Alida Schmidt Foundation

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The Alida Schmidt Foundation is a public foundation . Your assets will go to charity .

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history

The origins of the Alida Schmidt Foundation go back to the 19th century.

19th century

The foundation was established in Hamburg in 1874 as a residential home . The founder was Ida Schmidt, the widow of the merchant and consul Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt. In memory of her daughter Alida, who died at the age of 23 after a long illness, the foundation was given the name Alida Schmidt Foundation.

The Alida Schmidt-Stift, opened a year later, in 1875, with 34 apartments, was located in Hamburg-Borgfelde . The monastery was built in Bürgerweide 23. Albrecht Rosengarten , the architect of the Schröderstift monastery complex , was responsible for it. The land was the city of Hamburg in annual lease provided on which this was. In 1980 the foundation returned the property with the monastery building to the city. The building is a listed building .

The foundation supported women in need in the 19th century. They could live in the monastery building free of charge. The foundation also covered the costs of heating the apartments used by the women.

20th century

After Ida Schmidt's death in 1904, the foundation was transferred to the city of Hamburg. This was done at the discretion of the founder. From then on, senators held the chairmanship of the foundation.

For the first time in 1923, the residents of the monastery had to make small rent payments. As a result of inflation in 1923 , the foundation's underlying financial assets had been significantly reduced.

In 1933 the chairmanship of the foundation passed from the Social Democratic Senator Paul Neumann to the National Socialist Wilhelm von Allwörden .

Since 1938 only German national comrades of Christian denomination could live in the monastery.

In 1951 this restriction was withdrawn. The foundation statutes were changed to the extent that they stipulated that people in need, regardless of their denomination, were entitled to live in the abode.

After the end of the Second World War, nine other foundations whose buildings had been destroyed or who had lost their assets were merged into the Alida Schmidt Foundation .

In 1952, the assets of the foundation established in 1938 by the National Socialist Gauleiter of Hamburg Karl Kaufmann were transferred to the foundation . From the added fortune a monastery building was to be built for married couples, some of whom were severely damaged in the war. Two years later, in 1954, accommodation for war invalids with 53 apartments was opened in Bürgerweide 21.

The administration of the foundation had been part of the Hamburg social authority since the beginning of the 1950s . At the end of the 1970s, the foundation was released from the administrative structure.

Addiction help

The foundation has been running addiction aid facilities since the 1970s .

Alcohol and drug dependent patients are treated in the specialty hospital Hansenbarg in Hanstedt , which opened in 1979 .

The hospital, initially leased from the state insurance company, was acquired by the Alida Schmidt Foundation in 1999.

It is the oldest and largest Hamburg specialist clinic for addicts.

21st century

In the 21st century, the Alida Schmidt Foundation takes on people who, due to their physical, mental or emotional state, need the help of others or who are to be regarded as needy.

The purpose of the foundation is to promote public health care ; as well as child, youth and elderly care .

The purpose of the foundation is realized by providing places or apartments in residential or care facilities and hospitals. The foundation also provides outpatient advice and support for people in need.

In the 21st century, the foundation is a social economy company with 250 employees.

See also

literature

  • Michael Eissenhauer : The Hamburg Housing Foundations of the 19th Century. "A memorial that has donated participating love ..." , Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1987, ISBN 3-7672-1010-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburg foundation database: Alida Schmidt Foundation , accessed on February 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ Fachkrankenhaus Hans Barg , accessed on February 23 2017th
  3. ↑ Alida Schmidt-Stiftung - vom Wohnstift zum Socially Economic Enterprise , accessed on February 23, 2017.