Gottlieb Heise (23 March 1785 – 20 June 1847) was a German organ builder. In 1894, the renowned Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau company emerged from his Potsdam workshop.
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 Charlottenstraße[1] 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..[2]
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.
Today, 30 new organs are known to have been built by Gottlieb Heise, mainly in the Mittelmark region, as well as rebuilds and repairs.[3] Some smaller instruments have been preserved.
New organ buildings
| Year | Location | Building | class=unsortable style="width:160px" | Picture ! | Manual | Casing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1828 | Kloster Lehnin | Klosterkirche St. Marien | I/P | 11 | First known new organ, replaced around 1975.[4] | ||
| 1834 | Tarmow | Village church | I/P | 8 | Preserved | ||
| 1835 | Annenwalde | Dorfkirche | I/P | 8 | Restored[5] [6] | ||
| 1836 | Rüdersdorf | Church | II/P | 12 | Preserved?[7] | ||
| 1836 | Herzberg (Mark) | Church | |||||
| 1837 | Potsdam | St. Nikolai | Extended by Wilhelm Sauer in 1908 to II/P, 26, destroyed in 1945.[8] | ||||
| 1840 | Neuruppin | Klosterkirche St. Trinitatis | II/P | 22 | Not preserved.[9] | ||
| 1840 | Schönerlinde | Village church | I/P | 12 | Replaced in 1931.[10] | ||
| 1841 | Freyenstein | St. Marien | I/P | 13 | Preserved.[11] | ||
| 1841 | Perwenitz | Village church | I/P | 8 | Preserved | ||
| 1841 | Michelsdorf | St. Michaelis | I/P | 6 | Preserved.[12] | ||
| 1842 | Lütte near Belzig | Kirche | I/P | 8 | Preserved | ||
| 1844 | Sacrow bei Potsdam | Heilandskirche | |||||
| 1844 | Friesack | Church | II/P | 17 | Destroyed in 1945.[13] | ||
| 1845 | Zerpenschleuse | Village church | I/P | 9 | Preserved.[14] | ||
| 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 | [15] | ||
| 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.[16] |
Weitere Arbeiten
| Year | Location | Building | class=unsortable style="width:160px" | Picture ! | Manual | Casing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havelberg | Dom | II/P | 30 | Umbau der Scholtze-Orgel von 1777 | |||
| Kyritz | St. Marien | Reubke-Orgel | |||||
| Saarmund | Kirche |