Elias Hößler Explained

Elias Hößler (7 July 1663 in Crimmitschau, Saxony – 13 June 1746 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg) was from Saxony originally, active in the Upper Palatinate and Franconia as a pipe organ builder.

He began organ building teaching near Andreas Haß in Greiz in Vogtland, and later moved to Hersbruck. On 21 October 1704, he became a resident of Lauf in der Nähe near Nuremberg. He preferred to work in the Nuremberg area and in the western and central Upper Palatinate. In 1744, he retired to a hospital in Sulzbach-Rosenberg.

Proven works

Year Place Church class=unsortable Image !Manuals Register
1693/94AltensittenbachSt. Thomas
1694OttensoosSt. VeitI/P6
1698EdelsfeldSt. StephanI/P6
1699VeldenSt. MariaI/P8
1701OffenhausenSt. Nikolaus
1701Sulzbach-RosenbergSt. MarienII/P22
1710AmbergSalesianerinnenkirche St. Augustinus (Schulkirche)
1714MichelfeldKlosterkirche St. Johann Baptist
1716Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg
1721AmbergFranziskanerkloster (heute Stadttheater)
1723SulzbürgSt. Michael (Schlosskirche)
1725AlfeldSt. BartholomäusI/P7
1726St. Helena zu Großengsee bei SimmelsdorfI/P8
1726/27HappurgSt. Maria und GeorgI/P11
1729PommelsbrunnSt. LorenzI/P10
1729VilseckSt. ÄgidienI/P11
1732Sulzbach-RosenbergWallfahrtskirche St. AnnaI/P8
1734EschenauSt. BartholomäusI/P10
1735Frohnberg bei HahnbachSanctuary of Our LadyI/P9
1736WeißenoheKlosterkirche St. BonifazII/P15
1737HersbruckSpitalkirche St. ElisabethI/P8
1738HersbruckStadtkircheII/P17
1740BetzensteinI/P10
1742MichelfeldSt. Leonhard
1743Neunhof (Lauf an der Pegnitz)St. JohannisI/P8
1743Sulzbach-RosenbergSpitalkirche St. ElisabethI/P9
1744EtzelwangSt. NikolausI/P9

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