Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent von Paul in Untermarchtal
The Sisters of Mercy of St. Vinzenz von Paul in Untermarchtal are a society of apostolic life . You are part of the Vincentian family and a member of the Federation of Vincentian Communities . The community has its seat in the mother house Kloster Untermarchtal .
The Vincentian Sisters have dedicated themselves to charitable work. Well-known branches such as the Marienhospital Stuttgart belong to the congregation . Since 1960 they have also had mission stations in Tanzania (East Africa).
history
In 1848 the Board of Trustees of the Gmünder Hospital decided to bring sisters from the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent von Paul to Schwäbisch Gmünd to care for the poor, the sick and orphans . In 1852 the first sisters were able to start work in Schwäbisch Gmünd. In 1855 the diocesan bishop reported in a pastoral letter about the new cooperative in Schwäbisch Gmünd and presented the plan to acquire a parent company and connected it with an appeal for donations. After the Strasbourg management wanted to withdraw the sisters in 1858, the motherhouse in Bocksgasse was acquired and the congregation in Schwäbisch Gmünd was established . The Gmünder Congregation grew rapidly, which is why it moved to Untermarchtal on September 16, 1891 due to lack of space and financial resources . There, the motherhouse complex of the Untermarchtal Monastery developed around the historic Untermarchtal Castle . Nonetheless, Schwäbisch Gmünd remained a focus of work for the congregation.
In 1972 the St. Vinzenz Church, built according to a design by the Swiss Hermann Baur, was consecrated. It bears a certain resemblance to the famous Notre-Dame-du-Haut church in Ronchamp.
Motherhouse facilities
- Motherhouse, Untermarchtal
- Education / retreat house St. Ignaz, both in Untermarchtal
- Kindergarten St. Peter, Untermarchtal
- Klosterladen, Untermarchtal
- Agricultural estate St. Veit and St. Leonhard, both in Untermarchtal
- Maria Hilf nursing home, Untermarchtal
- Maria Hilf nurses' home, Untermarchtal
- Sister recovery homes Talheim and Scheffau
- Sisters' home St. Maria Wangen
- School for the hearing impaired St. Josef, Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Day care center Rupert Mayer, Kindergarten St. Paul, both on the property of St. Loreto (Schwäbisch Gmünd)
- Sanatorium Pauline, Bad Wildbad
- Mission Tanzania
Cooperative of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent von Paul in Untermarchtal eV
The sisters of the Untermarchtal Congregation operate the following services and facilities through the Cooperative of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent von Paul in Untermarchtal eV:
Vinzenz von Paul Hospital gGmbH
The Vinzenz von Paul Hospital in Rottweil is responsible for the inpatient psychiatric and neurological care of the districts of Rottweil , Schwarzwald-Baar , Zollernalb and parts of the Tuttlingen district. Around 600,000 people live in the supply area. Around 1,100 employees work at the Vinzenz von Paul-Hospital.
The Vinzenz von Paul Hospital has a clinic for psychiatry , psychotherapy , geriatric psychiatry and neurology with 431 beds and the “Luisenheim” nursing home with 243 places. Day clinics are also operated in Villingen , Balingen and Spaichingen .
In 1895 the order acquired the former Cistercian convent Rottenmünster in Rottweil. In 1898 they opened the St. Vinzenz sanatorium with 300 beds. 93 patients were relocated to Rottenmünster from the previous institution, the Sankt Vinzenz insane asylum and nursing home in Schwäbisch Gmünd . During the First World War , an auxiliary hospital was set up in Rottenmünster to take care of wounded soldiers.
As part of the T4 campaign , 347 patients were transferred between 1939 and 1940. About 300 patients were murdered in the Nazi killing center in Grafeneck . On September 4, 1939, 40 men and 60 women were transferred to Grafeneck. On February 2, 1940, 45 patients followed, and between September 16 and 25, 1940, another 202 patients were evacuated.
A military hospital and auxiliary hospital with over 1100 beds were set up in Rottenmünster. After the end of the war, the French army took over the hospital until 1954.
In the mid-1970s, the buildings were renovated and the medical and nursing services were restructured. On January 1, 1997, the hospital was converted into a non-profit GmbH (gGmbH) and has since been called Vinzenz von Paul Hospital gGmbH Rottweil-Rottenmünster .
Vinzenz von Paul gGmbH Social Services and Facilities
Vinzenz von Paul gGmbH Social Services and Institutions maintains a wide range of regional offers for people with hearing impairments, young people with special needs, children and young people, the elderly and people in need of care at over 20 locations in southern Germany.
In 2017, more than 2,000 employees looked after over 6,000 children, young people, senior citizens and people with hearing impairments.
Vinzenz von Paul gGmbH social services and facilities includes Vinzenz Service GmbH in Sigmaringen, a service provider with a focus on catering for nursing homes, community and educational facilities as well as advice and support for communities in the implementation of demographic living and living concepts.
Vinzenz von Paul gGmbH is a partner in the Academy for Health and Social Affairs in Sigmaringen, an educational center for training and further education in nursing and social professions.
Vinzenz von Paul Kliniken gGmbH
- The Marienhospital Stuttgart is a central supply hospital in the Baden-Württemberg state capital Stuttgart and an academic teaching hospital of the University of Tübingen. The clinic is one of the largest hospitals in the Stuttgart region and has been awarded numerous quality certificates.
- Vinzenz-Klinik Bad Ditzenbach : The Vinzenz-Klinik in Bad Ditzenbach is a specialist clinic for inpatient rehabilitation, preventive care and follow-up treatment in the fields of internal medicine, cardiology and orthopedics. It has 150 beds.
- Vinzenz-Therme: The Sisters of Charity from Untermarchtal own the Vinzenz-Therme in Bad Ditzenbach.
- Luise von Marillac Clinic : In July 2010, the Luise von Marillac Clinic opened in Bad Überkingen, a breast cancer rehabilitation clinic especially for young women.
Individual evidence
literature
- Sister Marie Luise Metzger: The community of the Merciful Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul in Untermarchtal . In: Rottenburger Jahrbuch für Kirchengeschichte , Vol. 6 (1987), pp. 99–114.
- Wolfgang Urban : "Come on, we're going up to the Lord's mountain!" Architecture and spirituality . Motherhouse Church of St. Vincent of the Merciful Sisters of St. Vincent von Paul in Untermarchtal . ( Cyclists' church - thanks and gas station on the Danube cycle path ) . [Photos by Edgar Briemle.] Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89870-540-0 .
- Theo Zanek: The Sisters of Mercy from the Order of Saint Vincent von Paul in Schwäbisch Gmünd , in Unicorn Yearbook Schwäbisch Gmünd, 29th year, Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2002, ISBN 3-927654-95-7 , pp. 157-174 .
Web links
- Official website
- Video about the life of a young sister based on 10 questions ("Galileo" contribution)