newsletter May 20th (reporter Ma Yunyun Dong Congzhe) recently, several old photos of about one century history were passed from Germany to the editorial department from outside of Germany. . The mailer is the granddaughter of Hermann Fisher (Hermann Fischer), the designer of Ji'nan old railway station. After she learned that the old train station in Ji'nan was going to be rebuilt, she sent some old photos, hoping to help rebuild. The old train station of Ji'nan, built at the beginning of the last century, was designed by the famous German architect Hermann Fisher. It was the largest railway station in Asia, the only Gothic community in the world, and one of the landmark landscapes in Ji'nan. It was dismantled in 1992. In recent years, the voice of rebuilt old railway stations is increasing. This newspaper has reported many times. At the same time, the Tianqiao District of the station is also actively promoting, the two district committee secretary Zhang Hui and Bi Xiao Qi and others have revealed that the railway departments and planning departments are studying how to promote the system project.
Hermann Fisher's granddaughter, Silvia Friderichmid (Sylvia Fliegenschmid), has been paying attention to the report on the old railway station in Germany, and she was excited by the news that the old fire station was expected to be rebuilt.
West Asia told reporters that, during the period from 1909 to 1913, Hermann Fisher was commissioned by the Chinese and German governments, and Hermann Fisher participated in the construction of the railway line from Qingdao to Ji'nan, and the old railway station in Ji'nan was designed. To this end, he was awarded the seven Medal of the Jiahe medal by the government of the Republic of China. Hermann Fisher valued the medal very much and was always proud to wear it. Unfortunately, the medal was stolen during World War II.
in 1992, the old railway station in Ji'nan was demolished, and the father of Sylvia toss about the news and was very sad. He knew that this was one of his father's most valued works, and that it was a rare survival of the excellent representative works of German architecture. Sylvia recalled that her father had told her the news in a sad way, because this building was a complex that they shared in Zu Sunsan's mind.
the old railway station was demolished, but Sylvia and her father's attention to the old railway station did not decrease. "The strong feeling tells me that the story about this building is still unfinished." Sylvia said that she never gave up, though "the people around me advised me to give up, and the past is gone."
later, via the newspaper, Sylvia learned a lot of news about the old fire station, until recently heard that the old fire station is expected to be rebuilt. "When my friend told me this, I cried on the phone, tears were full of movement and joy." She said that from May 2010, she tried to contact the newspaper with various channels, hoping to provide some help for the reconstruction of the old railway station, to find out the little drops of Grandpa's life and work in China, to complete his father's "last wish" and to "pay tribute" to Grandpa.
however, because of not understanding Chinese, English is not good, computer application is not proficient, Sylvia has not been directly linked to this newspaper. Later, Yuan Jing, a Chinese who worked in Frankfurt, provided her with warm help and eventually contacted the newspaper through a friend in Ji'nan. After that, she sent the newspaper reporters to the old train station and her family information, some of which showed the way the old railway station was built, which was never published before, very precious.
in addition, Sylvia also noticed the news of the big bell on the bell tower of the old railway station that was demolished in 2008. "When the bell tower was rediscovered, the pendulum of the company logo with owl markings was missing. If it was rebuilt, with drawings or pictures, I could try to find a look in Germany and be very willing to bring it to China in the future."
Sylvia said that she was very willing to provide all the information that she had for this newspaper, so as to provide help for the old railway station reconstruction.