Maximilian Order

The first tolerably accurate narration of the fall of a meteoric stone, said W. T. Brande, relates to that of Ensisheim, near Basle, upon the Rhine. The account which is deposited in the church was thus A.D. 1492, Wednesday, 7 November, there was a loud clap of thunder, and a child saw a stone fall from heaven it struck into a field of wheat, and did no harm, but made a hole there. The noise it made was heard at Lucerne, Villing, and oilier places on the Monday, King Maximilian ordered the stone to be brought to the castle, and after having conversed about it with the noblemen, said the people of Ensisheim should hang it up in their church. . (176). 

Fischer was awarded the Prussian Order of Merit and the Maximilian Order for Arts and Sciences. 

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