Emma Poel

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Emma Sophie Cäcilie Wilhelmine Poel (born January 31, 1811 in Altona ; † December 3, 1891 ) was a co-founder of the organized diakonia in Germany .

Live and act

Emma Poel was born on January 31, 1811 as the eleventh child of Piter Poel and his wife Friederike, nee. Büsch was born in Altona. On May 23, 1832 she was a founding member of the female association for poor and sick care in Altona . The later founding of the children's hospital in Altona goes back to him . In 1835 she founded a women's association . On November 12, 1866, he initiated the assembly to found a deaconess institution . This was constituted on December 28, 1867 as the Evangelical Lutheran Diakonissenanstalt for Schleswig-Holstein in Altona . Her current name is Ev.-Luth. Diakonissenanstalt Alten Eichen in Hamburg.

Emma Poel died unmarried in 1891.

There has been an Emma-Poel-Straße in Altona-Nord since 2016 .

Fonts

  • (as editor): Reports of the female association for poor and sick care. Altona 1851 ff., Published - anonymously - Hamburg 1860.
  • Memories from the life of Amalie Sieveking , written by a friend on her behalf. With a foreword by Dr. Wichern. Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 1860.
  • Life of Amelia Wilhelmina Sieveking. 1863 ( digitized version ).
  • Old and new from the letter folder. Altona 1885.
  • Riddles and Charades. Altona 1885.

Web links

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  1. ^ Statistics Office North: Street and area index of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
personal data
SURNAME Poel, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poel, Emma Sophie Cäcilie Wilhelmine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Co-founder of organized diakonia in Germany
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Altona
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1891