Heinrich Mehler

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Heinrich Mehler (born October 18, 1859 in Emmerich , † April 15, 1926 in Georgensgmünd ) was a German medic .

Life

Heinrich Mehler, son of a Jewish businessman, studied medicine at the universities in Bonn , Heidelberg and Würzburg . After an assistant in the surgical department of the Nuremberg Clinic, he took over a doctor's practice in Allersberg . In 1887 he established himself as a general practitioner in Georgensgmünd . Initially in a rented apartment, his practice began in very modest circumstances. It was not until the turn of the century that he bought a property in Pleinfelder Strasse and was able to open a practice that was well equipped for the time. Mehler was also the first doctor in the community hospital in Friedrichsgmünd, which opened in 1887.

In view of the rampant tuberculosis at the beginning of the 20th century, Mehler founded an association to fight tuberculosis on January 4, 1909 . With grants from the Central Franconian State Insurance Institute , the association was able to build a lounge with dining room and a supply tent for lung patients next to the hospital building as early as 1910. As the rush of patients could soon no longer be managed, the association gave the green light to the construction of a sanatorium ("lung sanatorium") in the same year. This was officially opened on July 12, 1912.

In January 1914 Mehler received because of his commitment to the sick from the Bavarian King Ludwig III. awarded the title " Sanitätsrat " and became an honorary citizen of the Georgensgmünd community . He is the namesake of the local Dr. Mehler-Halle and the Dr. Mehler School , which was built there in 1959 instead of the sanatorium, and the Dr. Heinrich Mehler Fund to support disadvantaged children . Mehler was awarded the " King Ludwig Cross ".

On April 15, 1926, Heinrich Mehler died of a heart condition at the age of 67 and was buried on April 18 according to the Jewish rite in a mausoleum in the garden of the (former) sanatorium. He was married to Anna Mehler (1867-1936).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hans Bauer: Mysterious Franconia (3rd part, volume 3). Röll, Dettelbach 2006, page 35 f., ISBN 978-3-89754-116-0
  2. ^ "Georgensgmünd - 700 years of history at the confluence of the Franconian and Swabian Rezat", community Georgensgmünd (Axel Schwaiger), 2002, page 500 ff, ISBN 3-00-009312-5
personal data
SURNAME Mehler, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Emmerich (today: Emmerich am Rhein )
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1926
Place of death Georgensgmünd