Friedrich Weigle (17 November 1850 – 6 January 1906) was a German

organ builder Organ building is the profession of designing, building, restoring and maintaining pipe organs. The organ builder usually receives a commission to design an organ with a particular disposition of stops, manuals, and actions, creates a desig ...

. His gravestone in the cemetery in Echterdingen shows the date of death as 19 January 1906.

Life

Born in

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a Cities of Germany, city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg (district), Lu ...

, Weigle took over his father's workshop on 1 January 1880, which he moved from Stuttgart to

Echterdingen Leinfelden-Echterdingen (; Swabian: ''Laefälda-Ächdordeng'') is a town in the district of Esslingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km south of Stuttgart, near the Stuttgart Airport and directly adjacent t ...

in 1888. Before the turn of the century, organs had already been delivered to America, Africa and Asia. Around 1902, bankruptcy proceedings were underway against the company. After his death, his sons

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, Karl, Julius and Gotthold Weigle took over the company. Weigl died in Stuttgart at the age of 71.

Organ

* 1896–1944: Matthäuskirche Stuttgart- Heslach (op. 187). * 1898: Schönborn/Rheinland (enlargement) * 1899: St. Mauritius, Straßburg. at ''Orgues d’Alsace'' * 1904: Evangelische Kirche . * 1906–1979: evangelische in Hessen.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weigle, Friedrich German pipe organ builders 1850 births 1906 deaths People from Ludwigsburg