Johann Josua Mosengel was a German organ builder.

Biography

Mosengel was born in 1663 in either Stolzenau or in Eisenach. He created his first independent work in 1695 in Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

. He then went to Konigsberg

Königsberg

Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...

, Prussia

Prussia

Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...

 in 1698 and installed an organ at the Burgkirche

Burgkirche (Königsberg)

Burgkirche was a church of the German Reformed Church in Königsberg, Prussia. By order of the Friedrich Wilhelm I, it was built in 1690-1696 by Johann Arnold Nering. It was modeled after the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague It was opened by King Friedrich I on 23 January 1701.The wooden vault of the nave...

 between 1698 and 1701 and was responsible for many others in the East Prussia region.

During his lifetime he made about 40 organs and about 20 modifications to existing ones. Few of his works survived the Second World War. In the former East Prussia are only in the works Święta Lipka (Dt: Holy Linde) and in the Evangelical Church Pasym (Dt: Passenheim).