Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Hopff, Christian Donat

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 298, scan 320.

Hopff, Christian Donat. — Klingenthal. 1716. 1736.

See the scan Read the whole page

Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 226, scan 230.

Hopff, Christian Donat. — Klingenthal. 1716. 1736

See the scan Read the whole page

Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.
Also on this site as Christian, Donat Hopff

Same town, same time

77 other Klingenthal makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

1710 Dörffel, Johann Georg III
died 1711 Hopf, Caspar II.
1716 Dörffel, Christoph Heinrich
1716 Hopf, Georg Friedrich
1717 to 1743 Dörffel, Johann (Hans) Andreas
1717 Dörffler, Christian Friedrich

All Klingenthal makers

Cite this page

“Hopff, Christian Donat,” Bow & Bridge, last modified 6 October 2026, https://bowandbridge.com/makers/hopff-christian-donat/ (accessed 5 November 2026).

Other formats

Chicago (bibliography)Bow & Bridge. “Hopff, Christian Donat.” Last modified 6 October 2026. https://bowandbridge.com/makers/hopff-christian-donat/.

MLA 9“Hopff, Christian Donat.” Bow & Bridge, 6 Oct. 2026, bowandbridge.com/makers/hopff-christian-donat/. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

APA 7Bow & Bridge. (2026, October 6). Hopff, Christian Donat. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://bowandbridge.com/makers/hopff-christian-donat/

BibTeX@misc{bb-hopff-christian-donat,
  author       = {{Bow \& Bridge}},
  title        = {{Hopff, Christian Donat}},
  howpublished = {{Bow \& Bridge}},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = oct,
  note         = {Last modified 6 October 2026},
  url          = {https://bowandbridge.com/makers/hopff-christian-donat/},
  urldate      = {2026-11-05}
}

RISTY  - ELEC
TI  - Hopff, Christian Donat
AU  - Bow & Bridge
T2  - Bow & Bridge
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/06
N1  - Last modified 6 October 2026
UR  - https://bowandbridge.com/makers/hopff-christian-donat/
Y2  - 2026/11/05
ER  -

Transcriptions and data: CC0. Our writing: CC BY 4.0. The licence in full