Journeyman's Hospice

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The journeymen hospice was a Christian oriented hostel and educational center for the care of the journeymen , the Catholic priest and social reformer Adolph Kolping established in the mid-19th century.

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In addition to accommodation and food, the journeyman's hospice was supposed to provide mental and spiritual care for journeyman craftsmen who were on the move . Adolph Kolping had recognized that during this time the so-called master families dissolved and the journeymen lost their family and religious support and thus no longer steered their lives in an "orderly way". He saw the need to develop a hospice system. The term was derived from the Latin word hospitium for hostel and its ecclesiastical influence by Caritas, see also hospice (explanation of terms) . Kolping also used the term journeyman's hospital . The journeyman's hospice was intended to complement the journeyman's associations that Kolping had previously founded.

The first of these journeyman's hospices was built in Elberfeld , others in Euskirchen , Cologne (see below), Mannheim , Mainz , Munich and Weißenburg .

The journeyman's hospice should also serve for further education and training. From the journeyman's hospices, the journeyman's houses , youth homes and men's homes were later built .

In the today than Kolpinghaus or Kolping dormitory known devices are mainly a community living form for apprentices and other young people. They are organized as separate legal entities within the Kolping Society .

In addition to living and recreational activities, the educational offer is the third essential pillar of today's Kolping Houses.

Journeyman's Hospice Cologne

The journeyman's hospice in Cologne was the second facility after Elberfeld (today Wuppertal ) and in the middle of the 19th century had the task of providing journeyman accommodation and care. It should also give the journeymen the opportunity to experience community and life support.

On August 14, 1852 the Lender'sche house in the Breiten Strasse was acquired.

In addition to the original purchase price of 14,200 thalers , which was raised through donations from Cologne citizens as well as companies such as Colonia , there were also the renovation costs (approx. 3,800 thalers) until Archbishop Johannes von Geissel opened the hospice in May 1853 in the presence of a delegation of 45 Unite inaugurated. Above the portal read: To god's honor, to benefit the city, to teach the youth, to protect the craft, to defeat the devil's house is now there, for good fellows from far and near .

literature

  • Franz Lüttgen: Johann Gregor Breuer and Adolph Kolping. Studies on the early history of the Catholic Journeyman's Association . Bonifatius-Verlag, Paderborn 1997, ISBN 3-87088-977-2

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