Conrad Fredrik "Fritz" von der Lippe (1833 – 1901) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 architect.

He was born in Christianssand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

 as a son of bishop Jacob von der Lippe, a grandfather of the three brothers Frits von der Lippe

Frits von der Lippe

Frits von der Lippe was a Norwegian journalist and theatre director. He was the first theatre director for Riksteatret, and had this position for twenty years, from 1949 to 1968. He was awarded the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award in 1968 for his contributions to Norwegian culture...

, Just Lippe

Just Lippe

Just Lippe was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Communist Party he was also a strong campaigner for the Homosexual Allegiance, a Homosexual activist group, co-founding his own break away often labelled "renegade group" Men in Arms....

 and Jens von der Lippe, and uncle of the half-brothers, admiral Jakob von der Lippe

Jakob von der Lippe

Jakob von der Lippe was a Norwegian admiral.He was born in Fjell. He was a grandson of bishop Jacob von der Lippe and a son of dean Johan Nordahl Brun von der Lippe . Through his uncle Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe he was a first cousin once removed of Frits von der Lippe, Just Lippe and Jens von...

 and whaler Anton Barth von der Lippe

Anton Barth von der Lippe

Anton Barth von der Lippe was a Norwegian whaler.He was born in Tjøme as a son of dean Johan Nordahl Brun von der Lippe and his third wife. His father's second wife had the son Jakob von der Lippe, who was Anton's half-brother...

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He studied at the Polytechnische Schule in Hanover from 1851 to 1853, and then in Darmstadt

Darmstadt

Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...

 and Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. 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 Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

 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 Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

 from 1870 to 1900. He has received credit for Ole Bull

Ole Bull

Ole Bornemann Bull was a Norwegian violinist and composer.-Background:Bull was born in Bergen. He was the eldest of ten children of Johan Storm Bull and Anna Dorothea Borse Geelmuyden . His brother, Georg Andreas Bull became a noted Norwegian architect...

's Villa Lysøen

Lysøen

Lysøen is an island in the municipality of Os, Hordaland, Norway.Lysøen is also the site of Villa Lysøen , the home of Norwegian violin-virtuoso and composer Ole Bull until his death in 1880.-Villa Lysøen:...

, and still designed several churches; after 1881 he was only allowed to design public buildings if working within Bergen's city limits. Between 1873 and 1881 he cooperated with Hans Heinrich Jess.