Gertrud Frisch-von Meyenburg

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Gertrud (called "Trudy") Anna Constance Frisch-von Meyenburg (* 1916 ; † 2009 ) was a Swiss architect and the first wife of the writer Max Frisch .

Life

Gertrud von Meyenburg was born as the daughter of the pathologist Hans von Meyenburg . She spent her childhood in Lausanne , Zurich and Herrliberg .

Like her older brother, she studied architecture at the ETH Zurich . In 1938 she completed a one-year internship at the architecture firm Piacentini and  Spaccarelli in Rome , where she recorded old townhouses in connection with the urban renovation. In 1940 she made her diploma in Zurich. From 1941 she worked in her brother Hans von Meyenburg's architectural office . In September of the same year she entered the office of Friedrich Hess , professor in building construction at ETH Zurich.

During his studies, von Meyenburg met Max Frisch, who also studied architecture. They married on July 30, 1942. The couple had three children: Ursula Priess -Frisch (* 1943) - who wrote about the relationship with her famous father in the books published in 2009 and 2015 -, Hans Peter (* 1944) and Charlotte (* 1949). Max Frisch lived separately from his family since 1954, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1959.

Trudy Frisch-von Meyenburg began working as an architect again and went into business for herself. One of her most important works is the Auzelg school in Zurich- Schwamendingen (1973). She supported the reconstruction of old manors in the vicinity of the Longo maï cooperative in France. She also created the "Borgo" and "Rocca" toy boxes based on Italian building models, with painted wooden blocks that can be combined to form towns or settlement landscapes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willi Wottreng : Manors and toy villages: Trudy Frisch-von Meyenburg, first wife of Max Frisch, died at the age of 93. NZZ , May 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b Ulrike Eichhorn :  Architects. Your job. Your life. Edition Eichhorn, Berlin 2013.  ISBN 978-3-8442-6702-0 .
  3. ↑ Martin Ebel: Was Max Frisch a bad father? In: Tages-Anzeiger , May 28, 2009.
    Roman Bucheli : Ursula Priess tries to remember her father Max Frisch - show and hide. NZZ, June 6, 2009.
  4. ↑ Sieglinde Geisel: Ursula Priess in conversation about her father Max Frisch - Gaining clarity through writing. NZZ, July 9, 2015.
  5. ^ Daniel Suter: Schoolhouses are the secret palaces of Zurich. Tages-Anzeiger, March 4, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Frisch-von Meyenburg, Gertrud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frisch-von Meyenburg, Gertrud Anna Constance; Frisch-von Meyenburg, Trudy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect and first wife of the writer Max Frisch
DATE OF BIRTH 1916
DATE OF DEATH before May 17, 2009