Fischer spaces and Lie algebras A Fischer space is a partial linear space (P,L) in which each line contains 3 points and two intersecting lines generate a subspace isomorphic to an affine or dual affine plane. Starting from a Fischer space (P,L) one can construct an algebra on the vector space 2^P defined by the rule that p*q=p+q+r if {p,q,r} is a line =0 if p and q are not collinear or p=q. We study the structure of this algebra and determine the simple Lie algebras that arise from this construction. As a consequence of our work we find a new proof of the fact that the group F_22 is a subgroup of the group ^2 E_6(2).