Fritz Werner founded the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn in 1947 and conducted it until 1973.
In 1998 the choir celebrated his 100th birthday with a performance of his motets Die Botschaft on Bible words for mixed choir a cappella with soprano, baritone and oboe soloists in the Nikolaikirche Heilbronn, conducted by Michael Böttcher [REF].