Gottlieb Heise

Heise organ from 1837 with extensions by Wilhelm Sauer from 1908 in the Potsdamer St. Nicholas Church.Destroyed during World War II.

Gottlieb Heise (23 March 1785 – 20 June 1847) was a German organ builder. In 1894, the renowned Schuke company later named Alexander Schuke Potsdam Orgelbau emerged from his Potsdam workshop.

Life 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 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. .

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.

Buildings (selection) Today, 30 new organs are known to have been built by Gottlieb Heise, mainly in the Mittelmark region, as well as rebuilds and repairs. Some smaller instruments have been preserved.

New organ buildings Year Location Building Picture Manual Casing Notes 1828 Kloster Lehnin Klosterkirche St. Marien I/P 11 First known new organ, replaced around 1975. 1834 Tarmow Village church I/P 8 Preserved 1835 Annenwalde Dorfkirche center 160x160px I/P 8 Restored 1836 Rüdersdorf Church II/P 12 Preserved? 1836 Herzberg (Mark) Church 1837 Potsdam St. Nikolai Extended by Wilhelm Sauer in 1908 to II/P, 26, destroyed in 1945. 1840 Neuruppin Klosterkirche St. Trinitatis II/P 22 Not preserved. 1840 Schönerlinde Village church I/P 12 Replaced in 1931. 1841 Freyenstein St. Marien center 160x160px I/P 13 Preserved. 1841 Perwenitz Village church I/P 8 Preserved 1841 Michelsdorf St. Michaelis I/P 6 Preserved. 1842 Lütte near Belzig Kirche I/P 8 Preserved 1844 Sacrow bei Potsdam Heilandskirche 1844 Friesack Church II/P 17 Destroyed in 1945. 1845 Zerpenschleuse Village church I/P 9 Preserved. 1846 Mariendorf bei Berlin Dorfkirche 1846 Nieder Neuendorf Dorfkirche I/P 5 Preserved 1846 Village church center 160x160px I 5 Preserved 1846 Frankfurt (Oder) Museum Viadrina I/P 8 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.

Weitere Arbeiten Year Location Building Picture Manual Casing Notes Havelberg Dom II/P 30 Umbau der Scholtze-Orgel von 1777 Kyritz St. Marien Reubke-Orgel Saarmund Kirche