Alfred Fischer (29 August 1881 – 10 April 1950) was a German architect. Born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

, Alfred Fischer studied from 1900 to 1904 at the Stuttgart Technical University of Architecture under Professor

Theodor Fischer Theodor Fischer (28 May 1862 – 25 December 1938) was a German architect and teacher. Career Fischer planned public housing projects for the city of Munich beginning in 1893. He was the joint founder and first chairman of the Deutscher W ...

(no relation). In 1904 he deferred the 1st State examination and from 1905/1906 worked in Berlin as an assistant for the urban design consultant Ludwig Hoffmann and from 1906 to 1908 with

Paul Schultze-Naumburg Paul Schultze-Naumburg (10 June 1869 – 19 May 1949) was a German traditionalist architect, painter, publicist and author. A leading critic of modern architecture, he joined the Nazi Party in 1930 (aged 61) and became an important advocate o ...

. In 1909 he became a teacher at the College of Arts and Crafts at the

Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf The Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf was opened on 3 April 1883 and closed at the end of the school year 1918. In 1919, its architectur training was transferred to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Training offered The education placed its emphas ...

under

Wilhelm Kreis Wilhelm Kreis (17 March 1873 – 13 August 1955) was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the found ...

. From 1911 to 1933 he led the Essen Arts and Crafts School (later called the

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). In 1921 he was awarded a professorship. In 1929 he was awarded an Engineering doctorate from the Hannover Technical University. Fischer was a member of the German Architects Federation (

Bund Deutscher Architekten The Association of German Architects (, BDA) is an association of architects founded in 1903 in Germany. It publishes the bimonthly magazine ''der architekt''. The BDA has over 5,000 members. In 1995, it founded the German Architecture Centre ...

– BDA) and an executive member of the

Deutscher Werkbund The Deutscher Werkbund (; ) is a German association of artists, architects, designers and industrialists established in 1907. The ''Werkbund'' became an important element in the development of modern architecture and industrial design, parti ...

(DWB). Apart from his teaching activity he worked freelance as an architect, for some years in partnership with the architect Richard Speidel. After the change of power in 1933 to the

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s, as an advocate of modern architecture (see

Neue Sachlichkeit The New Objectivity (in ) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism. The term was coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the director of the ''Kunsthalle'' in Mannheim, who used it as the title of ...

modernism Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...

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) and modern training concepts, he experienced increasing difficulties with the school. He was given time off and soon after moved into premature retirement. Fischer left Essen and moved to Murnau. The

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has Alfred Fischer to thank for numerous buildings, important examples of regional architectural history and also a legacy of acknowledged contributions to industrial culture. The title 'Alfred Fischer-Essen' has been given to him to distinguish him from the architect Alfred Fischer who was active at the same time in

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. He died at

Murnau am Staffelsee Murnau am Staffelsee (often shortend to Murnau) is a market town in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany. The market originated in the 12th century around Murnau Castle. Murnau is on the edge of t ...

in 1950.

Buildings

* Prospect and water tower at Zeche Mont Cenis, 1912–1913, Herne-Sodingen, in the ''Volkspark'' * Factory for the Pit Emil Zeche Königin Elisabeth, 1913,

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

-Frillendorf, Elisabethstraße * Pit for I/II, 1912–1914,

Hamm Hamm may refer to: Places ;Germany: * Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, a city north-east of Dortmund * Hamm (Sieg), a municipality in the eponymous ''Verbandsgemeinde'' in the district of Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate * Hamm, Bitburg-Prüm, part ...

-Heessen, Sachsenweg (1922–1925 additional buildings by Fischer), transformed later to the event venue Alfred Fischer Hall * So-called 'Patriotic Monument', 1913,

-Bredeney, in the municipal forest west of Bredeneyer Straße *

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' Vorgebirgszentrale', since 1917: ' Goldenberg-Works (and/or '

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'), for the Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke AG (RWE), 1913–1914,

Hürth Hürth () is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hürth shares borders with the city of Cologne and is about 6 km to the southwest of Cologne city centre, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Natur ...

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for the Emschergenossenschaft (Emscher Cooperative), 1914,

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- Beeck, Alsumer Straße * 'Volkshaus Rotthausen' (Rotthausen Community Centre), 1919–1920,

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-Rotthausen, Grüner Weg 3 * Kern House, 1922–1923,

-Bredeney, Hohe Buchen 12 * Own House of Alfred Fischer, 1922–1923,

-Bredeney, Hohe Buchen 5 * Administration building of ''AG für Hüttenbetrieb'', 1923–1925,

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(Obermeiderich), Emscherstraße 57 * Parish Church of St. Antonius, 1924–1925,

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-Ickern, Ickerner Straße 66 *

Hans-Sachs-Haus The Hans-Sachs-Haus (HSH) is a landmark building in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, constructed between 1924 and 1927. Named after the Meistersinger Hans Sachs, the building was designed by Essen-based architect Alfred Fischer. ...

(Office building with shops, concert hall and hotel), 1924–1927,

, Ebertstraße / Munkelstraße / Vattmannstraße * Winding tower for Zeche Königsborn Pit III/IV, 1924–1929, Altenbögge (today now part of

Bönen Bönen () is a municipality in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated between Hamm in the north-east, Kamen in the west and Unna Unna () is a city of around 59,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, t ...

) * Sachsse House, 1926–1927,

-Bredeney, Walter-Sachsse-Weg 8 * Pumping station and smelter for the Emschergenossenschaft, 1927,

-Schwelgern, Neue Schwelgernstraße 135 * Imhoff House, 1927–1928,

, Robert-Schmidt-Straße 8 *

Richard Hessberg Richard Hessberg (born December 27, 1879, in Essen; died March 27, 1960, in Essen) was a German ophthalmologist of Jewish origin. Personal life Richard Hessberg was the son of an ophthalmologist in Essen. After attending school in Essen and Höxt ...

House, 1928,

-Bredeney, Stocksiepen 12 * Administration building for the 'Siedlungsverband Ruhrkohlenbezirk' (today: Regionalverband Ruhr), 1929,

, Kronprinzenstraße 35 * Lyseum (today:

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), 1929–1930 (1931?),

-Bredeney, Grashofstraße 55/57 * Riding sports hall, 1932,

, Wittenbergstraße

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Translated from the German Wikipedia page :de:Alfred Fischer (Architekt). {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Alfred 1881 births 1950 deaths Architects from Stuttgart 20th-century German architects People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)