Waldhof Elgershausen Clinic
| Waldhof Elgershausen Clinic | |
|---|---|
| Sponsorship | Diaconal work in Hesse and Nassau |
| place | Greifenstein |
| state | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 36 '30 " N , 8 ° 17' 28" E |
| medical director | Andreas Günther |
| areas of expertise | Respiratory system |
| Affiliation | Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau |
| founding | April 3, 1901 |
| Website | www.klinik-waldhof.de |
The Pneumological Clinic Waldhof Elgershausen near Greifenstein in Central Hesse is an acute hospital that treats diseases of the respiratory system. The clinic is part of a working group with the University Hospital Gießen and Marburg and is involved in research and teaching at the University of Gießen.
The hospital's areas of expertise are the treatment of tumor diseases of the respiratory organs , respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and the treatment of sleep-related respiratory disorders. The clinic has established itself as a supraregional center for Hesse , but also for North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate for the diagnosis and treatment of lung and pleural cancer.
history
Before using the clinic
The earliest mention of the place "Elgershausen" can be found in 1351. However, broken fragments suggest an earlier settlement up to the 12th century. In 1415 the Elgerhauser property passed to the Braunfeld Count Bernhard II. He had the Lady Chapel built around 1430 to create a spiritual center in his county. The first chaplain was hired in 1459 and the first masses were held here from 1479. A lay order from the Brotherhood of St. George held services in the chapel. During this time Elgershausen grew into an important place of pilgrimage in the Solmser Land. There was hardly a place that did not pay the “Elgershauser Gülte”. In 1554 Count Philipp joined the Evangelical Reformed Church and in 1601 a parish was founded in nearby Greifenstein, to which the “Elgershauser Gülte” was paid. The pilgrimages decreased. In 1683 Elgershausen became an estate. In 1756 a courtyard house was added to the chapel. Prince Friedrich took over the court and lived in it from 1764–1777. Elgershausen became a chief forester in 1842.
Clinic use
In 1899 Georg Liebe first founded a sanatorium in Braunfels , which he called "Kurpension", for the treatment of tuberculosis. The residents of Braunfels sent a petition to the ruling Prince Prince Albrecht (1891–1901), fearing a possible infection, with the request that the institution be closed. The prince offered the young doctor the Elgershausen chief forester, located in a vast forest area between Greifenstein and Greifenthal, as an alternative location. The families living there were relocated to the Heisterberg estate at the prince's behest. The founding date is April 3, 1901. First, Liebe started work with a few employees and only ten patients in what he called the “Waldhof”.
One year after work began, the sanatorium had to be expanded. The new building was named "Prince Albrecht House" after the sponsor. Georg Liebe already used x-ray examinations for diagnosis and practiced pneumothorax treatments. The therapeutic means were largely limited to air cures in so-called reclining halls, reclining cures, air and sun baths, water and diet cures as well as physical exercise and psychological support. In his work, Liebe primarily focused on medical education for patients and their families.
An important development factor in 1913 was the promise by the Reichsversicherung for employees to have their insured persons treated at the Waldhof Elgershausen sanctuary in future. The "Waldhof" could be expanded and expanded to 100 beds. In December 1915, the non-profit GmbH Krankenhausgesellschaft Elgershausen , founded in 1914, acquired the approximately 18.5 hectare site that had been leased until then. In addition to Georg Liebe, the shareholders also included Buderus'sche Eisenwerke AG , based in Wetzlar . The founder of the sanatorium, Georg Liebe, died at the age of 59. His early death led to multiple changes in medical management. In 1924, both his daughter Hertha Liebe and E. Lange were chief physicians at the facility for only a short time.
In 1924, the Hospiz-Gesellschaft GmbH , based in Berlin-Dahlem, joined the company as a partner. In November 1928, the Inner Mission of the Evangelical Church in Germany took over the hospital society.
As early as the First World War , Liebe had taken care of soldiers suffering from tuberculosis and those returning from the war. Soldiers with severe chest injuries, but also Russian prisoners with tuberculosis, were admitted and treated in the Waldhof during World War II .
In 1976 the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau joined the clinic as a partner. The Diakonisches Werk in Hessen and Nassau , based in Frankfurt am Main , became the new sponsor of the clinic .
In 1980 the Waldhof entered a working group with the human medicine department of the Justus Liebig University in Giessen under the medical direction of the pulmonologist and internist Harald Morr . Since 2006, Agaplesion AG , based in Frankfurt am Main, and the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau, based in Darmstadt, have been the sole shareholders of the Waldhof Elgershausen Pneumological Clinic .
House of silence
In the oldest building complex of the Waldhof Elgershausen Clinic, the so-called "Holy House", which also includes a chapel, the House of Silence has been located since 1993 . The sponsor is the "Initiative for the Promotion of Spiritual Life in the EKHN eV", which was founded in 1992 under the direction of the then provost Hans Wilhelm Stein to develop a concept for a house of silence in the Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The clinic - historical development. (No longer available online.) Waldhof Elgershausen Pneumological Clinic, archived from the original on March 3, 2011 ; Retrieved March 3, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Pneumological Clinic Waldhof Elgershausen (ed.): Pneumological Clinic Waldhof Elgershausen . 100 years of Waldhof Elgershausen Pneumology Clinic.
- ^ House of Silence - Information. (No longer available online.) Initiative to promote spiritual life in the EKHN eV, archived from the original on March 3, 2011 ; Retrieved March 3, 2011 .