Christian Scharfenberg

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Karl Friedrich Christian Scharfenberg (born September 7, 1806 in Beerfelden , † May 29, 1853 in Michelstadt ) was a German medic .

Life

After attending eds grammar school in Wertheim and Darmstadt , Christian Wertheim went to study at the University of Giessen . During his studies he became a member of the old Gießen fraternity Germania in the winter semester of 1825/26 . He was also a member of the Corps Vandalia I and later honorary member of the Corps Vandalia II. The study of medicine , he completed in 1833 with the promotion of Dr. med. from. After taking the Physicats exam in 1837, he settled in Michelstadt as a general practitioner. In 1838 he was appointed Grand Ducal Hessian Physician in Michelstadt. In 1839 he was appointed as Count's Erbach-Fürstenau personal physician . Later until his death he was a district doctor for the Erbach district .

In 1842 he founded a hydropathic institute in Michelstadt, the Michelstadt cold water institute, in which he also pursued further training in hydrology . Carl von Mettenheimer was one of his students . The institution was initially based in the Villa Kalkhof and was moved to the newly constructed building at Frankfurter Straße 3 in 1850, which has served as a town house since 1972 under the name Former Kaltwasseranstalt . Both buildings are now among the cultural monuments of Hesse.

After the death of the Orthodox rabbi of Michelstadt Isaac Löw Wormser in 1847, Scharfenberg, himself a Protestant, called for a donation call for his widow and orphans as a member of a committee.

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Wentzcke : Fraternity lists. Second volume: Hans Schneider and Georg Lehnert: Gießen - The Gießener Burschenschaft 1814 to 1936. Görlitz 1942, F. Germania. No. 157.
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 59 , 11; 59 , 25
  3. ^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette, No. 25, June 3, 1853, p. 388 ( digitized version)
  4. ^ Cultural monuments in Hesse: Villa Kalkhof, Michelstadt, Odenwaldkreis
  5. ↑ Cultural monuments in Hesse: Former Kaltwasseranstalt, Michelstadt, Odenwaldkreis
  6. ↑ Appeal for donations for the family of the late Rabbi Isaak Löb Wormser (1847)
personal data
SURNAME Scharfenberg, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scharfenberg, Karl Friedrich Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Beerfelden
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1853
Place of death Michelstadt