{{Short description|German organ builder (1752–1823)}}
'''Johann Friedrich Falckenhagen''', also '''Falkenhagen''', (1752 – 11 May 1823) was a German organ builder in Berlin.
== Life and work == The father David Falckenhagen was a master carpenter in Stargard. Friedrich Falckenhagen became an employee of the organ builder Ernst Julius Marx in Berlin and married his daughter Catharina Dorothea Elisabeth in the Sophienkirche on 16 May 1786.<ref>Traubucheintrag in der Sophienkirche, Kopie im Landesarchiv Berlin, zitiert in [https://www.orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/orgelbauer Johann Friedrich Falckenhagen] Institut für Orgelforschung Brandenburg </ref>
In 1789, he made an offer on behalf of Marx to repair the organ in the Marienkirche in Bernau bei Berlin. However, the town's approval was given to Johann Simon Buchholz, who was just setting up his own business and had also worked for Marx until then.<ref>Hartmut Kühne, Claudia Rückert, Thomas Drachenberg (ed.): ''Kirche in der Stadt. Die Marienkirche in Bernau und ihre Ausstattung.'' Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2017. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JP_BDgAAQBAJ&dq=Falckenberg&pg=PA218 {{p.|218}}] </ref> In 1800, Falckenberg carried out a comprehensive reduction (''Simplificierung'') of the Wagner-Orgel in the St. Mary's Church, Berlin. At the suggestion of Georg Joseph Vogler, he removed 1001 of 2556 pipes and reduced the casing from 40 to 27.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140409035638/http://www.marienkirche-berlin.de/c_4_50_0.php?PHPSESSID=pl6s8cvmsbjed6rhcagdv8mmg5 Orgel der Marienkirche], retrieved 18 February 2021</ref> In 1808, he carried out repairs to the organ of the Parochialkirche.<ref>Wm. A. Little: ''Mendelssohn and the Organ.'' Oxfort University Press 2010. [https://books.google.com/books?id=AOmXt2vLe94C&dq=Falckenhagen&pg=PA377 {{p.|377}}] </ref>
In 1820 and 1823, his address was Kleiner Jüdenhof 3 in Berlin-Mitte, as "Instrumentenmacher".<ref>'' Allgemeines Adressbuch für Berlin''. Berlin 1820. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9p0wAAAAYAAJ&dq=Falkenhagen&pg=PA101 {{p.|101}}] </ref> He died on 11 May of that year and was buried in the cemetery of St. Mary's Church.<ref>Toteneintrag in der Marienkirche, Kopie im Landesarchiv Berlin</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.orgellandschaftbrandenburg.de/orgelbauer Johann Friedeich Falckenhagen] Institut für Orgelforschung Brandenburg, with biographical data
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Category:18th-century people from the Kingdom of Prussia Category:German pipe organ builders Category:1752 births Category:1823 deaths Category:Place of birth missing