Maria Buchinger

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Maria Buchinger

Maria Buchinger (born May 21, 1916 in Flensburg , † March 12, 2010 in Marbella , Spain ) was also known as the "grande dame of fasting". Together with her husband, Helmut Wilhelmi, she opened the Buchinger Wilhelmi Clinic in Marbella in 1973.

Life

Maria Buchinger was the daughter of the founder of Buchinger therapeutic fasting, Otto Buchinger , who worked as a doctor in the Imperial Navy . He fell ill with tonsillitis and contracted a rheumatic disease towards the end of the First World War , which is why he had to give up his service.

He then underwent a three-week fast on the advice of a fellow Marine , with the result that his health was completely restored. Otto Buchinger devoted himself to the development of therapeutic fasting.

The family was increasingly discriminated against, both because of Buchinger's medical and political orientation and because of the Jewish origins of Else Buchinger's father, Maria's mother.

Maria's upbringing was spartan and close to nature. She was impressed by her father's teachings and became his assistant in 1938.

In 1943 she married Helmut Wilhelmi. After the end of the Second World War , the couple founded the Buchinger Wilhelmi Clinic in Überlingen in 1953 together with Otto Buchinger ; Another clinic in Marbella followed in 1973 . At that time the fasting method was still unknown in Spain .

1995 she was awarded the German Federal Government , the Federal Cross of Merit . In 2004 she was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Marbella Business Association. In 2008, the local Rotary Club honored her performance with a medal .

Honors

literature

  • Helmut Klepzig: Otto Buchinger - a life for therapeutic fasting . Gessler Verlag, Friedrichshafen 2000, ISBN 3-86136-055-1 .

Web links

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  1. ^ Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo: Buchinger therapeutic fasting - The original method. The fasting program for the home. Eating after the fast . Trias, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8304-3539-6 , pp. 19 .
  2. ^ A b Claus Bernet: The doctor Otto Buchinger. (PDF) Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Who was Dr. Otto Buchinger? - Fasting moves. Accessed January 7, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ biography | Maria Buchinger Foundation. Retrieved January 8, 2019 .
  5. ^ Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo: Buchinger therapeutic fasting An experience for body and mind . Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 978-3-8304-3378-1 , p. 65 .
  6. ^ Buchinger Wilhelmi Marbella celebra el 100º Aniversario de su fundadora María Buchinger. In: Expertos en Spa. February 12, 2016, Retrieved January 7, 2019 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ a b c fasting icon and clinic founder Maria Buchinger died in Marbella at the age of 93. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Maria Buchinger died / daughter of the founder of the globally successful fasting movement with medical supervision died at the age of 93 in Marbella. Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Buchinger, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clinic founder
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2010
Place of death Marbella , Spain