Louise Gueury

Louise Gueury (* 13. May 1854 in Moenchengladbach , † 21st July 1900 ibid ) was founder of a decorated for treating lung patients hospital .

Louise Gueury

She was born the daughter of the wool broker Célestin Gueury and his wife Anne Marie Pilatz. During this time, in the second half of the 19th century, large parts of the population fell ill and died of tuberculosis (the so-called white plague). Her father (1860) and her two older brothers (1877 and 1878) also fell victim to this disease. After the death of her brothers, she sold the business and had her assets administered by a lawyer. Afterwards, despite her wealth, she lived withdrawn and remained unmarried. Little is known about her further life. She also developed tuberculosis and died of the disease at the age of 46. The funeral took place in silence.

In the will of the deceased, in addition to relatives, many charitable, social and church institutions were considered. The city of Gladbach (today Mönchengladbach ) received the largest part of the inheritance, 860,000 gold marks (today around 30 million euros), with the condition that a public health center for female lung patients be built in a wooded area. This should also treat poor sick people.

In April 1903 the foundation stone was laid for the lung sanatorium in the Hardter Forest . The clinic was opened on August 3, 1904.

Grave of Louise Gueury

In the city of Mönchengladbach today, next to the Municipal Hardter Forest Clinic, under reminds monument standing grave (Position: ⊙ ) and a road (Position: ⊙ ) to Louise Gueury. The Louise Gueury grave of honor is one of the last major monuments in the former churchyard on Bettrather Straße. 51.203656 6.43352451.193 6.3615

literature

Christoph Waldecker : Gueury, Louise. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 24, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-247-9 , Col. 742-746. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Wilhelm Bell: Places of Peace . From former church yards in Alt-Gladbach. In: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Mönchengladbach eV (Hrsg.): Writings of the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Mönchengladbach eV Volume II . Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 126 .
^ Christian Wolfsberger: The lung sanatorium in the Hardter forest . She still remembers her founder today. In: Sascha Broich, Marc Thiele (ed.): Hindenburger. The city newspaper for Mönchengladbach and Rheydt . tape 6 , January 2012, p. 15 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gueury, Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Founder of a sanatorium set up to treat lung patients
DATE OF BIRTH	May 13, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mönchengladbach
DATE OF DEATH	July 21, 1900
Place of death	Mönchengladbach

[bell-1] Wilhelm Bell: Places of Peace . From former church yards in Alt-Gladbach. In: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Mönchengladbach eV (Hrsg.): Writings of the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Mönchengladbach eV Volume II . Mönchengladbach 1985, p. 126 .

[2] Christian Wolfsberger: The lung sanatorium in the Hardter forest . She still remembers her founder today. In: Sascha Broich, Marc Thiele (ed.): Hindenburger. The city newspaper for Mönchengladbach and Rheydt . tape 6 , January 2012, p. 15 .