Karl (Carl) von Fischer (19 September 1782 – 12 February 1820) was a German architect.

[1][2] His plans had considerable influence on the architecture of neo-classicism in Munich[2] and South Germany.

An early design, at the age of only 22, the Prinz-Carl-Palais in Munich (completed 1803),[2] made him famous[citation needed] and he became a professor of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich in 1809.

[2] In 1811–18 Fischer constructed the National Theatre, destroyed in an 1823 fire.

[2] Fischer, who was a representative of pure classicism[2] and who rejected romantic historism,[citation needed] was soon displaced by Leo von Klenze as chief architect for the Bavarian court.