Thekla von Hünerbein

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Thekla Freiin von Hünerbein (born April 26, 1840 in Berlin , † March 31, 1902 in Stettin ) was a German deaconess . She was the founder and superior of the Diakonissenhaus Stift Salem in Stettin.

Born as the daughter of a Prussian officer and granddaughter of General Friedrich Heinrich Karl von Hünerbein , she joined the Central-Diakonissen-Haus Bethanien in Berlin in 1866 .

But as early as 1868 she and another deaconess opened a home (“rescue house”) in Stettin for neglected and orphaned girls. Thekla von Hünerbein expanded this facility in the following years: In 1869, in the presence of Crown Prince Friedrich , the foundation stone for a large building of its own was laid. In 1871 it was inaugurated. In 1876 the institution was a deaconess mother house under the name Deaconess House Stift Salem . In 1893 the deaconess house had 40 sisters and 97 pupils.

She led the deaconess house with military severity. In 1902 she died after a long illness.

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SURNAME Hünerbein, Thekla von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hünerbein, Thekla Freiin von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German deaconess, founder and superior of the deaconess house Stift Salem in Stettin
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1902
Place of death Szczecin