Richard Fischer (architect)

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Jacob Richard Fischer called Fischer-Ludvigsen (born June 10, 1870 in Barmen (now part of Wuppertal ); † October 2, 1928 there ) was a German architect . Preserved structures are protected as architectural monuments. His own designed house was destroyed during the air raid on Barmen on the night of May 29th to 30th, 1943 .

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Fischer, the youngest son of the architect Gerhard August Fischer (1833–1906), studied architecture at the TH Hannover , where he became a member of the Corps Ostfalia . After his apprenticeship as an architect, initially worked in his father's office, often acting as site manager for the buildings . In some cases he also carried out his own private commissions, and from 1905 he worked entirely as a private architect. He entered the service of the city of Barmen on October 16, 1910, where, under the direction of city building inspector Paul Eduard Freygang , he and his colleagues Julius Dicke , W. Huxhold and Eugen Rückle were entrusted with numerous city building projects. In the building police administration Barmen Fischer worked for the 1918th Due to illness, he had to give up his job in 1927.

Fischer was married to Clara Ludvigsen.

Buildings (selection)

  • 0000–1902: Reconstruction of Burg Castle in Burg an der Wupper (today Solingen), Schloßplatz 2, support from his father.
  • 1904–1905: House, Luisenstrasse 1a (today An der Bergbahn), Barmen, built for himself (not preserved, destroyed in 1943)
  • 1904–1905: Evangelical Pauluskirche in Langendreer, Langendreerstraße 74, Bochum, built together with Gerhard August Fischer for the Evangelical parish of Langendreer
  • 1904–1905: Evangelical Luther Church in Langendreer, Alte Bahnhofstraße 166, Bochum, built together with Gerhard August Fischer for the Evangelical parish of Langendreer
  • 1911 -0000: Church of St. Raphael , Henkelstraße 21, Barmen, built for the parish of St. Raphael
  • 1914 -0000: Barmen cemetery of honor , Lönsstraße, Barmen, participation in the municipal facility
  • 1925–1927: Rectory of the Catholic parish of St. Marien, Sankt-Martins-Weg 1, Barmen
  • 1926 -0000: Design for a plaque commemorating the death of his father 20 years ago
  • 1930–1931: Church of St. Marien, Amselstrasse, Barmen, built for the Catholic parish of St. Marien (construction carried out after Fischer's death by Felix Dahmen)

  • Saint Raphael

Web links

Commons : Richard Fischer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Ruth Meyer-Kahrweg : Architects, civil engineers, builders, property developers and their buildings in Wuppertal. Pies, Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-928441-52-3 , p. 116
  2. ↑ a b c d e f St.-Marien-Kirche on bochum.de, accessed January 2015
  3. ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. Darmstadt 1928, p. 175.
  4. ^ Edmund Strutz, Bernhard Poll, Wilhelm Janssen: Rheinische Lebensbilder, Volume 13, Rheinland-Verlag, 1991
  5. ↑ a b Buildings by Gerhard August Fischer in Bochum on ruhr-bauten.de, accessed January 2015
  6. ↑ Ehrenfriedhof Barmen on wuppertals-gruene-anlagen.de, accessed January 2015
  7. ↑ Memorial plaque for Gerhard August Fischer on denkmal-wuppertal.de, accessed January 2015
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fischer, Jacob Richard; Richard Fischer-Ludvigsen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1928
Place of death Barmen