Carl Abraham Hunnius
Carl Abraham Hunnius (* July 23 . Jul / 3. August 1797 greg. In Tallinn , April † 28 jul. / 10. May 1851 greg. In Haapsalu ) was a Baltic German physician and founder of the spa town of Haapsalu (German Hapsal ).
life and work
Carl Abraham Hunnius was born as the son of the businessman and councilor Carl Constans Hunnius (1766–1841) and his wife Emilie Friederike geb. Dreyer.
Hunnius attended the Knight and Cathedral School in Tallinn. He then studied medicine at the University of Tartu from 1815 to 1819 . In 1820 he went to Haapsalu on the Estonian west coast as an assistant doctor. In 1821 he received his doctorate. med. From 1830 until his death in 1851 he was the district doctor of Haapsalu.
Initially, Hunnius used his energies primarily for healing war invalids. He was the first to examine the healing properties of the Haapsalu mud . With this he laid the foundation stone for the Haapsalu spa and the spa tradition in Estonia in general.
Haapsalu's good reputation and Hunnius' treatment methods quickly spread among the Russian aristocracy. In 1825, with the help of wealthy patrons, Hunnius founded the first medicinal mud sanatorium in the city, and in 1845, the year his wife died, the second. As a result, Haapsalu quickly rose to become a popular and affluent health resort where the upper classes of the tsarist empire frequented. The spa tradition has continued in Haapsalu to this day.
In 1928 a monument to the Estonian artist Roman Haavamägi was erected in the place, commemorating Carl Abraham Hunnius.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Carl Abraham Hunnius. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- CV (Estonian) ( Memento from September 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Thalasso SPA Fra Mare Hotel, Haapsalu: Carl Abraham Hunnius
Individual evidence
- ↑ The title of his doctorate was De morbo: Sinni wil (blue leaves) nominato, carbunculo quodam Esthonia rusticis endemo
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 95
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunnius, Carl Abraham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunnius, Karl Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German physician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1851 |
| Place of death | Haapsalu |