Marienhospital Arnsberg
The Marienhospital in Arnsberg is at its core a listed hospital building. Today the Marienhospital is part of the Hochsauerland Clinic .
History and description of the building
A women's association began caring for the sick in 1838 and set up an infirmary in a wing of the Landsberger Hof in 1839 . The Sisters of Clement took care of the sick . Since the spatial situation was insufficient, the infirmary moved to a house on Hanstein (later Kolpinghaus). This building also turned out to be inadequate and the financial situation of the women's association did not allow the hospital to continue. For a long time the city examined various options until it acquired the Dücker Hof in 1856 to set up a city hospital. The building was rebuilt and opened as the Marienhospital in 1857. In addition to the sick, elderly and orphans in need of care were also taken in. In 1857 the Catholic parish established the Ave Maria Foundation for financial support.
The Dückersche Hof also soon proved to be inadequate. In 1907 a new building was built far outside the city under the Lüsenberg. The architect Langenberg came from Kassel. The estimated construction costs of around 300,000 marks were not enough. In total, the construction cost almost 600,000 marks. The deficits were covered by the Ave Maria Foundation and a loan from the Catholic parish. In a contract the city promised to preserve the Catholic character of the hospital. The board of trustees consisted of city and church representatives.
The hospital was built and furnished according to the most modern medical knowledge of the time. The building was built in a sanatorium style typical of the period with echoes of Art Nouveau . The different parts of the building are lively and individually structured. The arbor next to the hospital chapel is particularly noticeable. The chapel itself protrudes partially from the overall structure and has a concave-convex choir closure . The interior of the chapel is neo-baroque . Little of the original equipment has been preserved. Next to the chapel is the former main entrance. The neo-baroque portal is elaborately designed and shows the Arnsberg city coat of arms above the rich double-winged skylight door leaf.
The hospital was a bit oversized so that rooms on the upper floor could be rented to tourists. During the First World War the house was used as a hospital. During the 1930s, several new specialist departments were set up, so that the house soon became too small. A maternity and gynecological clinic was set up in the Dücker Hof. The building also served as a hospital during World War II . In addition, several buildings were converted into auxiliary hospitals. At the end of the war the building was damaged by bombs.
Structurally and in terms of medical equipment, the house was in poor condition after the war. In 1952 the house was expanded and the old building was renovated. For financial reasons, the old building was not torn down. Instead, the west bed house was added. There was also an X-ray department and an isolation house. Two nurses' homes were built in the 1960s. In 1972 the new construction of the surgical ambulance and a laboratory were added. In the decades that followed, there were structural changes, modernizations and renovations. The old building was completely renovated around 2003. The old building has been registered in the Arnsberg Monument List since 1985. In 2011, the Marien Hospital merged with the St. Johannes Hospital in Neheim and the Karolinen Hospital in Hüsten to form the Arnsberg Clinic, and in 2018, after the merger with the St. Walburger Hospital in Meschede, the Hochsauerland Clinic.
literature
- Hermann Herbold: The Marienhospital. The story of a social institution. In: Heimatblätter. Journal of the Arnsberger Heimatbund 8/1987 18-24.
- Uwe Haltaufderheide: The architectural monuments of the city of Arnsberg. Collection period 1980–1990. City of Arnsberg, Arnsberg 1990, ISBN 3-928394-01-0 , p. 56 f.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 4.7 ″ N , 8 ° 4 ′ 19.9 ″ E