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Conrad Fredrik "Fritz" von der Lippe (8 October 1833 – 1901) was a Norwegian architect. He was born at Christianssand (now Kristiansand) in

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, Norway. He was a son of bishop

Jacob von der Lippe Jacob von der Lippe (27 September 1797 – 2 October 1878) was a Norwegian politician and priest who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Christianssand from 1841 to 1875. He was also a member of the Parliament of Norway for a total of eig ...

, a grandfather of the three brothers Frits von der Lippe, Just Lippe and Jens von der Lippe, and uncle of the half-brothers, admiral Jakob von der Lippe and whaler Anton Barth von der Lippe. He studied at the Polytechnische Schule in Hanover (now University of Hanover) from 1851 to 1853, and then in

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and

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. When he returned to Christianssand in 1856 and opened his own architect's firm, he was the first educated architect in the region. He established an office in

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in 1857. From 1860 to 1870 he was the city's building inspector. He designed urban buildings, schools and churches. He held a similar position in

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from 1870 to 1900. Between 1873 and 1881 he cooperated with Hans Heinrich Jess. After 1881 he was only allowed to design public buildings if working within Bergen's city limits. Von der Lippe designed

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, Villa Snøringsmoen in

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, St. Petri Church and Sangsalen in Stavanger. He has also received credit for the design of

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's villa

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at Os outside of Bergen.

References

1833 births 1901 deaths People from Kristiansand Leibniz University Hannover alumni 19th-century Norwegian architects Norwegian expatriates in Germany {{Norway-architect-stub