Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen (also known as Max Alphons Pfyffer; 12 October 1834, in

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– 12 January 1890, in

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) was a Swiss architect,

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and military Chief of Staff. He built the

Grand Hotel National The Grand Hotel National is a 5-star hotel in Lucerne, Switzerland, which opened in 1870. Located on the shores of Lake Lucerne, it looks out over Lucerne bay and the Alps of Central Switzerland. It offers 41 rooms and suites as well as 22 reside ...

, which his father-in-law owned. He hired

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to manage it. His son

Hans Pfyffer Hans Pfyffer von Altishofen (28 March 1866 – 5 April 1953) was a Swiss businessman and politician. He was manager of the Grand Hotel National in Lucerne, Switzerland, and later President of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. He was involved in vari ...

took over management of the hotel in 1890 after Ritz had left Lucerne for London to manage the

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Selected works

*Luzernerhof Hotel, Lucerne, 1864–65 *Plan for an avenue to the Lion Monument, Lucerne 1865 *Project for a museum on the alpine road in 1866 *Hotel National, Lucerne *Plans for the Kursaal, Lucerne. 1868 *Plans for the Gotthard fortress, concept design, design from 1886

References

*Jochen Hesse: Pfyffer von Altishofen, Alphons Maximilian. In: "Isabelle Rucki und Dorothee Huber" (Hrsg.): ''Architektenlexikon der Schweiz'' - 19./20. Jahrhundert. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998. . S. 420 (in German) *N.N.: Oberst Alphons Pfyffer von Altishofen (Nekrolog). In: ''Allgemeine schweizerische Militärzeitung''. 36 (56), Nr. 3, 1890, S. 17–21 (in German)

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(German language Wikisource) {{DEFAULTSORT:Altishofen, Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von 1834 births 1890 deaths People from Lucerne Swiss hoteliers Swiss military officers 19th-century Swiss architects