Störmthal is a village, part of

Großpösna Großpösna (, , in contrast to " Little Pösna") is a municipality in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It consists of Großpösna proper and the ''Ortschaften'' (localities) Dreiskau-Muckern, Güldengossa, Seifertshain and Störmthal.< ...

in the Leipzig district in

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

, Germany. It is known for its church in

Baroque style The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (i ...

. The organ, an early work by

Zacharias Hildebrandt Zacharias Hildebrandt (1688, Münsterberg, Silesia – 11 October 1757, Dresden, Saxony) was a German organ builder. In 1714, his father Heinrich Hildebrandt, a cartwright master, apprenticed him to the famous organ builder Gottfried Silberma ...

, was played and inaugurated by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

and is still mostly in the condition of Bach's time.

History

The area was settled from the 11th century when the village was founded. The first document dates from 1306, when the village was mentioned in a (register of interest) of the Pegau Abbey. From 1350, the village was ruled by different noble families. From 1675, Störmthal was ruled by Statz Friedrich von Fullen, who had an influential position at the Dresden court. He made the village an independent parish in 1690 and had the first village school opened a year later. From 1693, he began building a with an extended park. The old church was demolished in 1722 and replaced by a new church, , in

. The new organ, completed in 1723, was built by

. It was his first organ after he had studied in the workshop of

Gottfried Silbermann Gottfried Silbermann (January 14, 1683 – August 4, 1753) was a German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organ (music), organs, and fortepianos; his modern reputation rests mainly on the latter two. Life Very ...

. Approval of the completed instrument was carried out by

at the request of Von Fullen, the patron of the church. Bach was satisfied; he composed and directed a

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ...

for the dedication of church and organ on 2 November 1723, . The organ is one of few instruments played by Bach which is still mostly in the same condition. The organ has been praised for the "brilliantly proportioned plan of the façade", the functionality of its suspended action and wind system, and its "variety and quality of tone", namely an "endearing sweetness which diverges from the characteristically bold voice of Silbermann’s work". Störmthal became part of Großpösna on 1 January 1996.

People

* Johann Gottfried Hildebrandt (1724–1775), organ builder, son of

, pupil of

Friedrich Naumann Friedrich Naumann (25 March 1860 – 24 August 1919) was a German Liberalism in Germany, liberal politician and Protestant parish pastor. In 1896, he founded the National-Social Association that sought to combine liberalism, nationalism and ...

(1860–1919), politician

Literature

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stormthal Former municipalities in Saxony Leipzig (district) Populated places established in the 11th century