Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer from Altishofen
Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen (also Max Alphons Pfyffer ; born October 12, 1834 in Altishofen ; died January 12, 1890 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss architect , hotelier and chief of staff .
Education and career
The son of the last gentleman von Altishofen moved with the family to Munich or near Augsburg in 1846 and studied architecture at the Polytechnic in Munich. In 1852 he embarked on a military career, he went into Neapolitan service and took part in the siege of Gaeta in 1860 . He was last captain there. After the end of the Kingdom of Naples, he returned to Lucerne and joined the Federal General Staff, where he was promoted to major in 1865 and lieutenant colonel in 1870. In 1875 he was colonel and brigade commander, in 1885 he was made colonel general staff and in 1887 colonel divisional commander and commander of the 8th division .
In the early 1860s, he took part in the machine factory run by his brothers Jost and Melchior Pfyffer. From the end of the 1860s he also ran the Hotel National with his brothers . His military career outweighed his work as an architect, which is why few works by him have survived, especially for his own family's hotel business.
Selection of works
- Hotel Luzernerhof , Lucerne 1864–65
- Plan for an avenue to the Lion Monument , Lucerne 1865
- Project for a museum on the Alpenstrasse , 1866
- Hotel National , Lucerne 1867–69 (attributed to collaboration, built by construction company Xaver von Segesser )
- Plans for the Kursaal , Lucerne 1868
- Plans for the Gotthard fortress , conceptual design, execution from 1886
literature
- Jochen Hesse: Pfyffer von Altishofen, Alphons Maximilian. In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 . P. 420
- NN: Colonel Alphons Pfyffer von Altishofen (Nekrolog) . In: General Swiss military newspaper . tape 36 (= 56) , no. 3 , 1890, p. 17-21 ( online on E-Periodica).
- Steinbuch .: Pfyffer von Altishofen, Max Alphons . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 49 f.
Web links
- Markus Lischer: Pfyffer, Max Alphons (from Altishofen). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfyffer von Altishofen, Alphons Maximilian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfyffer, Max Alphons |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect, hotelier and chief of staff |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altishofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1890 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |