Marie Sollberger
Marie Sollberger (born May 3, 1846 in Herzogenbuchsee , † November 28, 1917 there ) was a Swiss farmer's daughter. She is considered a pioneer of the Swiss Blue Cross , an organization for self-help in the case of addictions.
Sollberger's parents were the farmer Urs Johannes Sollberger and Anna Sollberger, née Bösinger. The father and her three siblings died early. In 1884 she founded the Blue Cross Association Herzogenbuchsee, in which she campaigned against alcoholism due to her strong Christian character . In 1892 she set up a “drinkers' sanatorium” in her house, the first clinic for women with addictions in Switzerland, in which 500 women were treated by 1917. It is the Wysshölzli Clinic, which still exists today .
After Sollberger's death, the clinic was transferred to the Wysshölzli cooperative , which was converted into the Wysshölzli Clinic, Marie Sollberger Foundation in 2013 .
literature
- Rosa Dürrenmatt , "MARIE SOLLBERGER 1846–1917", in: Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus, Volume 3, 1960, 99–102 ( [2] )
- Barbara Traber : Bernese women. Forty important Bernese women from seven centuries . KJ Wyss Erben, 1980. ISBN 978-3-72850-028-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rosa Dürrenmatt, "MARIE SOLLBERGER 1846-1917", in: Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus, Volume 3, 1960, 99-102 ( [1] )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sollberger, Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Blue Cross pioneer, clinic founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herzogenbuchsee |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1917 |
| Place of death | Herzogenbuchsee |