St. Katharinen
The great organ of St. Katharinen was created over a period of around 200 years by major organ builders but was largely destroyed in 1943.
Eckdaten Orgel
Organ in St. Katharinen
Location: Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen
Katharinenkirchhof 1
20457 Hamburg
Katharinenkirchhof 1
20457 Hamburg
Builder: Gregorius Vogel, Hans Scherer d.Ä., Gottfried Fritzsche, Friedrich Besser, Fa. Flentrop
Year of construction: 1542-2013
Number of pipes: 4.330
Number of stops: 61
Setting: 4 Manuale und Pedal
The reconstruction was carried out by the Dutch company Flentrop from 2009 to 2013. Since then, a large historic city organ from the time of even before Arp Schnitger has been heard in St. Katharinen. The instrument represents the significant period of Hamburg organists, encompassing the names Praetorius, Scheidemann, Weckmann and Reincken. J.S. Bach also gave a legendary concert here in 1720.
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Andreas Fischer an der Katharinenorgel