Karl von Fischer
German architect
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Karl von Fischer was a German architect. His plans had considerable influence on the architecture of neo-classicism in Munich and South Germany. Biography Fischer was born in Mannheim. From 1796 Fischer was trained by Maximilian von Verschaffelt before he moved to Vienna in 1799 to study architecture under Ferdinand von Hohenberg. An early design, at the age of only 22, the Prinz-Carl-Palais in Munich , made him famous and he became a professor of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich in 1809. In 1811–18 Fischer constructed the National Theatre, destroyed in an 1823 fire. He also created the plan for the extension of Munich, especially for the Brienner Strasse with the circular Karolinenplatz and the Königsplatz, the last of which was built to Klenze's plan.
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