Amalie Sieveking

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Amalie Sieveking, painting (1841) by Hans Heinrich Porth

Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking (* July 25, 1794 in Hamburg ; † April 1, 1859 ibid) was a philanthropist and co-founder of organized diakonia in Germany . With the female association for poor and sick care she founded , her initiatives for job creation and vocational training for the poor and campaigns for the construction of apartments and hospitals, she is considered a pioneer of modern social work in Germany. She also wrote writings on social work and theological treatises.

life and work

First Amalienstift at Stiftstrasse 65 in St. Georg .

The daughter of Hamburg Senator Heinrich Christian Sieveking († 1809) and his wife Caroline Louise born. Volkmann († 1799) was educated in the fine arts, housekeeping, music, art, and literature. After the death of her father, Amalie Sieveking was left without money or education and came to a Fraulein Dimpfel , from whom she learned the biblical stories. After her confirmation she stayed with a wealthy relative, the widow Brunnemann, whose sick son she cared for and raised and whom she later adopted as a child. Then she took care of the upbringing of her nieces. She founded a school for young girls and taught girls in poor houses every Sunday .

Amalie Sieveking was influenced in her theological views by Johannes Evangelista Goßner (1773–1858) and Karl Freiherr vom und zum Stein (1757–1831) and wrote about them in the years 1822 and 1826 her " Considerations on individual sections of the Holy Scriptures ."

When cholera broke out in Hamburg in 1831 , Sieveking volunteered to work as a nurse in the poor houses. At the same time, she called on the other women from the stand to join her. She was soon given responsibility for the nursing staff. Together with other middle-class women, she founded the female association for poor and sick care , in the framework of which she mainly operated help for self-help . For example, she had strollers made and employed unemployed men to take out the toddlers of female workers.

Sieveking Mausoleum in the Old Hammer Cemetery. In the foreground u. a. the grave of Johann Hinrich Wichern .

Amalie Sieveking was buried in the old hammer cemetery, which is now a listed building , at the Trinity Church in Hamburg-Hamm . It rests in the by her cousin Karl Sieveking built and designed by the architect Alexis de Chateauneuf entworfenem Mausoleum , the burial place of the family Sieveking and Chapeau Rouge .

Fonts

Postage stamp (1955) from the series Helpers to Mankind
  • 1822–1826 - Reflections on individual sections of the Holy Scriptures
  • 1833–1858 - Reports on the achievements of the female association for poor and sick care, sincerely dedicated to the friends and promoters of this institution, 26 reports
  • 1837 - Report on the achievements of the female association for poor and sick care
  • 1848 - Second letter of the head of the female association for poor and sick care, also intended for the working classes in wider circles, as a contribution to the illumination of the labor question, communism, etc.
  • 1850 - Appeal to Christian women and virgins in Germany
  • 1854 - Women work in associations for poor and sick care. An exchange of letters between two friends, introduced by Amalie Sieveking
  • 1854 - Letter from the head of the female association for poor and sick care to her friends among the poor
  • 1855 - Conversations about sections of the Holy Scriptures
  • 1856 - Legacy for my young friends

Remembrance day

Honors

The Amalie Sieveking Hospital in Hamburg-Volksdorf was named after her. Today it belongs to the Albertinen Diakoniewerk . The Amalie-Sieveking-Weg (named 1957) is also nearby.

The Amalie Sieveking House in Radebeul , Saxony, also honors her name. In addition to a retirement home, there is also the headquarters of the Saxon Diakonie.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Daxer: Amalie Sieveking and the service of the Protestant woman . In: Der Friedensbote - Kirchliches Volksblatt for Protestant communities of the Augsburg Confession Part I .: IX. Volume 8 of March 4, 1906, pages 64-65; Part II .: IX. Volume 9 of March 18, 1906, pages 72–74.
  2. ↑ Christine Auer: History of the nursing professions as a subject. The curricular development in nursing education and training , dissertation at the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , Heidelberg 2008, p. 118 f. ( Summary online )
  3. ↑ Barbara Leisner, Norbert Fischer: Der Friedhofsführer - Walks to known and unknown graves in Hamburg and the surrounding area . Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-7672-1215-3 , p. 140.
  4. ↑ Amalie Sieveking in the ecumenical dictionary of saints
  5. ^ Homepage of the Amalie Sieveking Hospital ; accessed on December 1, 2009
  6. ↑ Horst Beckershaus: The Hamburg street names. Where do they come from and what they mean. CEP Europäische Verlagsanstalt, 6th edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-86393-009-7 , p. 19.
personal data
SURNAME Sieveking, Amalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sieveking, Amalie Wilhelmine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Co-founder of organized diakonia in Germany
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1859
Place of death Hamburg