Bremen Diakonie

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The Bremen Diakonie der Kirchen has existed in Bremen since the Middle Ages . She did social work in the community.

The Diakonie Bremen ( Diakonische Werk Bremen e.V. ) from 1963 belongs to Diakonie Deutschland like 14 other regional associations . The Diakonie Bremen is in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen as a state a recognized top association for free welfare .

history

Bremer Diakonie since the Middle Ages

Diakonie , organized in foundations , institutions, associations and institutions in Bremen, has a long tradition in Bremen that goes back to the Middle Ages. Caring for the poor, the elderly, the sick and orphans was a Christian charitable activity in the Middle Ages. The affected people were admitted to hospitals , holy booths and inns. The facilities were financed by donations, foundations, inheritances and pension income from the hospitals. Even after the Reformation, there was no great change. Increasingly, however, the Bremen parishes took over the organization of the charity.

From 1525 a “God's box” at the Church of Our Lady in Bremen is known, which “de husarmen” supplied. This facility was administered by four to six parishioners who have been designated deacons (ancient Greek διακονία, diakonia "service" by διάκονος "servant") since 1526. These deacons employed an accountant and pawns to oversee beggars and poor people. Similar institutions may also have been active in the other Bremen parishes. In 1638 the last diakonia of the parishes at that time was established at Bremen Cathedral .

The diakonia regulated poor welfare to prevent begging. She kept in constant contact with those in need. She collected donations and accepted foundations and bequests . Resident citizens who have received alms , but were only given to them if they were not caught begging, were referred to as “poor people” . "Beggars and Vagantes " were able to be instructed in a Werkaus (also called Werk- und Zuchthaus ) founded in 1646 on Grossenstrasse.

There were also some other charitable institutions at the Bremen brotherhoods and guilds as well as hospitals that were not tied to the city or the parishes.

St. Petri Orphanage at Domshof , demolished in 1902

The Alten Eichen Foundation from 1596 is considered the oldest youth welfare organization in Germany. The St. Petri Orphanage Foundation from 1692 in Bremen has its origins in the orphanage of the St. Petri Cathedral Community from 1692, and the Egestorff Foundation goes back to a home for poor, sick and old citizens, which was founded in 1692 at the suggestion of the Bremen old town communities the citizenship was founded to improve poor relief.

In 1684, the Bremen council established a reformed poor house and children's home in the brewery on Stephanitorwall. The deacons instructed the “pupils” in this facility, which had been on Hutfilter Strasse since 1685 and in Grossenstrasse since 1707. Since the second half of the 17th century, the Bremen diakonia came under the influence of the Bremen City Council. The funds of the Diakonien were now also used for the general poor relief of the city. The city orphanages and the city poor house have now been funded. Since 1692 the Lutheran orphans have been housed in a building belonging to the cathedral curia as the St. Petri orphanage. The established deacon office was closely connected with the parishes. The diakonia also survived the anti-church French period in Bremen .

In the 19th century, the Bremen foundations were subject to control by the Bremen Senate or the Diakonie. The deacons were from 1813 to around 1830 members of the 400 to 600 citizens, powerless Bremen citizenship .

The Association for Inner Mission has existed since 1849, the Deaconess Mother House founded in 1868 and the Bahnhofsmission since 1898 are further examples of early diaconal engagement in Bremen.

In 1875 the city ​​of Bremen poor relief was set up as a new authority with a senatorial director and 102 poor relief workers, 48 ​​of them church community diaconies. This authority regulated its tasks in 85 poor districts. In 1878 the deacons resigned by law and there were now 180 only municipal poor carers. This marked the separation of church and state in this area.

Deaconess Mother House

Diako Hospital

The establishment of a deaconess mother house in Bremen was connected with church struggles for direction and only succeeded in 1868 after this development began in Germany in 1836. A hospital with 30 beds was set up in Fichtenstrasse.

From 1878 to 1880 the new Diakonissenhaus was built with 45 beds, today's DIAKO Bremen on Nordstrasse according to plans by Wilhelm Below, which was later enlarged with a house for 30 children. A subsidiary for 33 female “sick people”, the Almastift in Walle, was added in 1892. The hospital was enlarged to 150 beds in 1904 and accommodations for the deaconesses were created. In 1937 the house had nine specialist departments. In 1944 the building was destroyed and it was not until 1958/60 that a new hospital was built in Gröpelingen and that it was constantly enlarged and modernized.
The DIAKO Ev. Diakonie-Krankenhaus is today (2015) a hospital with 401 beds and around 900 employees.

Diakonische Werk Bremen from 1963

In 1963 the Diakonisches Werk Bremen (DW Bremen) was founded. In 1964 the Diakonisches Werk Innere Mission and Aid Organization of the Evangelical Church in Bremen started its activities. The law for the promotion of a voluntary social year (FSJ) has provided a legal framework since 1964, which guarantees all participants the possibility of orientation while at the same time social security and education.
In 1977 DW Bremen, together with the Lutheran Church Oldenburg and DW der Ev.-ref. Church of Northwest Germany established a joint administrative office for community service providers . DW Oldenburg is in charge of the project. The Voluntary Social Year was expanded from 30 to 60 participants in 1981.
The Federal Association of Johanniter Accident Aid was accepted into the Diakonisches Werk Bremen.
In 1986 the office moved to the Diakonie building at Blumenthalstrasse 10.
The 31st Bread for the World campaign was opened nationwide in 1989 in the Bremen Upper Town Hall with the participation of the President of the Bundestag, Rita Süssmuth . The Diaconal Conference took place in Bremen in 1997 and adopted the nationwide mission statement.

The Association for Inner Mission and the Diakonisches Werk Bremen were organizationally separated in 2004. The Diakonisches Werk moved into its own premises in the Consul Hackfeld House in Bremen - Mitte. The German Evangelical Kirchentag 2009 came to Bremen and the Diakonisches Werk Bremen organized the Diakonisches Dorf in the Unser Lieben Frauen Kirchhof . The Diakonisches Werk Bremen supports the alliance for human rights to housing . The nationwide Bread for the World campaign opened in 2013 with a festive event and a television service in Bremen. The Diakonisches Werk Bremen celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014 with a Senate reception in the Bremen City Hall .

Diakonie Bremen

organization

Diakonie Bremen organizes and represents the interests of its 44 independent members (as of 2017). Members include, for example, the Bremen Evangelical Church and the DIAKO Ev. Diakonie Hospital .
The Diakonie Bremen is a member of the state working group of the Free Welfare Care Bremen

Volunteering

Diakonie Bremen promotes voluntary work at different levels. These include the Voluntary Social Year (FSJ), the Federal Voluntary Service (BFD) and the Voluntary Social Commitment (FSE) - also known as "honorary office". A total of around 3,800 full-time employees and another 800 volunteers are involved in the member institutions of Diakonie Bremen (as of June 2017).

Worldwide diakonia

Diakonie Bremen also pursues ecumenical and global issues through Bread for the World , Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe and Hope for Eastern Europe. The partnership with the municipality of Schäßburg has existed for more than 40 years.

Board

The board of the Diakonie Bremen is (as of September 2017) the state diaconal pastor Manfred Meyer. Jürgen Stein is the association coordinator.

Members

Members of the Bremer Diakonie are (as of 2018)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d About us - Diakonie Bremen. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Deaconess Mother House and Diako has existed for 150 years . In: https://www.kreiszeitung.de . October 9, 2017 ( Kreiszeitung.de [accessed June 14, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Bremen Action Alliance Human Right to Housing. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Half a century of social welfare in Bremen. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  5. ^ FSJ, BFD and honorary office - Diakonie Bremen. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Bremen . ( brot-fuer-die-welt.de [accessed June 14, 2018]).
  7. ^ Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe - Diakonie Bremen. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Hope for Eastern Europe - Diakonie Bremen. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Community counseling in Schäßburg ... Accessed June 14, 2018 .
  10. ^ WESER-KURIER: Festival service for Manfred Meyer . ( weser-kurier.de [accessed on June 14, 2018]).
  11. ↑ Contact - Diakonie Bremen. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Our members - Diakonie Bremen. Retrieved June 14, 2018 .

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