Hans Christoph Fritzsche

Hans Christoph Fritzsche (before 1629 – 1674 in Hamburg) was a German organ builder from Dresden who worked in northern Germany, Denmark and southern Sweden.

Life Fritzsche was the son of the organ builder Gottfried Fritzsche from his first marriage. In 1655, he established his workshop in Copenhagen. There were family ties to Friederich Stellwagen, as he married Fritzsche's sister Theodora. His son-in-law Hans Heinrich Cahman married his daughter Anna Christina and continued the business after Fritzsche died during work on the new building in Hamburg-Neuenfelde.

Proven works Year Location Church Picture Manual Stops Notes 1646 Handorf St. Marien 13 New building; some stops preserved 1647–1649 Cuxhaven- St.-Nicolai-Kirche 160x160px II/P 25 Extension conversion; after further enlargement by Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (1727-1730) III/P/35 (present condition); 12-16 stops preserved by Fritzsche 1651 (ca.) Lisbon Delivery of an organ of unknown size 1652 Oederquart St. Johannis III/P Including 10 stops of the predecessor organ (1581, badly damaged in 1632); 1678-1682 extension by Arp Schnitger, who moved the organ from the choir loft to the north loft; nothing has survived of the Fritzsche organ. 1653 Oberndorf (Oste) St.-Georgskirche Later replaced 1655 Hamburg St. James' Church, Hamburg center 160x160px IV/P 53 ? 1655-1658 major renovation work for the 1656 ; → main article: Orgel der Hauptkirche Sankt Jacobi 1655 Copenhagen Trinitatis Church III/P 42 New building 1662 Helsingør Marienkirche II/P 24 Reconstruction of the Lorentz organ (1634-1636) by order of Dietrich Buxtehude; only the front pipes of the Rückpositiv are preserved. 1662/63? Helsingborg Sankt-Marien-Kirche II/P 24 Work commissioned by Dietrich Buxtehude. The organ was sold to the church of Torrlösa in 1849. 1666 Halmstad (Schweden) II/P 24 New building 1670–1671 St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg IV/P Extension of the pedal by principal 32' and trombone 32'; the work was not completed (Fritzsche received a payment of 960 Mark lüb.). The work was completed in 1671-1674 during the extension to IV/P 58 by Johann Friedrich Besser (before 1640-1693). ausgeführt. 1671 Dömitz Johanneskirche II/p 13 New building 1673 Hamburg-Neuenfelde St. Pankratius-Kirche 160x160px Completed by Cahman. Later taken by Arp Schnitger to Stade (castle church) and subsequently sold to Bremen. In his new construction, Schnitger integrated older material from two stops by Fritzsche.