Ernst Robert Fiechter
Ernst Robert Fiechter (28 October 1875, in Basel – 19 April 1948, in St. Gallen) was a Swiss architect and archaeologist. He is remembered for his research of ancient Greek temple and theatre architecture.
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Ernst Robert Fiechter
- Born
- 1875 · Basel.
- Died
- 1948 · St. Gallen.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- building researcher · architectural historian · university teacher · architect · priest
- Fields
- buildings archaeology
- Education
- Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Technical University of Munich
- Teachers
- August Thiersch · Adolf Furtwängler
- Languages
- German · Latin
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Ernst Robert Fiechter (28 October 1875, in Basel – 19 April 1948, in St. Gallen) was a Swiss architect and archaeologist. He is remembered for his research of ancient Greek temple and theatre architecture.
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He was a cousin to psychologist Carl Gustav Jung. He studied architecture and archaeology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, obtaining his doctorate in 1904 with a dissertation on the Temple of Aphaea in Aegina. In 1906, he received his habilitation, and in 1911 was named a professor of architectural history at Technische Hochschule Stuttgart. From 1900 onward, he was engaged in educational travels to Egypt, Greece and Italy. In connection with the 1919 opening of the Waldorf school and associated activity of theologian Friedrich Rittelmeyer, (the founder of Die Christengemeinschaft in 1922), Fiechter subsequently made the acquaintance of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. Being inspired by Steiner's ideas, Fiechter became a lifelong devotee of anthroposophy.
Ernst Robert Fiechter studied at Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Technical University of Munich. Training under August Thiersch and Adolf Furtwängler is recorded. The recorded working language is German and Latin. The field of work recorded is buildings archaeology. Places of work recorded in the authority are Stuttgart, Alexandria and Aegina. Employment is recorded with University of Stuttgart and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Positions recorded include ordinary professor.
• Der Tempel der Aphaia auf Aegina, 1904. • Die baugeschichtliche Entwicklung des antiken Theaters: Eine Studie, 1914. • Zwiefalten, 1927. • Das Theater in Oropos, 1930. • Antike griechische Theaterbauten, 1930. • Das Theater in Megalopolis, 1931. • Die Theater von Oiniadai und Neupleuron, 1931. • Das Theater in Eretria, 1937.
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- 1.Denkmalliste der Landeshauptstadt München, Akten-Nr. D-1-62-000-641, abgerufen am 10. Dezember 2017
- 2.Denkmalliste der Landeshauptstadt München, Akten-Nr. D-1-62-000-6557
- 3.Denkmalliste der Landeshauptstadt München, Akten-Nr. D-1-62-000-642
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