Gottlieb Heise (23 March 1785 – 20 June 1847) was a German organ builder. In 1894, the renowned Schuke company later named Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau emerged from his Potsdam workshop.
Life Born in Querfurt, Electorate of Saxony, Heise was trained by Georg Christian Knecht in Tübingen. In 1820, he went to Potsdam and opened an organ workshop at 50 Charlottenstraßein the GDR-era Wilhelm-Pieck-Straße, renamed back in 1991 Heise was held in high esteem by the Prussian government, which promoted him. After his death in 1847, Carl Ludwig Gesell, who had previously been Heise's first assistant for eight years, took over the company. .Gottlieb Heise Institut für Orgelforschung
Carl Schultze, Friedrich Hermann Lütkemüller, Friedrich Kienscherf and probably also Georg Mickley were among his students.
Heise died in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia at the age of 62.
Buildings (selection) Today, 30 new organs are known to have been built by Gottlieb Heise, mainly in the Mittelmark region, as well as rebuilds and repairs.Heise, Gottlieb Some smaller instruments have been preserved.
New organ buildings Year Location Building Picture Manual Casing Notes 1828 Kloster Lehnin Klosterkirche St. Marien I/P 11 First known new organ, replaced around 1975.Lehnin, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Evangelische Klosterkirche Sankt Marien, Orgeldatabase (Dutch) 1834 Tarmow Village church I/P 8 Preserved 1835 Annenwalde Dorfkirche I/P 8 RestoredAnnenwalde, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Evangelische Kirche ('Schinkel-Kirche'), Orgeldatabase, with Disposition (Dutch)Templin/Annenwalde, Dorfkirche, auf organindex.de 1836 Rüdersdorf Church II/P 12 Preserved?Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Evangelische Hoffnungskirche, Orgeldatabase (Dutch) 1836 Herzberg (Mark) Church 1837 Potsdam St. Nikolai Extended by Wilhelm Sauer in 1908 to II/P, 26, destroyed in 1945.Potsdam, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Nikolaikirche, Orgeldatabase, with Disposition (Durch) 1840 Neuruppin Klosterkirche St. Trinitatis II/P 22 Not preserved.Neuruppin, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Evangelische Klosterkirche Sankt Trinitatis, Orgeldatabase 1840 Schönerlinde Village church I/P 12 Replaced in 1931.Schönerlinde, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Dorfkirche, Orgeldatabase 1841 Freyenstein St. Marien I/P 13 Preserved.Freyenstein, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Marienkirche Orgeldatabase 1841 Perwenitz Village church I/P 8 Preserved 1841 Michelsdorf St. Michaelis I/P 6 Preserved.Michelsdorf in Brandenburg, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Sankt Michaeliskirche, Orgeldatabase, with Disposition 1842 Lütte near Belzig Kirche I/P 8 Preserved 1844 Sacrow bei Potsdam Heilandskirche 1844 Friesack Church II/P 17 Destroyed in 1945.Friesack, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Evangelische Kirche, Orgeldatabase 1845 Zerpenschleuse Village church I/P 9 Preserved.Zerpenschleuse, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Dorfkirche, Orgeldatabase, mit Disposition 1846 Mariendorf bei Berlin Dorfkirche 1846 Nieder Neuendorf Dorfkirche I/P 5 Preserved 1846 Village church I 5 Preserved 1846 Frankfurt (Oder) Museum Viadrina I/P 8 Frankfurt an der Oder, Deutschland (Brandenburg) – Museum Viadriana, Heise-Orgel, Orgeldatabase, with Disposition (Dutch) 1847 Potsdam Friedenskirche II/P 18 Last known new organ, extended and rebuilt several times; preserved ? Woxfelde, Neumark, heute Głuchowo Church II/P 17 Probably not preserved.Głuchowo, Polska (Województwo Lubelskie) – Kościół Matki Boskiej Szkaplerznej, Organ database, no information at Musicam Sacram and Wirtualne Centrum Organowe in the Lubuskie Voivodeship
Weitere Arbeiten Year Location Building Picture Manual Casing Notes Havelberg Dom II/P 30 Umbau der Scholtze-Orgel von 1777 Kyritz St. Marien Reubke-Orgel Saarmund Kirche
References
Further reading Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau GmbH: 100 Jahre Alexander Schuke Orgelbau in Potsdam. thomasius verlag – Thomas Helms, Schwerin 1994. Gottlieb Heise. In Uwe Pape, Wolfram Hackel, Christhard Kirchner (ed.): Lexikon norddeutscher Orgelbauer. Volume 4. Berlin, Brandenburg und Umgebung. Pape Verlag, Berlin 2017.
External links Gottlieb Heise Institut für Orgelforschung Chronik von A. Schuke-Orgelbau 21 Heise-Orgeln Orgeldatabase (niederländisch) Johann Gottlieb Heise Organindex, Orgeln
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