ORGULJE I ORGULJARSTVO U VOJVODINI
THE ORGAN HERITAGE IN VOJVODINA

Summary/Abstract: After expelling the Turks began setting of Vojvodina, the organization of life, and religious. Among the newcomers members of the nations of Western religion, Catholic, Protestant who in a religious ritual used by the organ. In the couple of decades there has been a substantial reduction in the number of organs in Vojvodina. At present there are altogether 173 organs left, which is about one third of their original number. Several of them were destroyed during the Second World War others suffered form the consequence of the resettlement of the German population, which meant that their churches were left without congregation. As a result some were pulled down others were turned into storehouses or used for other purposes, and their furniture together with the organs was ruined. The latest war also added to the damages. Due to the unfavourable financial situation most of the existing organs are in their original state which helps to follow not only the history of organ building in general but also the development of the individual workshops. The majority of the organs have a mechanical structure (56%), the others are built with a pneumatic system with the exception of one electro-pneumatic organ. Most of them are built on smaller scale. The largest one was built in the town of Sombor in 1926. The largest number of organs, 43 came out of the Angster workshop in Pecs, Hungary, and 38 of them are still in use. Thirty of the remaining organs were built by the Wegenstein workshop in Timisoara of which the largest awey were placed fewer orders, and so we know of the Vršac parish church. Workshops farther awey were placed fewer orders, and so we know of only eight Rieger organs and six Orsagh organs. Twelve percent of the organs are of unknown origin. Altogether forty workshop figure n the list of organ builders, some with only one instrument.

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