Bathildisheim

The Bathildisheim e. V. is a diaconal social enterprise in Bad Arolsen , which offers a wide range of services for people with disabilities . The area of activity is North Hesse.

Areas of activity

Housing offers for children, teenagers and adults
Bathildisheim workshops
North Hesse vocational training center
Karl-Preising School
Central specialist service
Easy Language Office
Leisure partner exchange Colorful diversity
PIKSL Laboratory Kassel

history

In 1905, the “Aid Association for Crippled, Stupid, Epileptic, Deaf-Mute and Blind Children in the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont ” was founded in Arolser Castle . The initiative came from the castle preacher Karl Knoll, who, with the support of Princess Bathildis von Waldeck-Pyrmont and in close cooperation with the church, the state health system and the regional women's association, founded the association called "Waldeck'sche Krüppelhilfe" from 1909 onwards. In 1912, the Bathildisheim, named after the protector, became the first house for 30 people with disabilities. The people living there learned handicrafts and attended school or received special lessons. In the following years the number of people looked after grew to 120, so that the rooms became narrow. In 1928 the "Waldfrieden House" was built near Neu-Berich .

During the time of National Socialism , the facility struggled with state harassment. Some residents fell victim to the National Socialist euthanasia .

Bathildisheim eV has grown continuously since the Second World War: Existing offers were expanded, new areas were added: in 1952 a home for apprentices , in 1970 school and boarding school buildings and new workshops , in 1977 a house for severely and severely disabled adults and the associated supply buildings. In 1981 the vocational training center in North Hesse could be moved into. In 1986 the first adults moved into an assisted living facility .

The Bathildisheim workshops are expanded in 1996 to include a new building in Bad Arolsen. The day work starts in 2013 as a project in Volkmarsen. The day work is now a permanent option for people with complex disabilities who are not entitled to a workshop space.

In 2003, the Karl-Preising-Schule received its current name and a new location in Rosenthal near Frankenberg .

In 2011, the Bad Arolser Diakonie-Zentrum (badz), a cooperation between the Bathildisheim and other diaconal providers of help for people in difficult circumstances, opened.

Remedial educational living has become heavily decentralized in recent years with the housing options in Volkmarsen, Wolfhagen and Bad Arolsen as well as the building project in Sachsenhausen. The offers in the outpatient and inpatient area were multiplied and individualized with the focus on the client. The Bathildisheim is committed to a diverse life in the communities and districts with corresponding inclusive housing and work offers, inclusive schools and inclusive education.

According to the company, around 800 people will be employed in 2019 (as of 2019).

Others

Bathildisheim eV operates a PIKSL laboratory in Kassel. The vision of digital participation for all people who like to use the Internet or who feel digitally disadvantaged should become a reality here. PIKSL stands for "Person-centered interaction and communication for a self-determined life".

Bathildisheim eV has two subsidiaries, DigitAr GmbH and ASD. On behalf of EWF (Energie Waldeck-Frankenberg GmbH), DigitAr GmbH operates a mobility agency for demand-driven transport in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. As a further service, Digitar GmbH operates the NVV Info Point at the train station in Bad Arolsen.

A three-wheel rally has been held every two years since 1980, to which motorcyclists with sidecars and solo drivers from all over Germany and neighboring countries travel to celebrate with the children and young people from the Karl-Preising School. The final highlight for the students is the team ride through the Waldecker Land .

Body

General meeting

Jürgen Leiter, Chairman
Stefan Massenkeil, Deputy Chairman

Supervisory board

Ulrich Welteke, chairman
Jürgen van der Horst, Deputy Chairman, Personnel and Finance Committee
Martin Beck
Eva Brinke-Kriebel
Henning Dassler
Ernst-Dietrich Kruger
Helmut Opper
Carl Anton Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Ariane Vermeil

Board

Dr. Christian Geyer, pastor, technical director
Jens Wehmeyer, Commercial Director

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Bathildisheim e. V .: Home: Bathildisheim eV Retrieved June 20, 2018 .
^ From aid association to social enterprise - 100 years of Bathildisheim . (PDF; 695 kB) Rehazentrum Bathildisheim e. V., accessed on September 25, 2017 .
^ Lydia Laucht: Bathildis, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873–1962). In: Michael Dorhs (Ed.): Giving a memory to faith. Life pictures from the church history of Kurhessen-Waldeck. Evangelischer Medienverband Kassel, Kassel 2007, ISBN 978-3-89477-871-2 , pp. 16-17.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Bathildisheim - that's us . Rehabilitation Center Bathildisheim e. V., accessed on September 25, 2017 .

[1] Bathildisheim e. V .: Home: Bathildisheim eV Retrieved June 20, 2018 .

[2] From aid association to social enterprise - 100 years of Bathildisheim . (PDF; 695 kB) Rehazentrum Bathildisheim e. V., accessed on September 25, 2017 .

[3] Lydia Laucht: Bathildis, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873–1962). In: Michael Dorhs (Ed.): Giving a memory to faith. Life pictures from the church history of Kurhessen-Waldeck. Evangelischer Medienverband Kassel, Kassel 2007, ISBN 978-3-89477-871-2 , pp. 16-17.

[:0-4] Bathildisheim - that's us . Rehabilitation Center Bathildisheim e. V., accessed on September 25, 2017 .