Frauenkirche Grimma

The Frauenkirche Grimma is an early Gothic three-aisled pillar basilica. The Romanesque west tower (end of the 12th century) with its two striking towers dominates the image of the town. The church's most important work of art is a late Gothic carved altar by the "Master of the Knauthain Altar", which tells the Christmas story.
The Frauenkirche Grimma houses a Hermann Eule organ.

Hermann Eule (1846 - 1929) founded the organ building business in Bautzen in 1872, which is still successful today. In 1928, the Eule company completely rebuilt the organ with 1890 registers that had been built in 25 by the Jehmlich company in Dresden for the Grimma Frauenkirche. With pneumatic action and pocket chests, the organ is listed as Opus 167 in the Eule company's manufacturing list. The organ builder defines pocket chests as a special pneumatic wind chest system. In 2005, the swell organ was expanded to include the Oboe 8' register from the Eule organ in the Maria and Marha Church in Bautzen, which is no longer extant. II/30. The organ is always impressively played in church services and concerts. 

Texts: Klaus Gernhardt