Gottlieb Scholtze

Gottlieb Scholtze (1713 – 6 April 1783) was a German pipe organ builder. He had his workshop in Neuruppin since 1740. He was a pupil of Joachim Wagner. Along with Ernst Julius Marx and , he is considered the most important organ builder in the Mark Brandenburg in the second half of the 18th century. A total of 32 new buildings are recorded by him, including the organ of the parish church in Küstrin.

Organ Buildings (selection)[]

Year	Location	Building	Picture	Manual	Casing	Notes
1749	Groß Schönebeck	[de]		I/P	16	Restored in 2009 by Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau
1754	Havelberg			II/P	32	In 2014, a sponsoring association was founded in order to be able to restore the Scholtze organ, which is currently not playable.[1]
1756	[de]	[de]
1759	Lenzen (Elbe)	, recontruction.		II/P	27	Restored in 2007 by and restored to its original condition. Contains pipe material from the predecessor organs by Hans Scherer der Jüngere (1627/1628) and by Arp Schnitger (1707/1708)[2][3]
1760	[de]	[de]		I	9	Restored in 2000.[4]
1764	[de]	[de]
1764	Zollchow bei Milow	[de]		I/P	9	New organ built around 1860 by Lütkemüller, casing and four stops by Scholtze preserved.[5]
1765	Kotzen (Havelland)	[de]
1767	Rheinsberg			I/P	13	Rebuilt several times, casing and some stops preserved
1769	Templin			II/P	27	Casing preserved
1770	Schönhausen (Elbe)			I/P	14	Restoration and reconstruction of the original state in 2010 by
1772	Fürstenwalde/Spree	St Mary's Cathedral, Fürstenwalde				Destroyed in April 1945
1772	Müllrose	[de]				Donated; casing preserved.[6]
1775		Village church		I/p	8	Preserved
1777	Havelberg	[de]		II/P	34	→Orgel

References[]

External links[]

• "Ein bißchen Gottlieb Scholtze" (PDF). 12 September 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
• Verein für die Restaurierung und Erhaltung der barocken Scholtze-Orgel der St.-Laurentiuskirche zu Havelberg e.V.