Marie Kalteissen

Marie Kalteissen (born May 4, 1885 in Röckingen , Middle Franconia, † 20th century probably in Mannheim or Heidelberg ) was a German nurse and deaconess .

Live and act

Early coins

Marie Kalteissen grew up in an inn in Röckingen, Middle Franconia. The father was a brewer and was prone to violence. The mother shaped Marie in the spirit of the revival movement and in the evenings read to her from Johann Friedrich Starck's prayer book . One of Marie Kalteissen's defining childhood memories was the “ vaccination day ”. This day was a feast day for the young women, who met with their children in a large restaurant in the nearby town and enjoyed the specially prepared real coffee beans and the fine-smelling baked goods in the confectionery and used the occasion to meet old friends and acquaintances again. On this vaccination day, when she was only nine months old, Marie was already able to walk and then clumsily almost fell into a hole in the cellar. The vaccination given, however, was well tolerated. Marie Kalteissen closed the vaccination day with the Bible verse from Psalm 34: 8 (" The angel of the Lord encamped around those who fear him and helps them out ").

As a young girl, Marie Kalteissen took part in the youth association in Heidenheim an der Brenz and enjoyed the "awakening".

Marie Kalteissen used Stark 's prayer book until she was confirmed . The day before confirmation was the day of confession, to which she took this prayer book to read. As a confirmation she received the "Habermännle", the prayer booklet " Christian Prayer, for all needs and hours of all Christianity " from the Lutheran theologian and professor of the University of Leucorea , Wittenberg, Johann Habermann .

Entry into the parent company Alt-Bandsburg

In 1906 Marie Kalteissen joined the Deaconess Mother House in Alt-Bandsburg. This mother house was founded in 1899 by Pastor Carl Ferdinand Blazejewski in Borken. In 1900 Pastor Theophil Krawielitzki took over this position and the move from Borken to Vandsburg took place. The motherhouse sent Marie Kalteissen to the Marburg supply house for fallen girls and expectant mothers, where Marie Kalteissen learned how to care for babies. After her time in Marburg, she learned weekly care in the Berlin-Charlottenburg hospital. She was also used here in the delivery room “with mostly abnormal births” as well as in the gynecological operating theater and completed her examination in weekly and infant care. In Berlin, the desire to become a nurse arose. The training to become a nurse and nursing deaconess at that time still contained elements of domestic and agricultural training. It was milked and prayed. From 1908 Marie Kalteissen worked as a deaconess in Mannheim and the surrounding area. In addition to extensive, genuine nursing tasks, she was also responsible for holding Bible studies and evangelism. With some companions, she bought a house in Mannheim in the square K 4.10 for her Bible study, which was financed almost exclusively by donations. In Mannheim she did missionary work in the “Blaue Adria” lido.

First World War

During the First World War , Marie Kalteissen represented the senior sister of the local supply house, Sister Helene von Bodemer, in Hannover-Kleefeld . The Magdalenium supply house was newly built and surrounded by an idyllic garden. In Hanover, Marie Kalteissen also got to know the “midnight mission”. She was assigned Bahnhofstrasse, where in the hour after midnight she spoke to those people who she felt needed her help. After her return to Mannheim, Marie Kalteissen performed healing prayers for tuberculosis, syphilitics and other sick people. At the state train station in Mannheim-Seckenheim and in other Mannheim hospitals there was also a lot to do with hospital maintenance.

Between the world wars

In Heidelberg-Rohrbach , Marie Kalteissen bought a run-down house for her social activities and took in needy children there; In Bad Wimpfen she managed the rest home "Neckarblick", in which she created recreational opportunities for disabled people during the First World War. She organized private infant care, weekly care and nursing courses in Mannheim, Heidelberg and the surrounding area, which ended with an examination under medical supervision. The exams ended with a poem of thanks, often humorous. Early help for babies was important to Marie Kalteissen. The courses were combined with several hours of “kindergarten work” so that the prospective carers learned how to keep the children busy in a meaningful way. She referred to all of this as “work of the kingdom of God” and can therefore also be called a Bible sister.

Marie Kalteissen's autobiography was published in 1947.

Publications

• I only have one life and it belongs to the Lord. Autobiography of a deaconess , Stuttgart-Fellbach 1947.
• How do i get happy A guide for my young friends , Kaiserslautern 1949.

literature

• Christine Auer: Autographical report Marie Kalteissen. In: History of the nursing professions as a subject. The curricular development in nursing education and training . Dissertation at the Institute for the History of Medicine University of Heidelberg, self-published, Heidelberg 2008, pp. 133–135.
• Jochen-Christoph Kaiser : Vandsburg . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 8 . UTB, Stuttgart October 8, 2008, Sp. 880 .
• Gudrun Wedel: autobiographies of women: a lexicon. Böhlau Verlag Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2010, p. 394.

Evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang U. Eckart : Jenner. Studies on the causes and effects of cowpox , Springer Spectrum Berlin, Heidelberg 2015; on the exaggerated vaccinator, which also led to a risky vaccination for infants and toddlers under three years of age, p. 17, print version ISBN 978-3-642-41678-1 (Online Resource 2016: doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-642- 41679-8 ).
2. ↑ quoted from: The Bible or the entire Holy Scriptures based on the German translation by D. Martin Luther , Stuttgarter Perlbibel, Privileg. Württemb. Bible Institute, Stuttgart 1953.
3. ↑ on the smallpox vaccination in Württemberg see also: Eberhard Wolff: cutting measures. Smallpox vaccination and traditional society in Württemberg in the early 19th century, MedGG supplement 10, (Ed. Robert Jütte , Institute for the History of Medicine of the Robert Bosch Foundation , Stuttgart), Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, pp. 123 and 263.
4. ↑ Marie Kalteissen: I only have one life and that belongs to the Lord , W. Geugelin Verlag, Fellbach 1947, p. 19
5. ↑ Ibid. P. 20.
6. ^ Website: Deaconess Mother House Altvandsburg
7. ↑ Karin Wittneben : Ferdinand Blazejewski , in: Horst-Peter Wolff (Ed.): Biographical Lexicon for Nursing History “Who was who in nursing history” , Volume 3, Elsevier, Munich 2004, pp. 41–45.
8. ↑ Ibid. P. 88 ff.
9. ↑ Wolfgang U. Eckart: The wounds heal very nicely. Field postcards from the hospital 1914–1918 , Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, p. 94. Field postcard with a motif from Lazarett II. Mannheim Oberrealschule , on the activities of daily life (ATLs) in the hospital, pp. 132–205. ISBN 978-3-515-10459-3 .

Web links

• On the history of the Magdalenium supply house in Hanover