Ludger Fischer (born 30 October 1957 in
Essen
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) is a German historian on building history, reviewer of contemporary architecture and political scientist.
Work
In 1986 Fischer received his doctorate with a
dissertation "''Über den Denkmalwert sogenannter Zweckbauten''"
n the historical value of so-called functional buildings He published on castles at the
Middle Rhine
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as Schönburg in
Oberwesel
Oberwesel () is a town on the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, whose seat is in Emmelshausen.
Geography
Location
Oberwesel l ...
and
Rheinfels Castle
Rheinfels Castle () is a castle ruin located above the left (west) bank of the Rhine in Sankt Goar, Germany. It was started in 1245 by Count Diether V of Katzenelnbogen. After expansions, it was the largest fortress in the Middle Rhein Valley b ...
in St. Goar. In his 2010
habilitation
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treatise ''Versuche baukünstlerischer Denkmalpflege
he attempts of artistic monument preservation' he examined the work of the architect
Bodo Ebhardt
Bodo Heinrich Justus Ebhardt (5 January 1865, Bremen – 13 February 1945 at Marksburg near Braubach) was a German architect, architectural historian, castle explorer, and founder and longtime president of the German Castles Association (''Deuts ...
(1865–1945). Since 1995 Fischer focuses on contemporary building in the Netherlands and Belgium. He has been a member of the “advisory group on food store chains” of the
European Commission
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, member of the Stakeholder Consultative Platform of the
European Food Safety Authority
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EFSA and several other EU-panels on food safety. Based on his work as political consultant in Brussels he publishes books on the chemical and physical conditions of cooking. Fischer lives in
Brussels
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.
Reception
Fischer's work on Bodo Ebhardt's architecture regarding historical castles received a positive review in the bulletin of the Baden-Württemberg state office for the preservation of monuments. His books on the common errors of cooking practice were also well received by the German press including ''
Frankfurter Rundschau
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'', ''
Financial Times
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'' and ''
Hamburger Abendblatt
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The paper focuses on news in Hamburg and its surrounds, and produces regional supplements with news from Norde ...
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Selected publications
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Audiobook
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Living people
1957 births
20th-century German historians
Writers from Essen
German male non-fiction writers
21st-century German historians