Sanatorium Dr. Goldschmidt

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The Dr. Goldschmidt was a sanatorium in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , which was aimed primarily at Jewish customers. The main building was listed as a historical monument in 2016 .

history

In 1911, the doctor Dr. Siegfried Goldschmidt founded the Taunus Sanatorium, mainly after its founder, Dr. Goldschmidt called. It was between the Kurpark and Hardtwald . The target group were primarily Jewish spa guests. A separate synagogue was opened in the house for them in 1928 . After Goldschmidt's death in 1926, the house was taken over by Dr. Joshua O. Leibowitz continued. During the Nazi era , running a Jewish sanatorium became increasingly impossible. In 1937 Leibowitz had to emigrate to Palestine .

Now the sanatorium was used as the central school of the Reichsbahn . After the city was occupied by US troops, the building served as the financial administration office of the American-British bizone from 1947 . This became the Federal Compensation Office in 1952 , which used the house until 1998.

Debate about monument protection and subsequent use

The building has been empty since then. In 2008 the Hochtaunuskreis acquired the building and the 20,000 m² site in order to have additional areas for the neighboring Kaiserin-Friedrich-Gymnasium . A party-political conflict arose around this planning, which ultimately led to the establishment of the monument protection.

To prevent the building from being demolished, the city passed a conservation statute in 2011. At the same time, the city tried unsuccessfully to have the Villa Goldschmidt listed as a historical monument. “From a building history point of view, the building is of no great importance,” said Mayor Michael Korwisi (Greens) , summarizing the result. In May 2014, the city council decided against the votes of the CDU to apply again for monument protection. The reason for this approach was the historical importance of the former sanatorium as a testimony to Jewish spa culture in Bad Homburg. At the end of 2016, the main building was added to the list of historical monuments.

However, according to the district, monument protection “only extends to the old buildings of the sanatorium and the park area in front of them”. Therefore, the renovation of the KFG upper level building "Tower" planned for 2017 on the grounds of the sanatorium is not affected.

The founder

Siegfried Goldschmidt (born February 19, 1877 in Witzenhausen; † July 26, 1926 in Gonzenheim) was the son of Witzenhausen's son Hirsch Goldschmidt and his wife Julie "Julchen", née Spangenthal. He studied medicine and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. Then he worked as a general practitioner and neurologist in Frankfurt am Main. From 1911 to 1926 he headed the sanatorium. He did military service in World War I and was awarded the Iron Cross in 1914 . He was married twice and had two children from his second marriage.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 38.4 "  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 6.8"  E