Thiersch, Friedrich v.,
Architect a. Professor at the Munich Polytechnic (1852-1…
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Thiersch, Friedrich v., Architect a. professor at the Munich Polytechnic (1852-1921). Eigh. Postcard with signature, dat. Munich, May 6 (18)94. qu.cl.8°. 1 sheet, 1 p. inscr. To the architect Hermann Ritter (1851-1918) in Frankfurt a.M.: "This morning we were blessed with a progenitor...". - F. v. Thiersch is considered the most successful southern German architecture teacher of the 19th century. He designed the Palace of Justice and the New Stock Exchange in Munich as well as the Rhine Bridge near Mainz and the Festhalle in Frankfurt. D

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