Hermann von Fischer

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Hermann von Fischer

Hermann Eduard von Fischer (born October 26, 1926 in Wichtrach ; † March 26, 2015 in Bern ), authorized to reside in Bern, was a Swiss architect and art historian .

Live and act

Hermann von Fischer, son of the pastor Gottlieb Albert Fischer (1874–1926) and Anna Sara Bäschlin, grandson of the botanist Ludwig Fischer and great-grandson of the Basel architect Melchior Berri , obtained the high school diploma in 1945 at the Free High School in Bern . He completed his studies at the ETH Zurich in 1951 with a diploma in architecture . After completing his studies, he took on museum duties as assistant to Michael Stettler , the director of the Bernisches Historisches Museum , and was entrusted with the restoration and furnishing of Oberhofen Castle , and later appointed special expert of the cantonal art antiquities commission. When the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern created the cantonal preservation of monuments in 1959 , Hermann von Fischer became the first incumbent as a cantonal preservationist, who initially worked with modest means and saved buildings. He built up and expanded Bernese monument preservation until 1989.

He was married since 1953 to Margaretha Veronika Stettler (1928-2006), with whom he had a daughter and two sons. The two of them lived in Muri near Bern from 1959 .

As president or member of numerous commissions and foundations, Hermann von Fischer has rendered outstanding services to the preservation and care of cultural assets. From 1958 to 1964 and 1985 to 1996 he was a member of the Federal Commission for Monument Preservation, in 1965 he was one of the founders of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) , was a member of the supervisory commission of the Bernisches Historisches Museum, member of the Board of Trustees of the Hünegg Palaces , Jegenstorf , Landshut , Oberhofen and Spiez as well as the Rebhaus Wingreis and the Campagne Oberried . For many years he was chairman of the Ober-Gerwern Society , a member of the large and small citizens' council of the Bern civic community and president of the library commission of the Bern civic library .

The Swiss writer EY Meyer took Hermann von Fischer as a model for the “Monument Conservator Effinger” in his 1977 novel Die Rückfahrt .

Since the 1950s, he has been researching the work of the Bern artisan family Funk , especially the cabinet maker Mathäus Funk and his brother, the sculptor and carver Johann Friedrich Funk . In 2001, the University of Bern awarded him an honorary doctorate for his services to research into Bernese furniture .

Fonts

  • In focus - the collection of historical tiled stoves (exhibition catalog), Jegenstorf 2013.
  • The Funk family of craftsmen in Bern . In: Bern's golden age. The 18th century rediscovered, ed. by André Holenstein ea, Bern 2008, p. 339.
  • Hünegg Castle. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 726/727, Series 73). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2002, ISBN 3-85782-726-2 .
  • Fonck à Berne. Furniture and equipment from the Funk family of craftsmen in Bern in the 18th century. Bern 2002.
  • Johannes Äbersold (1737-1812). A Bernese leveler between Mathäus Funk and Christoph Hopfengärtner. (Exhibition catalog) Jegenstorf Castle Foundation, Jegenstorf 2000.
  • Hermann von Fischer, Martin Fröhlich: The wages estate in Kehrsatz. Society for Swiss Art History, 1995.
  • Hermann von Fischer, Werner Bucher: Bernese furniture of classicism by Christoph Hopfengärtner and contemporaries. Valentin Sunshine . (Catalog for the exhibition). Jegenstorf 1986.
  • Bernese furniture art. In: Illustrierte Berner Enzyklopädie, Bern 1984, Vol. 4. PDF
  • Anna Charlotte Fischer née Fischer d'Oberried . In: Face to Face. Portrait studies. Michael Stettler on his 70th birthday, compiled and edited. von Florens Deuchler ea, Bern 1983, pp. 228–245.
  • Protection of cultural goods in Switzerland , in: Zivilschutz, No. 28 (1981), pp. 3–4. on-line
  • The burger houses in the old town of Bern. Gerechtigkeitsgasse 61–69, Junkerngasse 44–48. A contribution by the civic community of Bern to the revitalization of the old town , ed. from the Burgergemeinde Bern, Bern 1977.
  • Berner in stone, bronze and wood , Bern 1971.
  • Restoration of the former Johanniterkomturei Münchenbuchsee BE . In: (Das) Werk, Volume 55 (1968), pp. 164–166.
  • Preservation of monuments in the canton of Bern 1964–1967. In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, Vol. 31 (1969), pp. 159–221. doi : 10.5169 / seals-245082
  • Preservation of monuments in the canton of Bern in 1962 and 1963 . In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde, Vol. 27 (1965), pp. 33-100. doi : 10.5169 / seals-244555
  • Heinrich Türler and Emanuel Jirka Propper: The town house in the canton of Bern, Part II. , 2nd edition, edited by Hermann von Fischer, Zurich 1964.
  • The Funk family of craftsmen in Bern in the 18th century. (Swiss homeland books.) Bern 1961.
  • Living culture in old Bern from the 17th to the 19th centuries in Jegenstorf Castle. Bern 1959.
  • Oberhofen Castle on Lake Thun , Bern 1957.
  • Michael Stettler and Hermann von Fischer: Vom alten Bern , Genève 1957.
  • The preservation of the old town of Bern. For the rally on Münsterplatz in Bern on March 6, 1954 , Munich 1956.

Web links

literature

  • Jürg Schweizer: In memory of Hermann von Fischer. In: Kunst + Architektur (2015), No. 2, p. 82.
  • Michael Stettler: Oberhofen Castle , separate print from Bernerlob , Bern 1968.
  • Robert L. Wyss: The council chamber of the outer state of Bern. In: Unser Kunstdenkmäler No. 25 (1974), pp. 183-195. doi : 10.5169 / seals-393160
  • Jürg Schweizer: Hermann von Fischer (1926–2015). In: Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte 77 (2015), pp. 136–137 ( online ).

Remarks

  1. ↑ Based on the Effinger family, which died out in 1912 .
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Hermann von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Wichtrach
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2015
Place of death Bern