Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg
The Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg Foundation is a church foundation under civil law and a diaconal institution based in Ludwigsburg . With 650 employees and around 1200 people looked after, it is one of the largest providers of social work in the Stuttgart region with such a diverse range of services. Eva Luise Köhler , the wife of the former Federal President Horst Köhler , has been the patron since January 2005 .
tasks and activities
As a member of the Diakonisches Werk Württemberg , Karlshöhe maintains facilities with various social assistance offers on its main site in Ludwigsburg and in the district. The diaconal core tasks include child and youth welfare, the training center (rehab training for young people with physical or mental impairments), the "Haus am Salon" (elderly care), forms of housing for people with social and psychological difficulties, help for people with mental health problems Disability, as well as "Work + Technology" with programs for long-term unemployed women and men. In a large second-hand shop, disadvantaged people help sort donations in kind and sell them. Karlshöhe also includes the diaconal parish, which develops special offers for disadvantaged people.
The technical basis in the area of assistance for the disabled is the procedure for structuring the care of people with disabilities (GBM).
The Karlshöher Kantorei is an important part of Ludwigsburg's cultural life. Many Karlshöher play in the Brenz Band , a music group made up of people with intellectual disabilities. The paddock enables the residents to take advantage of the therapeutic riding offered by the private stables "Kassiopeia".
The Friends of Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg e. V. supports numerous projects. The car-free area itself with its many green spaces on the outskirts of Ludwigsburg is a popular recreational destination for walkers and cyclists. Many public festivals and celebrations make the Karlshöhe an open institution and a lively part of the city.
On the other hand, the Karlshöhe also offers space for the training and organization of deacons. In the Karlshöher Diakonieverband, well over 1000 deacons from the areas of community diakonia, youth work, social work, religious education as well as health, old age and care are linked as specialists and managers. Future deacons are now studying at the Evangelical University of Ludwigsburg on the Karlshöhe campus. The Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg Foundation is a non-profit organization. The foundation emerged from a children's home (Mathildenstift) that was dissolved in the city of Ludwigsburg and was established in 1876. Following a new concept, around 60 children were initially cared for by so-called "brothers", who later became deacons and, since 1972, deacons . Elderly care followed three years later as a further area of work. The other diaconal fields of work were added after the Second World War.
The Karlshöher Church
The church on the grounds of the Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg Foundation in Königinnenalle 48 was inaugurated on September 27, 1931 as a prayer room for the community of brothers and sisters. So it is not a matter of founding an independent church - to this day the Karlshöher Church is part of the Ludwigsburg peace parish .
The historical background: Due to the increasing number of brothers, the old prayer room at Karlshöhe had proven to be too small. The blessings and church services could no longer take place on Karlshöhe, but had to be moved to the dining room or the city church in Ludwigsburg. For this reason, the Karlshöher board of directors decided to build a new and larger prayer room. On February 18, 1931, the architect Otto Eichert (1890–1951) from Ludwigsburg, who had studied with Paul Bonatz in Stuttgart, won the tender in the architectural competition.
The architecture: As the topic was the construction of a prayer room, a high church tower was dispensed with and a smaller bell tower was attached to the northwest corner. The basic design of the church is simple and functional. The three church windows that were designed by the Ulm artist Adolf Loy (1903–1967) should be emphasized. Together they form an ensemble with a central window depicting Jesus, framed by two guarding angels. It refers to the historical leitmotif of the Karlshöher deacon congregation: "What you did for one of the least of my brothers, you did it to me" (Matthew 25/40). This leitmotif is also echoed in the two flanking windows, in which good deeds are depicted in the spirit of Jesus' word: eating, dressing, sheltering and visiting those in need. The chancel on the west side was redesigned in 1973 in the course of the installation of an organ by the Marbach organ builder Peter Plum. It is an instrument with hand-made hammered pipes that acoustically harmonizes very well with the church interior. The Karlshöher Church is therefore particularly well suited for vocal and organ music, which is why CD recordings take place there again and again - especially by the Karlshöher Kantorei, widely known among friends of church music.
literature
- Theo Lorch: A diaconal parish - Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg 1876–1976 . Quell-Verlag, Stuttgart 1976
- Monika Zeilfelder-Löffler: The history of the "Evangelical Brothers and Children's Institution Karlshöhe" in Ludwigsburg - from the beginning until after the end of the Second World War with special consideration of the years of National Socialist rule . DWI-Verlag, Heidelberg 1996
- Kurmann, Rodermund, Thierfelder, Fischer, Zeilfelder-Löffler: The rustling of time and the voice of our God - The Karlshöher Brotherhood in the time of the Third Reich - A documentation . Diakonie-Verlag, Reutlingen 1996
- Bernhard Kurrle: Paradise only comes later - 125 years of Karlshöher Diakonie - Biographical Notes . Diakonie-Verlag, Reutlingen 2000
- Bernhard Kurrle (Ed.): Well, Brother Hertler - Karlshöher deacon training in the years after the Second World War . Karlshöhe, Ludwigsburg 2009
For home education:
- Annelen Schünemann: Homesickness . Projekt-Verlag Cornelius GmbH, Halle 2008
Web links
- Website of the Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg
- Archive inventory of the holdings of Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg, State Church Archive Stuttgart .
- Dorothea Besch: Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg . Württemberg Church History Online
- Karlshöher Kantorei
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Diversity is our strength. In: karlshoehe.de. Retrieved December 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Help for people with intellectual disabilities: professional support. In: karlshoehe.de. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 1.5 ″ N , 9 ° 11 ′ 59.7 ″ E