Clementine Children's Hospital Dr. Christ Foundation
The non-profit Clementine Children's Hospital Dr. Christ'sche Foundation , based in Frankfurt am Main , has been running a hospital for the healing and care of sick children since 1845 and 1875. Its origins go back to 1835.
Dr. Christ Foundation
In 1835, the pediatrician and obstetrician Johann Theobald Christ , very popular and in great demand in Frankfurt am Main , decreed in his will to use his fortune of 150,000 guilders in a sustainable manner for needy sick children. The idea went back to a suggestion of his friend, the doctor and secret Nassau court councilor Salomon Stiebel. As far as possible with his means, an “independent hospital” and an attached maternity hospital for “poor women who are subject to local civil and homeland rights” should be set up for “poor and sick children between 4 and 12 years” of all denominations.
Christ's Children's Hospital (1845–1943)
When Christ died in 1841 after a long suffering, Stiebel took on the task of realizing his legacy. The children's hospital was to be built on the street where Johann Theobald Christ lived and practiced, in Theobald Strasse, which has now been named after him (today: Theobald-Christ-Strasse) in the Ostend district . The foundation stone for Christ's Children's Hospital was laid on August 13, 1843, and the house with a garden was ceremoniously opened on January 14, 1845. Soon the people of Frankfurt were talking about the "little hospital", a belittling of the short term hospital derived from hospital. Thanks to donations from wealthy Frankfurt citizens, Christ's second wish was also fulfilled; Christ's maternity hospital was built right next to it.
Foundation of the Louise Freifrau von Rothschild
Clementine Girls' Hospital (1875–1899)
Louise Freifrau von Rothschild (1820–1894), the youngest daughter of Nathan Mayer Rothschild (banker) , founded the Clementine Girls' Hospital in 1875 in memory of her daughter Clementine (1845–1865) who died after a long illness. For this purpose she provided 800,000 gold marks and her summer house - located outside the city - on the Bornheimer Landwehr on an area of 10,000 m 2 . Louise von Rothschild was advised by experts from the United Kingdom and on the site by the architects Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli (1842–1930) and Carl Jonas Mylius (1839–1883) a modern hospital “in the pavilion system” for 18–20 beds Build all the comforts that the time had to offer: "Earth closets with downpipes" and "air ducts" below the floors. At the hospital, between the two marble busts of Louise and Clementine von Rothschild executed as Camée relief, a rectangular marble plaque was attached, the dedication of which read: "To the memory of the dear child, this site dedicated to the relief of suffering: Louise von Rothschild, 1875". Medical care for girls was free. In 1887, Louise von Rothschild stipulated in her will that the foundation should continue to exist after her death.
Clementine Children's Hospital (1899–1938)
Already in 1899 the capacity of the hospital was doubled by an extension. From this point on, boys were also treated, which led to the renaming of Clementine Girls Hospital to Clementine Hospital. Clementine von Rothschild was the third of seven daughters; her sisters, who lived in London and Paris, supported the hospital well into the 1920s, despite the First World War . In 1928, the Patriotic Women's Association of the Red Cross took over the hospital operations and chaired the foundation.
Third Reich
After the seizure of power of the Nazis in 1933 the specific purposes of the Dr. were Christ'schen Foundation and the Louise von Rothschild Foundation disregarded Jewish doctors and board members such as B. Paul Grosser expelled. Euthanasia crimes were committed in young patients from both institutions .
Red Cross Children's Hospital (1938–1948)
In 1938 the Louise von Rothschild Foundation was dissolved by the Nazis as a "Jewish organization" and the Clementine Children's Hospital was renamed the Red Cross Children's Hospital.
destruction
On October 4, 1943, both Christ's Children's Hospital and the Clementine Children's Hospital were destroyed by Allied bombing , and people were not harmed.
New beginning
After the Second World War , the Louise von Rothschild Foundation was reinstated in its rights in 1948. Between her and the Dr. Christ Foundation, a cooperation agreement was reached that would unite both children's hospitals in the future. The valuable large property on the Bornheimer Landwehr was sold to the city of Frankfurt am Main. In 1954 the new building of the future Clementine Children's Hospital on the rubble plot of Dr. Christ's Children's Hospital on Theobaldstrasse (today: Theobald-Christ-Strasse), which opened in 1955.
fusion
In 1974 the two foundations became the Clementine Children's Hospital Dr. Christ'schen Foundation, which acted as the sponsor of the Clementine Children's Hospital.
On January 1, 2009, the sponsorship was transferred to the Frankfurter Stiftungskrankenhäuser Association, which was managed by the Clementine Children's Hospital Dr. Christ'sche Foundation and the Bürgerhospital Frankfurt am Main association. Since then, the foundation has represented the interests of the Clementine Children's Hospital and paediatrics within the association's bodies.
Commemoration
On March 5, 1998, a bronze plaque was unveiled at the address Theobald-Christ-Strasse 16 to commemorate all the children and doctors in both children's hospitals who had been victims of National Socialism.
literature
- Otto Hövels, Jürgen Dippell, Ute Daub: "Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the Dr. Christ'schen Foundation 1845 - 1995", Brühlsche Universitätsdruckerei. Giessen 1995
- Barbara Reschke et al .: "Full of talent and grace - Clementine von Rothschild 1845 - 1865. For the 125th anniversary of the Clementine Children's Hospital". Societätsverlag. Frankfurt am Main 2000, revised. 2012 edition with an afterword by Alfred Grosser . ISBN 3-7973-0770-5
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clementine Children's Hospital Dr. Christ'sche Foundation at: frankfurt.de
- ↑ Illustration (undated): Dr. Johann Theobald Christ at: juedische-pflegegeschichte.de
- ↑ Dr. Johann Theobald Christ and Louise Freifrau von Rothschild at: ckh-stiftung.de
- ↑ Dr. Johann Theobald Christ at: juedische-pflegegeschichte.de
- ↑ The estate of 150,000 guilders from Johann Theobald Christ ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: stadtgeschichte-ffm.de
- ↑ Founder Dr. Johann Theobald Christ and Louise Freifrau von Rothschild at: stiftungskrankenhaeuser.de
- ↑ Website of the CKH Foundation, section history: "From the foundation to the middle of the last century"
- ↑ Construction plan by the architects Bluntschli and Mylius of the north facade of the Clementine Girls' Hospital on the Bornheimer Landwehr on: juedische-pflegegeschichte.de
- ↑ Site plan of the Clementine Girls' Hospital on the Bornheimer Landwehr at: juedische-pflegegeschichte.de
- ↑ Painting: The Clementine Girls Hospital on the Bornheimer Landwehr, 1875 - 1899 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at: ckh-stiftung.de
- ↑ Photos: Dedication for the Clementine Children's Hospital ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at: ckh-stiftung.de
- ^ Photo: Camée with a relief of Clementine von Rothschild (1845–1865) on: juedische-pflegegeschichte.de
- ^ Line drawing: Clementine Children's Hospital after expansion in 1899 to: juedische-pflegegeschichte.de
- ^ Photo (undated): Clementine Children's Hospital on the Bornheimer Landwehr, around 1900 on: juedische-pflegegeschichte.de
- ^ Louise Freifrau von Rothschild and Clementine von Rothschild on: ckh-stiftung.de
- ↑ Timeline of the history of the Clementine Children's Hospital at: stiftungskrankenhaeuser.de
- ^ History of the Clementine Children's Hospital Dr. Christ'sche Foundation at: ckh-stiftung.de
- ↑ Memorial plaque for Nazi victims of Dr. Christ'schen Children's Hospital and the Clementine Children's Hospital ( Memento of the original dated December 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: stadtgeschichte-ffm.de
