Margarethenschrank
The Margarethenschrank goes back to a foundation of the farmer Johannes Adolf Jacobsen from Norderbrarup in fishing , whose daughter Margarethe died in 1883 after a long illness at the age of only 23. In memory of his daughter, he gave his home community a cupboard in 1895, which contained all the essentials for home nursing and whose contents could be borrowed if necessary. Jacobsen provided the cupboard with a photo of his daughter, which is why the term "Margarethenschrank" quickly became popular. Since the corresponding articles were rarely in stock in most households at this time, there was high demand for the Margarethen cabinets, which were therefore reproduced. By 1934, in Dithmarschen alone, margarine cabinets were set up in 49 communities. They were often found in pastorates and schools and were used and looked after by pastors' wives, deaconesses, members of the patriotic women's associations or even community nurses. By working with the cupboards, knowledge of hygiene and precaution was spread.
They were eventually also found in other regions, such as B. in Württemberg asked and set up. In the German Reich, more than 750 such cabinets are said to have existed at times.
In the coat of arms of the municipality of Norderbrarup ( Schleswig-Flensburg district ), the upper part of a Margaret cupboard can be found as a division of the coat of arms.
The idea survived in the community social wards that lend out wheelchairs and hospital beds.
content
The cabinets contained z. B. trays for bathing, hot water bottles , inhalers, urine bottles, syringes, scissors, bedpans (bedpans), bandages, feeding cups , back supporter, eye dropper, milk extractor with rubber ball spittoons, pus basin, rubber neck ice pack with screwing, glass nose showers and table bell. The equipment had to be cleaned or sterilized after use.
literature
- Sabine Zessin: The Margaret Donation: A charity in Schleswig-Holstein 1894-1940. (Volume 35 of Studies on Folklore and Cultural History of Schleswig-Holstein) Wachholtz, 1997.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Dirk Steinmetz: Look into the medical middle ages. In: Eckernförder Zeitung , June 17, 2010.
- ^ The Margarethenschrank in Munkbrarup
- ↑ Description of the coat of arms of the municipality of Norderbrarup in the coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein
- ↑ Search for a missing Margarethen cabinet - Source: https://www.shz.de/2349486 © 2020
