Diakonie Michaelshoven
| Diakonie Michaelshoven
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| legal form | eV |
| founding | 1950 |
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Cologne , Germany
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| Number of employees | 2,800 |
| Branch | Outpatient and inpatient care for the elderly , assistance for the handicapped , child and youth welfare , vocational rehabilitation , social counseling / assistance for the homeless, women's shelter , emergency shelter , vocational college |
| Website | diakonie-michaelshoven.de |
The Diakonie Michaelshoven e. V. was founded in 1950 by Pastor Erwin te Reh in Rösrath in the former prisoner-of-war camp "Hoffnungsthal" , initially as a home for war orphans. Today it is the largest diaconal organization in the Cologne area. Around 2,800 full-time employees and 650 voluntary employees look after people in various facilities in the classic fields of Diakonie . Much of the equipment is in Michaelshoven in Cologne district Rodenkirchen . There are branch offices far beyond Cologne, in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis and Oberbergischer Kreis. The work is divided into different business areas: Living and Living in Old Age Michaelshoven, Child and Family Aids Michaelshoven, Living and Living with Disabilities Michaelshoven, Cologne Professional Promotion Agency, Social Aid, Auxilio Services Michaelshoven, Management Services Michaelshoven and the Simple Foundation help . Diakonie Michaelshoven is a member of Eurodiaconia, a network of churches and Christian non-governmental organizations .
The Diakonie Michaelshoven is led by Birgit Heide (theological director) and Uwe Ufer (commercial director).
Forum Michaelshoven
Various public events take place in the Diakoniedorf under the motto “Forum Michaelshoven”. These include a. Lecture and discussion events on current issues from diaconia, church and politics, but also art exhibitions as well as dance and theater performances. The “culture in Michaelshoven” is of particular importance. It is intended to help people who live and work in Michaelshoven come together with people from the region. That is why the Diakonie Michaelshoven regularly invites you to concerts in the Archangel Michael Church. In summer 2003, the new one was Wegscheider - organ inaugurated. With this instrument, unique in the Rhineland, organ music was given a special focus in the musical offer. In 2017 the organ was sold to the KunstKlangKirche .
history
The founding phase from 1950 to 1964
Pastor Erwin te Reh founded the association "Coenaculum - Christ Invites!" in Stephansheidein Rösrath. The foundation stone for the chapel was laid there in the same year. In the course of time the name of the association changed to "Diakonie Michaelshoven". After the Second World War, many refugees came to Cologne who found hardly any accommodation there. In 1954 the association therefore bought land in the south of Cologne. In the same year the Bodelschwingh house in Cologne-Mülheim was inaugurated. In 1955 the association laid the foundation stone for the first houses in Michaelshoven: House Ruth, Thomas House and House Andreas as well as the Archangel Michael Church and the rectory were built. Other buildings followed: in 1958 the Schwesternheimat house, in 1959 the Markus-Haus in Michaelshoven, dormitory for people with disabilities, in 1961 the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus, boarding school for pupils with physical disabilities and in 1963 the women’s dormitory Elisabeth-Fry-Haus. The Archangel Michael Church was consecrated in 1964.
Growth from 1965 to 1985
In 1965 the Diakonie built the Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar houses. In addition, the then Federal President Heinrich Lübke visited the campus and gave the Diakonie the sculpture of a bear that is still in the park today. In 1967 the Haus Israel nursing home was completed, which was renamed Haus Zacharias on the advice of the police after the Munich Olympic attack . In 1970 the Cologne Vocational Promotion Agency was set up and the first boarding school was also established. In 1971 the Diakonie took over the Katharina-von-Bora-Haus retirement home in Lindenthal. In 1974 the office for Diakonie was separated. The Michaelshoven parish was founded. In 1975 the largest old people's home for senior citizens in Cologne, Haus Simeon, was inaugurated. In the same year, the specialist seminar for geriatric care and the institute for massage and physiotherapy on campus were officially recognized. In 1979 Diakonie took over Haus Segenborn, a home for the homeless in Waldbröl, as the sponsor. In 1981 Pastor Dr. Erwin te Reh into retirement.
From an association to a diaconal company from 1990
In 1990 the foundation stone for the head office on Sürther Straße was laid and the offer expanded: in 1995 the hall for riding therapy on campus opened, and in 1996 outpatient care was founded. Between 1996 and 1999 the Diakonie Michaelshoven renovated many buildings, including the Simeon house, the Bodelschwingh house in Cologne and the Segenborn house in Waldbröl. From 2001 the structure of the company changed: From an association it became a social enterprise with a holding structure. Since then, the offers have been divided into business areas. The foundation was established in 2008. It promotes important offers that have not been paid for by the payers. In 2010 the new Dietrich Bonhoeffer House and the Preses Held House nursing home in the Rhein-Erft district were inaugurated. In 2015, the two old people's homes Thomas-Müntzer-Haus and Albert-Schweitzer-Haus opened as well as a new daycare center on campus. In 2018 the renovated and partially rebuilt Bodelschwingh house in Mülheim was reopened. On June 25, 2015, Diakonie Michaelshoven celebrated its 65th anniversary with an open-air concert. In 2018, Diakonie Michaelshoven invested around 5 million euros in the new four-story barrier-free building for youth and family welfare.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Diakonie Michaelshoven. Diakonie Michaelshoven e. V., accessed on March 9, 2020 : “Diakonie Michaelshoven has been helping people in Cologne and the region who need support since 1950. We have around 2,800 employees and 650 volunteers. "
- ↑ Member organizations. In: Eurodiaconia. Retrieved March 30, 2020 (UK English).
- ↑ a b Diakonie Michaelshoven: Summer party for the 65th anniversary . ( rodenkirchen.de [accessed on July 13, 2018]).
- ↑ www.kunstklangkirche.org
- ↑ a b c Mission statement and history. Diakonie Michaelshoven e. V., accessed on March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Ulrike Süsser: Topping- out ceremony: A home for those in need . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on July 13, 2018]).