Friederikenstift (Hanover)

Friederikenstift

The Friederikenstift is one of the oldest and largest hospitals in Hanover with its headquarters in Calenberger Neustadt on Humboldtstrasse. It emerged from the registered association Evangelisches Diakoniewerk Friederikenstift from 1841 and is a member of the Diakonisches Werk in Lower Saxony. The Friederikenstift has a total of 444 beds. The Friederikenstift has been part of the Diakovere Group since January 1, 2016 and merged with the Henriettenstift to form Diakovere Krankenhaus GmbH .

History of the Friederikenstift

The old Friederikenstift with the church in the center, 1877;
Copper engraving with the artist's signature v. Hille sc

In 1840, Christian women in Hanover founded the women's association for poor and sick care on the initiative of Ida Arenhold . It was initially a self-help organization that was also supposed to create income opportunities. Outpatient nursing was part of the association's activities from the start. In 1843 King Ernst August I donated the Weißhaarschen Hof to the association . At that time, the courtyard was still at the western end of Calenberger Neustadt, in front of the city's fortifications. The Humboldtstrasse was not laid out until 1870, after the last moat was filled in.

The farm was named in 1844 after Queen Friederike, who had died three years earlier . From 1876 to 1877, loans and collections made it possible to build a larger hospital in neo-Gothic style based on plans by the civil engineer Rudolph Berg and the architect Heinrich Wegener . During the First World War the house functioned as a hospital ; since 1922 also as a nursing school . Together with the employers' liability insurance association , an accident surgery facility was set up in 1928/1929.

The buildings were badly damaged by the air raids on Hanover in World War II ; the reconstruction took place from 1946 to 1951. The hospital was later expanded with the construction of new ward blocks and functional wings. The property of the Garrison Church on Goetheplatz (demolished in 1959/1960) was also bought. In 1961, the accident clinic of the iron and steel trade association in Marienstraße was bought and continued to operate as a second location with a focus on accident surgery. The Friederikenstift has also been using the Dachenhausenpalais on Calenberger Strasse since 1968 .

The ceramic building sculpture and the two groups of figures at the entrance to the west wing of the Friederikenstift were created by the sculptor Melchior von Hugo .

In order to survive in a competitive health system, the Friederikenstift merged with the Annastift and the Henriettenstiftung to form the Holding Diakonische Dienst Hannover gGmbH in 2006 , which was transferred to Diakovere gGmbH in 2016 .

In 2009, an additional new building for 64 beds and an ambulance were built on the former parking lot on Humboldtstrasse.

The hospital is an academic teaching hospital of the Hannover Medical School .

Management and management

Matthias Winkelhake
Stefan David (Chairman of the Diakovere Management Board )

literature

150 years of the Evangelisches Diakoniewerk Friederikenstift 1840–1900. Hanover 1990.
Solidarity with the legacy - courage for the new. The history of the Friederiken Sisterhood in Hanover. Hanover 2003.
Karl-Heinz Grotjahn: Friederikenstift. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 193.
Wolfgang Puschmann : Church of the Friederikenstift. In: Wolfgang Puschmann (Ed.): Hanover's churches. 140 churches in and around town. Ludwig-Harms-Haus, Hermannsburg 2005, ISBN 3-937301-35-6 , pp. 12-15.