Wolfgang Nußbücker (born 22 September 1936) is a German organ builder, cantor and founder of the organ building workshop "Mecklenburger Orgelbau" operating in Plau am See.

Life

Born in Thüringen, After completing his vocational training, Nußbücker worked for Löbling in Erfurt from 1950 to 1953 with Lothar Heinze in Stadtilm. After completing his master's examination in 1964 with the construction of the new organ in the then Catholic church St. Sigismund Plaue, Nußbücker founded an organ building company in Erfurt in 1965. In 1966, he settled in Plau am See in Mecklenburg.

In the following 25 years, an organ building workshop was established in the GDR. This was sometimes difficult due to a lack of materials, tools and suppliers. In the course of this, a pipe workshop was also built. The organ-building workshop became known in particular for the large number of small organs, positive and basso continuo instruments produced. More than 150 new organs were built during Nußbücker's creative period. Of the 24 organ building companies in the GDR, Nußbücker was the only one based in the three Nordbezirkes. In 1991, the name was changed to Mecklenburger Orgelbau/Wolfgang Nußbücker. Since 1999, the master organ builder and son-in-law Andreas Arnold is the new owner of the organ building company Mecklenburger Orgelbau.

New organ buildings (selection)

YearLocationBuildingPictureManualCasingNotes
2007 Magdeburg katholische Kirche St. Agnes II/P 23 →Organ
2005 Dewitz Ev.-luth. Kirche I/P 7 New construction in the historic organ case →Organ →[http://www.orgelmuseum-malchow.de/orte/dewitz.htm Organ
2000 Helfta bei Eisleben Kloster Helfta II/P 16 →Organ
1997 Borkow Ev.-luth. Kirche I/P 5 →Organ
1996 Berlin-Biesdorf/Nord Maria, Königin des Friedens
1996 Wamckow Dorfkirche Wamckow I/P 5 New construction of a small organ →Organ
1995 Berlin-Hellersdorf Ev. Kirche II/P 11 →Orgel →Organ
1994 Rheinsberg Ev. Kirche St. Laurentius Neubau →Orgel sowie Teilrestaurierung der Scholtze-Orgel →Organ
1994 Hagenow Ev.-luth. Kirche II/P 25
1991 Teterow Ev.-luth. Stadtkirche II/P 30 New construction in the historic organ case →Organ
1991 Born a. Darß Fischerkirche I/P 5 Masterpiece by master organ builder Andreas Arnold →Orgel →Organ
1990 Schlagsdorf Dorfkirche Schlagsdorf II/P 13
1990 Benthen Dorfkirche Benthen II/P 9+4 →Orgel
1986 Lübz Sophienstift Lübz I/AP 5 → Orgel
1986 Schönebeck (Elbe) Kath. St.-Marien-Kirche II/P 27
1985 Templin Herz Jesu Kirche I/P 6(11) →Orgel
1984 Berlin-Köpenick Stadtkirche St. Laurentius I 3 →Orgel
1983 Heiligengrabe Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe, Heiliggrabkapelle I/P 10(6) →Orgel
1979 Schwerin Cathedral, Thomaskapelle III(II)/P 16(13) →Organ

Organ restorations (selection)

Bössow church
  • Friedrich Friese II organ of the ev.-luth. Dorfkirche Redefin 2008 (Cooperation with Firma Jehmlich)
  • Marcus Runge organ of the ev.-luth. Kirche Buchholz/ Ziesendorf 2007
  • Barnim Grüneberg organ of the Stadtkirche Neustrelitz 2005 (cooperation with Firma Scheffler)
  • Grüneberg Organ of the Dorfkirche Menkin 2005
  • Albert Hollenbach Organ of the Siechenhauskapelle Neuruppin 2004
  • Friedrich Friese III organ of the ev.-luth. Kirche Bülow 2003
  • Friese-III organ of the ev.-luth. Dorfkirche Wamckow 2003
  • Friedrich Friese I organ of the ev.-luth. Kirche Lübtheen 2002
  • Johann Michael Röder organ of the Stadtkirche Wesenberg 1999 (cooperation with Firma Wegscheider)
  • Runge organ of the Klosterkirche Rehna 1996
  • Organ of the Dorfkirche Suckow

References

    Further reading

    • Hermann Fischer: 100 Jahre Bund deutscher Orgelbaumeister (1892–1991), Festschrift Orgelbau-Fachverlag Lauffen, 1991
    • Wolfgang Nußbücker: Als selbständiger Orgelbauer in der DDR; Acta Organologica 27, 135–146, 2001
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