Villa Fischer

Elias Fischer, the builder and namesake, was a teacher at the Protestant school in Kandel. However, he was also one of the leaders of the Kandel Liberals during the Palatine Uprising of 1849. Therefore, he was suspended from his teaching position by the Royal Bavarian District Commission Germersheim as "one of the most active members and specifically the secretary" of a "treasonous movement in the Palatinate."
To support himself, Fischer founded a timber business with a sawmill. This company was situated on the grounds where the Beru-Eichenauer factory is located today. The citizens of Kandel had not forgotten Fischer and his liberal ideas. In 1884, they elected the "old revolutionary" back into the municipal council.
In 1926, Villa Fischer was purchased by the Catholic community of Kandel, who established a "nursing home" with a medical care room as well as a "children's and sewing school."
As a young nun, Sister Himeria arrived in Kandel in 1929. Here, "the little woman with the big heart" worked as a "nurse" for more than 50 years.
During those years, there was hardly a Kandel citizen, whether Catholic or Protestant, to whom she did not offer help in some form. The city of Kandel expressed its gratitude by naming the sister, who "provided a shining example of serving," an honorary citizen in 1980.

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The Villa Fischer can be viewed from the outside.