. Manual18 (16)
- II. Manual (Schwellwerk)15
- III. Manual (Schwellwerk)15
- Pedal11 (9)
Total number of stops59 (55)
Key actionElectropneumatic
Stop actionElectropneumatic
Windchest(s)Membrane chests, Cone chests

Specification
I. Manual (C-a'''): Bordun 16', Principal 8', Konzertflöte 8', Rohrflöte 8', Viola da Gamba 8', Dolce 8', Gemshorn 8', Quintatön 8', Oktave 4', Flöte 4', Quinte 2 2/3' - Auszug, Oktave 2' - Auszug, Rauschquinte 2 fach (2 2/3'+2'), Kornett 3-4 fach, Mixtur 4 fach, Fagott 16', Trompete 8', Klarine 4'.
II. Manual (Schwellwerk) (C-a'''): Gedackt 16', Principal 8', Wienerflöte 8', Hohlflöte 8', Gedackt 8', Fugara 8', Salicional 8', Oktave 4', Rohrflöte 4', Nasat 2 2/3', Oktave 2', Terz 1 3/5', Sifflöte 1', Mixtur 3-4 fach, Oboe 8'.
III. Manual (Schwellwerk) (C-a'''): Quintatön 16', Geigenprincipal 8', Traversflöte 8', Schwebeflöte 8', Lieblich Gedackt 8', Viola 8', Violine 8', Aeoline 8', Vox Coelestis 8', Spitzflöte 4', Fugara 4', Flautino 2', Harmonia Aetherea 3-4 fach, Trompette Harmonique 8', Clarinette 8'.
Pedal (C-f'): Principalbass 16', Subbass 16', Gedacktbass 16' - transmission, Violonbass 16', Quintbass 10 2/3', Oktavbass 8', Gedacktbass 8' - transmission, Violoncellobass 8', Bassflöte 4', Posaune 16', Trompete 8'.
Couplers: I. Manual - II. Manual, I. Manual - II. Manual Suboktav, I. Manual - II. Manual Superoktav, I. Manual - III. Manual, I. Manual - III. Manual Superoktav, II. Manual - III. Manual, II. Manual - III. Manual Suboktav, II. Manual - III. Manual Superoktav, Pedal - I. Manual, Pedal - II. Manual, Pedal - III. Manual, Pedal - III. Manual Super, I. Manual - I. Manual Superoktav, II. Manual - II. Manual Superoktav, III. Manual - III. Manual Superoktav, Generalkoppel.
Accessories: 4 freie Kombinationen, 5 feste Kombinationen (p - mf - f - ff - tutti), Crescendo-Walze, Rohrwerke ab.

Literature
  • Orgelbau-Nachrichten. - In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 14. Jahrg. No. 21, 21. April 1894.
  • Orgelbau-Nachrichten. - In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 14. Jahrg. No. 27, 21. Juni 1894.
  • Die Orgelbauerfamilie Jehmlich und ihre Werke / Frank-Harald Greß. - Altenburg : Kamprad Verlag, 2023.