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Augustusburg, Deutschland (Sachsen) - Evangelisch-Lutherische Stadtkirche Sankt Petri
Municipal: Augustusburg
Region:Erzgebirge
Address: Kirchplatz 1, 09573, Augustusburg
Website: http://www.kirche-augustusburg.de/

Description nr.: 2039415.

Built by: Christian Friedrich Göthel (1845) - opus 3
Destroyed by fire (1893)


On April 16, 1893, the Evangelical Church (Stadtkirche) in Schellenberg in Sachsen, dedicated in 1845, burned to the ground. The beautiful organ in the church, a work by Christian Friedrich Göthel, has been lost. Built from 1843-1845, this organ was Göthel's largest instrument, with 34 stops. It had been dedicated on August 3rd, 1845, on the same day as the new church was consecrated. The instrument was examined by Johann Friedrich Schneider, organist of the Hofkirche in Dresden.

Technical data
Number of stops per division
- Hauptwerk13
- Oberwerk14
- Pedal7
Total number of stops34
Key actionMechanical
Stop actionMechanical
Windchest(s)Slider chests

Specification
Hauptwerk (C-c'''): Principal 16', Octave 8', Viola di Gamba 8', Gemshorn 8', Rohrflöte 8', Octave 4', Spitzflöte 4', Quinte 3', Octave 2', Terz 1 3/5', Cornett 4 fach (c'-c'''), Mixtur 4 fach, Trompete 8'.
Oberwerk (C-c'''): Quintatön 16', Principal 8', Flöte 8', Gedackt 8', Quintatön 8', Octave 4', Rohrflöte 4', Nassat 3', Octave 2', Terz 1 3/5', Quinte 1 1/3', Sifflöte 1', Mixtur 3 fach, Physharmonica 8'.
Pedal (C-d'): Untersatz 32', Principalbass 16', Subbass 16', Octavbass 8', Octavbass 4', Posaunenbass 16', Trompetenbass 8'.
Couplers: Pedalcoppel (Hauptwerk).
Accessories: Calcantenklingel.

Literature
  • Handbuch über ältere und neuere berühmte Orgelwerke im Königreich Sachsen von 1710 an bis zur Gegenwart / Fritz Oehme. - Dresden : Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers, [1889].
  • Vermischtes. - In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 13. Jahrg. No. 21, 21. April 1893.
  • Handbuch über ältere, neuere und neueste Orgelwerke im Königreiche Sachsen : Band I / Fritz Oehme. - Fotomechanischer Nachdruck. - Leipzig : Edition Peters, 1978.