Arno Eugen Fritsche

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Fritsche around 1905

Arno Eugen Fritsche (born February 10, 1858 in Melaune (Lower Silesia), † October 10, 1939 in Wuppertal ) was a German architect who stood out particularly in the field of Protestant church building.

Life

Born the son of a pastor, Fritsche attended the building trade school in Zittau and later the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg . In 1887 he became a master student of Johannes Otzen at the Berlin Art Academy . From 1889 to 1895 Fritsche worked in Otzen's architectural office in Berlin. In 1898 he merged with the architect Adolf Cornehls in Elberfeld , the joint office existed until 1901. From that year Fritsche worked alone; from 1913 to 1932 he also served as a part-time director of the Provincial Church Building Office of the Evangelical Church of the Rhine Province ; in this position he succeeded the architect August Senz . It was not until 1934, at the age of 76, that Fritsche seems to have finally retired.

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literature

  • Werner Keyl: Cornehls and Fritsche. Architects in Elberfeld around 1900. In: Church art in the Rhineland , Volume 2 (=  writings of the archive of the Protestant Church in the Rhineland , Volume 4). Düsseldorf 1991.