Rekwizycje piszczałek organowych „dla celów wojennych” w diecezji przemyskiej w 1917 r.
Requisition of organ pipes “for martial purpose” in the diocese of Przemyśl in 1917

Summary/Abstract: Word War I made a lot of loss when it comes to art monuments. The damages of war af- fected churches and organs located in them. In 1917 nations which took part in the war pre- ordained requisition of organ pipes for martial purpose. In the area of diocese of Przemyśl which belonged to Lwów metropolis and was under Austrian Partition requisition of organ pipes was conducted in 1917, earlier in 1915 requisition of bells churches was conducted.In the present article I discussed the rules of requisition of organ pipes and which instru- ments were protected from requisition or which of them not. An article was based on docu- ments which are in file “Akta 1914–1918” located in Archdiocese Archive of Przemyśl. The study was completed with available information from Parish Inventories and “Chronicle of Przemyśl Diocese”.I managed to obtain information which organs were kept/protected from requisition and the organs that were subjected to it. 18 organs were protected from requisition, in case of 13 instruments the pipes were confiscated. As far as the other 10 organs are concerned it can be assumed that they were confiscated too.The present description/dissertation concerns 41 instruments.

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