Heinrich Philipp Loesch

Lösch fountain Bern

Heinrich Philipp Loesch (* 1826 in Griesheim , † September 9, 1896 in Bern ) was a master shoemaker and well- donor .

life and work

Loesch was married to a woman from Bern. As a master shoemaker, he had his workshop at Gerechtigkeitsgasse 69 in Bern. As a non-naturalized, childless and wealthy widower - he owned the property at Postgasse 26 in Bern - he made the community of Bern his sole heir on December 14, 1888, with the stipulation that the interest income from the property should be used for the maintenance or restoration of the monumental fountains in Bern and fountain paintings in the city. The will was drawn up by Karl Howald's son .

In 1927, based on a design by Karl Indermühle, a fountain with a phoenix as a gargoyle was created west of the house at Münstergasse 3 in Bern .

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Philipp Loesch - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ O. Weber: The delete fund and its donor. In: Die Berner Woche , Vol. 17, 1927, p. 22
↑ Extinguishing well. from: Berchtold Weber: Historisch-Topographisches Lexikon der Stadt Bern. Bern 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Loesch, Heinrich Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Master shoemaker and well donor
DATE OF BIRTH	1826
PLACE OF BIRTH	Griesheim
DATE OF DEATH	September 9, 1896
Place of death	Bern

[1] O. Weber: The delete fund and its donor. In: Die Berner Woche , Vol. 17, 1927, p. 22

[2] Extinguishing well. from: Berchtold Weber: Historisch-Topographisches Lexikon der Stadt Bern. Bern 2016.