Hessing Clinic
| Hessing Clinic | |
|---|---|
| Sponsorship | Hessing Foundation |
| place | augsburg |
| state | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 20 '23 " N , 10 ° 51' 56" E |
| director | Thomas Schmidt-Tancredi |
| beds | 386 |
| Employee | 450 |
| founding | 1868 |
| Website | www.hessing-kliniken.de |
The Hessing Clinic in Augsburg was founded in 1868 and is one of the largest specialist orthopedic clinics in Europe . The clinic became known nationwide, among other things, through the associated Kurhaus Göggingen . Today it is run by the Hessing Foundation as a specialist hospital for orthopedics, rheumatology and geriatrics . The clinics treat 7,500 inpatients and 35,000 outpatients every year.
history
The Hessing Clinic was founded in 1868 by Friedrich Ritter von Hessing , a pioneer in the field of orthopedic technology, as the "Hessing'sche Ökonomie- und Heilanstalt" and soon grew to become the largest European health resort: Hessing is to treat a total of 60,000 patients there to have.
The first clinic buildings were built by Jean Keller in the romantic - neo-baroque style of the Wilhelminian era , whereby two wing structures of the entire building (east and south wing) are still preserved today. In 1908, Hessing had a monument erected for himself (which is now in front of the main entrance to the clinic):
- The location between the neo-baroque side wings of the Neue Anstalt was the center of a cour d'honneur - a court of honor ... The monument - showing the councilor as a friend of children - was created by Eugen Boermel and cast in Berlin .
In order to increase the cultural offerings for the patients during their stays, Hessing also had the Kurhaus Göggingen built by Keller in 1886, which was already considered a “building miracle” when it opened and is today the only preserved multifunctional theater in glass and cast iron construction from the early days. In addition, from 1890 to 1893 Keller built the institution's own church of St. Johannes with a neo-baroque facade and neo-Gothic interior, which is now a listed building , as is a guest house, which was opened in 1896 according to plans by Karl Albert Gollwitzer as a conversion of a garden villa built around 1860.
Bertha Kipfmüller , who stayed at the Hessing Clinic around 1910, wrote in retrospect about her stay in the clinic:
- The stay was wonderful. Wonderful rooms, the common dining table with exquisite flowers from our own greenhouse. In the middle of winter constant spring! ... In addition, an audience from all over the world, including Russia. There was none other than the daughter of the almighty minister Stolypin ... A large entourage was with her and when they celebrated the Russian New Year they rumbled so much that I not only feared for my sleep, but also feared the ceiling collapse .
Sponsorship
All the facilities of the Hessing Clinic are supported by the Hessing Foundation of the same name , in which the entire legacy of Hessing was absorbed after his death in 1918 and which today also organizes cultural events such as lecture series on medical topics.
Medical specialties
The Hessing Clinic today consists of the following clinics:
- Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
- Spinal center
- Clinic for Pediatric Orthopedics and Neuroorthopedics
- Trauma Surgery Clinic
- Foot and Ankle Surgery Clinic
- Clinic for Sports Orthopedics and Athroscopic Surgery
- Clinic for Endoprosthetics and Orthopedic Rheumatology
- Hand Surgery Clinic
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation Clinic
- Geriatric rehabilitation clinic
The clinic center also has an area for orthopedic and shoe technology (Hessing central), an area for medical wellness (Hessing Forum Medical Wellness) and a support center for children with mental and physical disabilities ( social pediatric center ).
location
The Hessing Clinic is located in the Göggingen district in the south of Augsburg and can be reached via federal highway 17 . In addition, the hospital is connected to local public transport by bus and tram lines operated by Stadtwerke Augsburg .
The clinic has a park with some very old trees and a walkway.
gallery
Friedrich Ritter von Hessing, the founder of the clinics
Hessing's monument in front of the main entrance to the clinic
Hessingburg from the east.
Wall hall with 27 arched arcades and four pavilions in the park of the clinic (built in 1869)
View into the historic stairwell of the clinic
Institution's own church St. Johannes
Choir room St. Johannes
Under the arcades of the foyer
Wandelhalle north entrance
literature
- Gögginger Geschichtskreis eV: The series archive images Göggingen, Bad Langensalza 2010
- Kipfmüller, Bertha: Never bow down . Memoirs of a women's rights activist and pioneer of women's studies, Heidelberg 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gögginger Geschichtskreis 2010, p. 103
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection: Specialist information - Augsburg, Wellenburger Straße 12
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection: Specialist information - Augsburg, Bahnstrasse 15
- ↑ Kipfmüller 2013, p. 404
