Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 263.  Includes photo(s).
 
Fritz Nobis Modern shrub. Parentage: 'Joanna Hill' x 'Magnifica'. Germany 1940. Description and cultivation... superbly formed, fully double, lightly fragrant soft rose-pink blooms...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 210.  Includes photo(s).
 
A rampant Modern Shrub that can be trained as a climber. The Old-Rose style, quartered flowers tend to hang down and are therefore better treained to flower above eye-level. Kordes (Germany) 1940. ('Joanna Hill' x 'Magnifica') Summer flowering. Height: 180 cm (6 ft.) Width: 120 cm (4 ft.) Well scented.

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Cluster-flowered shrub; light rose and salmon pink; blooms of medium size, double; not remontant; growth shrubby, dense, handsome, to 7 x 6 ft (2.2 x 1.8 m); grey green leaves; moderate scent. 'Joanna Hill' x 'Magnifica'. Kordes 1940.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 59.  Includes photo(s).
 
Description. Kordes (Germany) 1940... a real plantsman's treasure. Its attractiveness lies in the contrast between the tough rugged plants and neat, almost delicately sculpted blossoms... summer-blooming only.

Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Fritz Nobis (Modern Shrub) Very vigorous shrub with semi-double light salmon pink, clove-scented flowers. Carries an abundance of heps in the Autumn. 1940 F. H. (S) 6 x 6’. 

Book  (1982)  Page(s) 44.  
 
Michale Gibson. Wild Roses of Britain.....
....and Wilhelm Kordes of Germany has added in modern times the lovely, blush pink 'Fritz Nobis', but without the scent, alas.

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 221.  
 
Fritz Nobis Taller. Pink. Midsummer. Perfume 5.  Hips 5. ****
This lovely plant is no Sweet Briar in appearance, nor are its leaves scented; but it has as its parents 'Joanna Hill' x 'Magnifica', and I place it here [with Eglanteria Hybrids] for its father's sake. When in full bloom, it is one of the most handsome shrubs in the world; the double pink flowers with the crinkled petals stand on the bush as if it were a flower shop. Their size accords well with the large plant; it is the nearest we have to Hybrid Teas on a large shrub, but more by the width of flower than by depth.  The leaves are dark and healthy, the hips round and red.  Raised by Wilhelm Kordes, and introduced in 1940,

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 124.  
 
Fritz Nobis. S. (Kordes, '40.) Joanna Hill X Magnifica. Bud long pointed, light red; fl. large, dbl., high centered, open, very fragrant, white, reverse reddish salmon-pink; cluster. Fol. glossy, leathery. Very vig.; profuse, non-recurrent bloom.

Book  (1953)  Page(s) 146-147.  
 
Fritz Nobis, Kordes Söhne 1942, rubiginosa, moderately filled, yellowish pink, small cluster, 7-9 cm, moderate fragrance, medium time of bloom, hardiness -20^oC; upright, broad shrub. Hedges and solitary shrub. Floriferous. 2 m tall.

Book  (1941)  Page(s) 129.  
 
The other is called Fritz Nobis. If you like old Ophelia you will like a big bush with hundreds of miniature Ophelias on it. More of a description is not needed. The plant grows strong, upright, with very fine shiny leaves. It is not remontant and not so hardy as its foregoing sister.