Johann Simon Buchholz

Johann Simon Buchholz (27 September 1758 – 24 February 1825) was a German organ builder.

Life Born in Schloßvippach, Buchholz learned his trade from Adam Heinrich Rietze in Magdeburg, from his later brother-in-law Johann Wilhelm Grüneberg in Brandenburg and from Ernst Julius Marx in Berlin. There, Buchholz founded his own workshop in 1790. He is considered one of the most important Prussian organ builders and built over 30 organs.

Buchholz married Dorothea Sophia Meier, the youngest daughter of the Brandenburg bookbinder Johann Anton Peter Meier, on 25 November 1788. The wedding took place in the house of his brother-in-law Johann Wilhelm Grüneberg. Their son Carl August Buchholz also became an organ builder. Johann Simon Buchholz built 19 organs in the years 1812 to 1825 together with his son Carl August. The organ with the largest original inventory in Germany is the in Barth, Germany.

Buchholz died in Berlin at the age of 66.

Work Simon built the organs listed below (sorted alphabetically by place name) between 1812 and 1825 together with his son Carl August. The source references refer on the one hand to the information on the location, place, year of construction, original condition and on the other hand to the whereabouts and condition:

Year Location Building Picture Manual Rows of pipes Notes 1812 Altentreptow Kirche St. Peter center 160x160px II/P 23 Parts and stops integrated into an organ built in 1865 by Barnim Grüneberg, renovated in 2002/2003. II/P 31. 1817 Berlin (Alter) Dom II/P 32 ? 1817 Ev. Kirche I 2 ? 1817 Neu Hardenberg Ev. Kirche II/P 21 ? 1818 Demmin St. Bartholomaei center 160x160px II/P 40 → Orgel der St.-Bartholomaei-Kirche (Demmin) 1819 Ahrensfelde I 5 1820 Baruth/Mark Stadtpfarrkirche St. Sebastian II/P 21 Replaced 1820 Britz Ev. Kirche I/P 7 Preserved 1820 Gristow Ev. Dorfkirche 160x160px I/P 15 → Orgel → Orgel 1821 Berlin-Schöneberg Ev. Kirche I/P 11 ? 1821 Barth St.-Marien-Kirche center 160x160px II/P 42 → Orgel der St.-Marien-Kirche (Barth) 1821 Greifswald Kirche St. Jakobi II/P 28 Instrument destroyed in a tower fire in 1955 1822 Wachow Ev. Kirche I/p 10 Preserved 1822 Berlin Institut für Kirchenmusik II/P 13 Today: Kirche Petkus 1823 Rixdorf Bethlehemskirche 160x160px I/p 9 (4 of them also conveyed as pedal stops) Moved to the in 1895, Restored and moved to the Marienkirche in 2018/2019.Nossendorf. 1823 Seelübbe Ev. Kirche II/P ? 1823 Teltow Kirche St. Andreas I/P 17 ? 1824 Stargard Szczeciński St. Mary's Church, Stargard III/P 32 ? 1825 Osterburg Kirche St. Nikolai II/P 22 Rebuilt several times; restored in 2011 ff. by Kristian Wegscheider (Dresden).