Friedrich Theodor Fischer

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Friedrich Theodor Fischer (born September 8, 1803 in Karlsruhe , † November 14, 1867 there ) was a German architect and Baden construction officer .

Life

Fischer received his professional training at the state-sponsored private construction school in Karlsruhe, which had been headed by Friedrich Weinbrenner since 1800 , in Huot's studio and at the architecture school of Franz Christian Gau in Paris. After passing his Baden state examination with distinction in 1826, he undertook major study trips to Germany, France and Italy.

After his return from Italy, Fischer was appointed clerk of the building inspectorate in Heidelberg in 1833 , building inspector in 1835 and building officer in Karlsruhe in 1844 and promoted to senior building officer in 1855. In 1854 he succeeded Heinrich Hübsch as head of the Karlsruhe building school. This building school, which had been headed by Weinbrenner as a private institution since 1800, had been part of the newly founded Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe since 1825 .

Also as the successor to Heinrich Hübsch , Fischer was appointed building director at the head of the Baden building administration in 1864.

Buildings and designs (selection)

  • In 1826, after Weinbrenner's death, Fischer was the executive architect at the State Mint in Karlsruhe.
  • From 1831 to 1833 he built the customs house in Kadelburg in the classicism style .
  • 1838/39 Reconstruction of the Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew in Görwihl, which was destroyed by lightning and fire
  • From 1843 to 1847 the New Palace in Baden-Baden was restored , where he rebuilt parts of the building and rooms in the Renaissance style. With this, Fischer achieved further recognition of his talent for the decorative.
  • 1858–59: Old mechanical engineering building of the Technical University of Karlsruhe
  • 1861–64 he expanded the Polytechnic (main building of the KIT) and designed its main portal in the arched style
  • In 1865 Fischer built the town hall of Tauberbischofsheim in the neo-Gothic style .
  • 1864 maternity hospital in Freiburg. It was destroyed in World War II.
  • 1865–1867 he built the anatomical institute of the University of Freiburg. The original building was destroyed in the First World War, the reconstruction was bombed in 1944 during the Second World War.

Fischer's other work includes around 30 Protestant and Catholic churches for rural communities and smaller towns in Baden.

  • Former Baden-Baden administrative building, built in 1842/1843

  • Ev. Church in Waldangelloch , 1861

Awards

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c D .: Nekrolog . In: Wochenblatt .
  2. ^ Joachim Göricke: Buildings in Karlsruhe. An architecture guide. 2nd Edition. G. Braun, Karlsruhe 1980, ISBN 3-7650-9017-4 , No. 406 and a list of architects in the appendix.
  3. ↑ Gynecology / maternity hospital
  4. ^ Freiburg im Breisgau: the city and its buildings. Poppen, Freiburg i. Br. 1898, p. 506 and Picture p. 504 ( Completion took place on November 11, 1867) .
  5. ^ The History of the Institute of Anatomy and Anatomical Institute on Albertstrasse
  6. ↑ The dates come from: Falko Lehmann: Friedrich Theodor Fischer (1803-1867). Architect in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1988, p. 22.

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SURNAME Fischer, Friedrich Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and Baden construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1867
Place of death Karlsruhe