Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation from 1833
| Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation from 1833 | |
|---|---|
| Legal form: | Foundation under private law |
| Purpose: | Promotion of youth welfare, upbringing and vocational training |
| Chair: | Christiane Redecke (CEO), Yves Zinn |
| Board of Trustees: | Heinz Schauerte (Chairman) |
| Consist: | since 1833 |
| Number of employees: | about 500 |
| Seat: | Braunschweig |
| Website: | www.mansfeld-löbbecke.de |
The Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation from 1833 in Braunschweig looks after and supports young people with mental and psychosomatic illnesses according to their individual needs. The purpose of the foundation is to promote youth welfare, upbringing and vocational training.
historical development
On December 2, 1833, the medical councilor David Mansfeld , Amalie Löbbecke (married to the banker Friedrich Karl Löbbecke ) and other supporters founded the “care facility for poor children” in Braunschweig . Out of social responsibility, the founders of today's foundation support disadvantaged children. In order to have enough money to survive, many Brunswick fathers and mothers had to work up to 14 hours and leave their offspring at home. The nursing home gave these children a caring home, unconditional solidarity and care, characterized by charity and concern. The foundation continues to operate under this humanitarian tradition to this day. The focus on care for children and adolescents was expanded to include social therapeutic and educational aspects.
From 1833 to 1944
Word quickly got around about the establishment of the nursing home and led to a rapid influx of "nursing homes". After a short time it became necessary for the voluntary sponsors to find suitable new accommodation for the children. In 1834 the time had come. The “nursing home for poor children” was built in a house on Braunschweig's Leopoldstrasse, which was later renamed “Stiftung Kleinkinderbewahranstalt” and from the mid-1920s until today it was renamed “Volkskindergarten”. In 1837 the foundation was raised to the status of a "mild corporation " and the foundation stone was laid for today's non-profit, interdisciplinary network of the free child and youth welfare organization Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation.
During the Second World War, at the request of the City of Braunschweig, the foundation, which was already over a hundred years old, took over the sponsorship of another children's home that had run into financial difficulties: the Elisabethheim in Bültenweg, founded in 1906. Until then, the home founded by the Braunschweig Women's Aid Association "Elisabeth" was financed by a foundation from the factory owner Max Jüdel. With the assumption of sponsorship, the purpose of the later Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation was expanded to include all youth welfare. In 1943, after the first bomb attack on Braunschweig, the children were evacuated and taken to Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz Mountains. The children found a new home in the local school camp, which was owned by the Jüdel Foundation and whose premises are still used today by the Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation.
From 1945 to 1975
In the mid-1950s, the Braunschweig “Volkskindergarten” became the responsibility of the Braunschweig Youth Welfare Office. At the same time, the foundation systematically expanded its activities in child and youth welfare. In 1967 the statutes and the purpose of the foundation were changed. From now on, home care for “developmentally inhibited children” should be the main focus. Eight years later, in 1975, the foundation was given its official name, which is still valid today, “Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation from 1833”.
From 1975 to 2002
With the support of the Hammer Foundation, the educational residential group work and its range of services have been expanded since the beginning of the 1980s, and with it the sponsorship of free youth welfare, which, in parallel, adopted a holistic social therapeutic orientation. The great demand for childcare places ensured that more buildings and workplaces were needed in the Braunschweig-Harz region. In 1986, for example, the Amalie-Löbbecke School (formerly New Forest School) was opened. It is a state-recognized special school with a focus on emotional and social development. A branch of the school was opened a short time later in Clausthal-Zellerfeld and moved to Vienenburg in 2000 . The third school was inaugurated in Wolfenbüttel in 2002 . With the Moreno School, the Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation has completed its range of schools.
From 2002 until today
At the end of 2004, a new two-storey administration and training building was opened on the "Alte Heerstraße" in Goslar -Bassgeige. The foundation's office is on the ground floor, and team rooms are on the upper floor. The range of inpatient residential groups was steadily expanded in the following years. For example, two more houses were added in “Troppauer Straße” in Goslar and “Schützenstraße” in Bad Bodenteich . With the locations “Am Ölper Berge” and “Walkürenring” in Braunschweig, the individual forms of living were also expanded. In 2011 the new communication center was opened in the "Alte Heerstraße" in Goslar. A large hall with a stage offers a wide range of opportunities for socio-therapeutic work, training courses and events. Just one year later, two construction projects were on the program again: the redesign of the Amalie Löbbecke School in Hahnenklee and another residential offer in Harlingerode . With the establishment of the individual form of living "Am Flaschendreherkamp" in Braunschweig in 2013, the offer was temporarily completed. Today the foundation operates 14 residential groups, six individual types of accommodation and one day group.
Starting in 2014, the foundation has offered a comprehensive training program every year, which is also open to external interested parties.
The founders
Amalie Löbbecke (1793–1883), née Henneberg, was married to the banker Friedrich Löbbecke. In addition to the foundation mentioned, she also founded the orphanage "Friedrichsstift" for Protestant girls. David Mansfeld (1799–1863) was married to Caroline Mansfeld and worked as a freelance doctor .
Locations
- Bad Bodenteich
- Braunschweig
- Goslar
- Goslar - Hahnenklee
- Harlingerode
- Middle School Mountain
- Salzgitter
- Schladen
- Vienenburg
- Wolfenbüttel
Special schools
Foundation-owned, state-recognized special needs schools with a focus on emotional and social development are available at the following locations:
- Goslar
- Wolfenbüttel
literature
- Gerd Biegel : Children - Citizens - Foundation. Chronicle of the Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation 1833–2008. Johann Heinrich Meyer, Braunschweig 2008, ISBN 978-3-926701-75-6 .
- Frank Ehrhardt: Millet groats and pizza - the history of the Volkskindergarten and the Mansfeld-Löbbecke Foundation from 1833. Johann Heinrich Meyer, Braunschweig 2000, ISBN 978-3926701-47-3 .