Sanatorium Dr. Barner

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Front view of today's clinic Dr. Barner

The Dr. Barner in Braunlage / Harz was founded in 1900 by Friedrich Barner as a sanatorium and is now a specialist hospital for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy .

Friedrich Barner (1859-1926)

Friedrich Barner was born in Hornburg in 1859 as the oldest of five siblings of an inn owner. He studied classical philology and after his doctorate became a teacher for Latin and Greek at a secondary school . Since this job did not fulfill him, he completed a medical degree and practiced after his license to practice as a country doctor . A short time later, one of his brothers was taking a cure in a sanatorium in Schierke , where Friedrich Barner often visited him. Through these visits he developed the idea of ​​opening a sanatorium in the Harz Mountains himself.

history

In 1899 Barner acquired two neighboring, typical resin wood villas, "Haus Sonnenblick" and the "Villa am Walde", in Braunlage. In the winter of 1900 he opened a “convalescent home for the upper classes” in these villas. The "Haus Sonnenblick" was extended by a wing to the southwest. In 1904 Barner had verandas added to the patient rooms of the "Haus Sonnenblick" . In 1905 Albin Müller began redesigning the entrance area and the waiting room. In 1905 he designed an air hut that was built by the Christoph & Unmack company and served as a prototype for a planned colony. However, the construction of this colony was not implemented and it remained a single, very simple house on stilts. 1912–1914 Müller built the middle house to connect the two villas. This was built and furnished in the style of a grand hotel and Darmstadt Art Nouveau . The grand hotel style should combine medical operations with a relaxing atmosphere. The double function can also be found in the wall design and the floor coverings. Here you will find, for example, wipeable and therefore hygienic, extremely decorative Linkrusta and on the floors inlaid linoleum, which was produced in the Anker factory in Delmenhorst . All designs came from Albin Müller.

To this day, all parts of the sanatorium's building have been preserved without major changes. “[The Sanatorium] represents in a unique way the many facets of the German reform movement in the early 20th century and is the only late work of Darmstadt Art Nouveau that has survived in its entirety, as is Albin Müller's only major work. Typologically, the sanatorium is the last representative of a grand hotel sanatorium on German soil and thus a concise testimony to a medically-historically and socially significant special phenomenon in Central Europe. "Since 1994, the sanatorium with its lounges has been on the list of monuments of Lower Saxony as an art and architectural monument. It is still used today as a specialist hospital for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy and has been restored and repaired since 2007 according to plans by the architecture firm David Chipperfield .

Medical concept early 1900

Barner pursued a holistic therapeutic approach and combined approaches from naturopathic and scientific medicine with psychotherapy.

Peace and quiet and the "complete absence of dust in the ozone-rich air" were important healing factors. In addition, there was a diet tailored to the patient and the course of the disease, with varied and vitamin-rich food. Meals were eaten together in the dining rooms, where Friedrich Barner was also present. With the newly built bathing establishment, the sanatorium received all facilities for water cures and baths, which were carried out by trained bathing staff. Mud baths were made from Braunlager Moor . In addition, there were carbonic acid, sool , spruce needle and hydroelectric baths , as well as packs, showers, rubs , massages and compresses. Other forms of therapy were found in air and sun baths. This could in any season as a rest cure , be taken in the designated deck halls or on the room's porches. In addition, walks in the hotel's own park or longer hikes, adapted to the respective state of health, as well as snowshoeing in winter, were part of the recovery program.

Electrotherapy developed in the 18th century was also used. A prospectus of the sanatorium from 1916 describes the scope as follows: "The entire electrotherapy: electric full baths, multi-cell bath, light bulb bath, faradization, galvanization, diathermy, degreasing chair, artificial sunlamp, vibration massage, X-ray facility." As one of the first sanatoriums in Germany, Barner took it 1900 explicitly on psychotherapy as a remedy. The discussions with the doctor were an integral part of the treatment and great importance was attached to a trusting relationship between doctor and patient.

The doctor's notes, his correspondence and the patient files can still be traced in the fully preserved medical records archive.

Awards

  • In 2006, the sanatorium received the Lower Saxony Sparkasse Foundation's Monument Preservation Prize .
  • 2009 Admission to the funding program of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media ( BKM )
  • In 2018 the sanatorium was awarded the Grand Prix Europa Nostra . The choice fell on the sanatorium because of the careful restoration by David Chipperfield Architects , as well as the still existing original use as a hospital. The jury's report describes the sanatorium as "a distinctive element of European heritage and an important example of architecture and interior design of the early 20th century".

Todays use

Logo of today's clinic Dr. Barner

Today the monument belongs to the non-profit foundation Sanatorium Dr. Barner. The building now houses the Dr. Barner , a specialist hospital for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy with a focus on trauma therapy ( post-traumatic stress disorders ) and depression treatment . The Barner family is still present in the house, both in the management and on the medical side. There are regular guided tours and concerts in the music hall.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eva Harte: Sanatorium Dr. Barner in Braunlage - a pearl of Art Nouveau in the middle of the Upper Harz .
  2. ↑ a b c d e David Chipperfield Architects: Monument conservation report for the monument conservation program "Nationally valuable cultural monuments" of the BKM .
  3. ↑ Anke Fritsch, Martin Reichert from David Chipperfield Architects: Documentation of the Sanatorium Dr. Barner Braunlage / Harz . 2009.
  4. ↑ Anke Fritsch (for David Chipperfield Architects): “Das Sanatorium Dr. Barner in Braunlage / Harz ”. In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony. Edition 4/2012. S. 232 .
  5. ^ Exhibition board "Medical Concept Sanatorium Dr. Barner 1900/1914" . Sanatorium Dr. Barner (Braunlage / Harz).
  6. ↑ a b c Prospectus Sanatorium Dr. Barner 1900 .
  7. ^ Prospectus Sanatorium Dr. Barner 1916 .
  8. ↑ Anke Fritsch (for David Chipperfield Architects): “Das Sanatorium Dr. Barner in Braunlage / Harz ”. In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony. Edition 4/2012 . S. 233 .
  9. ↑ Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung (ed.): Prize for monument preservation 2006 of the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung . Hanover 2006.
  10. ↑ Press release: “EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2018 for the Dr. Barner in Germany ” . 15th May 2018.
  11. ↑ Psychosomatic Barner

Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 46.1 ″  N , 10 ° 37 ′ 3.2 ″  E