Evangelical Lutheran Diakonissenanstalt Flensburg
The Evangelical Lutheran Diakonissenanstalt Flensburg , DIAKO for short , is a Protestant company in the welfare sector based in Flensburg. With almost 3,300 employees, DIAKO is the largest employer in Flensburg.
history
On September 29, 1874, three deaconesses and five student nurses took over a small hospital that was founded on a foundation by the married couple Gotthard and Anna Hansen.
In 1881–1883, the Flensburg Deaconess Hospital was built on the western height . At the same time, the Diako church of the institutional community was built in the district.
DIAKO is a member of the Kaiserswerther Association of German Deaconess Mother Houses .
structure
The DIAKO is a corporation under public law (Germany) . It includes:
- Deaconess Hospital Flensburg with the Förde Clinic
- Margarethen Clinic Kappeln
Among other things, it operates nursing homes and nursing services. DIAKO Nordfriesland is affiliated.
literature
- Ulrike Winkler, Hans-Walter Schmuhl: change of tide. The Evangelical Lutheran Diakonissenanstalt in Flensburg from 1930 to 1970 . Series of publications by the Society for Flensburg City History Volume 84, Flensburg 2017. ISBN 978-3-925856-80-8 .
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 54 ° 47 ′ 25.7 " N , 9 ° 25 ′ 34" E