Lübeck medical column
The chairman of the German Confederation warriors belonging Lübeck Warriors Association Johann Gottlob Judersleben founded in 1898 after his retirement and his relocation to the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck the Lübeck Warrior medical column . Since he in German war as a military hospital - Inspector misery of war ever had before his eyes, he realized the value of a well-organized medical service and a well-trained medical personnel .
history
She was the February 18, 1898 the instigation of belonging to the German war composites Lübeck War associations with the support of Central Comites of German clubs and the Lübeck National Association of the Red Cross launched and pursued the purpose of the members as a stretcher-bearers and nurses train and the same to make available in this capacity if necessary, namely
- in wartime to the military authorities
- to provide first aid to civil authorities in times of peace in the event of epidemics, accidents such as fires, floods, railway accidents and in general in all cases where their services are required.
From the beginning, the Lübeck Senate granted an annual grant of ℳ 200 to procure the necessary material for the medical column, which enabled the column to acquire the necessary training material.
The formation of the column was in the hands of the column doctor and the column leader. A theoretical and a practical course were held in January of each year. She also put the permanent watch in the theater building during the performances.
The chief medical officer Benzler, who was made an honorary member when he left the company in 1903, made a contribution to practical training. After that, the training was in the hands of the column doctor Wex. Another meritorious honorary member of the column was Vice Admiral a. D. Kuehne . Furthermore, the column leader Jäde, the state delegate for voluntary nursing Senator Wolpmann , the former chairman of the column Rear Admiral a. D. Riedel , Senator Kuhlenkamp (state delegate) and the police captain Moritz Grünweller should be emphasized.
The strength of the column, which had 20 active members after the first five years, tripled in the following ten years. In his celebratory speech on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Warrior Medical Column, which was celebrated in the city hall , the speaker pointed out that it was necessary for other people from the ranks of the Red Cross to enter, as in the event of a war that most of the comrades still under military service could not stay with the Red Cross. An amendment to the statutes made in 1912 made it possible for people who had not served with the flag to join the column as supporting members . This had an unexpected success, as more than 164 of these people joined the column within a year.
In 1903 the Lübeck medical column was divided into districts and an alarm and disengagement order with bicycle service was introduced. This ensured that all comrades were alerted quickly in the event of major accidents. Repeated, unexpected alarms proved the operational capability of this facility. The statistics, which have been kept since 1901, indicated that by 1913, first aid had been given by a paramedic in 1,773 cases in an accident . The help was free of charge until a doctor arrived .
Every year the competence of the column and its development with the support of the local regiment was publicly demonstrated with a medical column exercise .
- Lübeck medical column
Finding of a head wounded and first bandage
Transport of a wounded man
Rescuing a wounded man for transport
The marked wounded on the Lübeck station platform
Departure of the hospital train on October 27, 1914
The battle idea in 1906 was that on the night of August 18-19, 1906, an enemy fleet attempted to land on the Mecklenburg coast and on the Priwall, but was turned back by the coast guard with heavy losses. Since the medical teams available in the troops were insufficient, the commander asked the chairman of the medical columns for help on the morning of the 19th. This immediately alerted the Lübeck medical columns and notified the Patriotic Women's Association of the Red Cross, as well as the neighboring columns in Tüschenbek , Ratzeburg and Mölln . Their teams met at the alarm site - the train station - and were brought to Travemünde on a special train provided free of charge by the LBE . There they were transferred to the Priwall by car ferry and gathered on the racetrack, where they were in parade formation from Vice Admiral a. D Kühne, who was in charge of the military exercise on behalf of the prevented Rear Admiral Riedel . The representatives of the imperial commissioner and military inspector of the voluntary nursing prince zu Solms-Baruth , von Perthes , the general and corps physician of the IX. AKs Goebel, the brigade commander Gersdorff , the regiment commander v. Oidtmann , district commander Faber, the Lübeck state delegate of the voluntary nursing care Kuhlenkamp, as representative of the Senate Senator Possehl and others.
The column doctor Wex announced by order of the day that 50 wounded were to be found in the Pötenitzer Feldmark , to be treated and to be transported away.
In the subsequent criticism, Goebel gave, in addition to all the praise, to consider that an exercise can never reflect the conditions of a war and therefore cannot be called a war-like exercise . Instead, it has the purpose of showing the training of the teams and their usability in all positions where they could come into action in an emergency.
The following year, the exercise took place under the direction of the Lübeck police captain Grünweller on the Palinger Heide , from where the actors of the wounded were transported to Brandenbaum .
For the main exercise in 1908, the medical columns traveled partly by train, partly by barge , on the Trave to the blast furnace to take in sick people . The idea was that there had been a major accident in which over 20 people were injured. The Schlutuper department, as the unit closest to the place, would have to put on bandages and the others would bring the injured to Lübeck by barge or train. After the criticism, the physician Dr. Riedel informed the Schlutup column that the War Ministry in Berlin had included her in the ranks of those who would be called upon to help in the field in the event of a war .
By order of the head of the field medical services , the Lübeck hospital train left its city at 12 noon on October 27, 1914 and drove to Ghent accompanied by 7 doctors and 60 nurses . Its management was in the hands of the local police major Moritz Grünweller . In the picture you can see the accompanying team saying goodbye to the relatives shortly before departure.
The Lübeck Warrior medical column developed a support frame , which was able to convince so far that the hospital trains and ships in the First World War with supporting frames of the so-called system Lübeck attracted.
After the war, the former military medical columns became medical columns . The local groups in Kücknitz and Schlutup were given greater weight and were named in 1927
- Medical columns of the local group Kücknitz (chair: Titus Türk (rear admiral ret.))
- voluntary medical column from the Red Cross Schlutup
almost independent.
From 1934, as the German War Association first banned, then dissolved.
building
From 1910 the building at Schildstrasse 10 , which is now used as part of the August-Hermann-Francke-Schule, was used as a column house for the medical column from Rothen Kreuz until the end of the First World War .
After the war, Schwartauer Allee 241 was the first, and from 1920 until it was closed, Mengstraße 28 was the column house.
Web links
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- Lübeck advertisements
- Father Urban Leaves
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arrival of the exchange wounded coming from Russian captivity at the main train station in Lübeck on September 2, 1915. Address by Mayor Herrmann Eschenburg
- ^ Lübeck advertisements: Edition of April 8, 1913, article: The warrior medical column from the Red Cross, lecture by Mr. Mieraus: 15 years medical column
- ↑ according to districts that formed their own (sub) first-aid column
- ^ Lübeck advertisements: Edition of April 8, 1913, article: The warrior medical column from the Red Cross, lecture by Mr. Mieraus: 15 years medical column
- ↑ Father-city sheets ; July 28, 1907, article: Medical column exercise on the Palinger Heide
- ↑ From Lübeck's towers ; Saturday, May 30, 1914, article: The medical column's training run
- ↑ Lübeck advertisements: Edition of August 20, 1906, category: Daily report, article: Military daily exercise of the medical columns in Lübeck and the surrounding area together with the fatherland. Women's Association of the Red Cross
- ^ Lübeck advertisements: Edition of July 22, 1907, category: daily report, article: An exercise of the Lübeck medical columns
- ^ Lübeck advertisements: Edition of October 27, 1908, category: Daily report, article: Main exercise of the medical columns of the Red Cross
- ^ Lübeck club hospital train. In: Vaterstädtische Blätter , year 1914/15, No. 5, edition of November 1, 1914, p. 20.
- ↑ From Lübeck's towers ; Saturday, November 7th, 1914, article: The establishment of the club's hospital train
- ↑ according to consolidation of the Lübeck address books