Elias Hößler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elias Hößler

German organ builder

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1663

Place of Birth: Crimmitschau, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1746

Profession: organ builder, musical instrument maker

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Elias Hößler (7 July 1663 in Crimmitschau, Saxony – 13 June 1746 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg) was from Saxony originally, active in the Upper Palatinate and Franconia as a pipe organ builder. He began organ building teaching near Andreas Haß in Greiz in Vogtland, and later moved to Hersbruck.
On 21 October 1704, he became a resident of Lauf in der Nähe near Nuremberg.
He preferred to work in the Nuremberg area and in the western and central Upper Palatinate.
In 1744, he retired to a hospital in Sulzbach-Rosenberg.