Therese Schlundt
Theresia "Therese" Schlundt (born August 10, 1922 in Jünkerath ; † December 26, 2014 in Cologne ) was a German midwife . During her lifetime she was long considered "Germany's oldest midwife".
Life
Therese Schlundt was born as one of six children of a railroad worker in the Jünkerath train station . Because of her father's profession, she grew up in different cities. She had a daughter at the age of 19; at the age of 29 she began training as a midwife. In 1959 she moved to Cologne with her family.
At the end of the 1980s, Schlundt opened the pregnancy center Die Oase for childbirth preparation and follow-up care in Cologne-Longerich , in which her daughter, a trained pediatric nurse, also worked. According to her own statements, the idea for the oasis came from an episode in the Bible: The Virgin Mary learned from the angel that she was going to give birth to a child and that her relative Elizabeth was also pregnant, after which she visited Elizabeth. “Anyone who is pregnant seeks community”, was Therese Schlundt's knowledge. According to her own estimates, she has assisted around 4,000 women with home births in the course of her life .
Therese Schlundt also invented the "Kölner Rampler" (a tubular romper bag without press studs or zippers) and the "Kölner Keil" (pressure reduction on the cervix by elevating the pelvis). Her idea was also the "Kölner Wehensong", a spoken song in the rhythm of the labor, which makes it easier to ventilate the child in the labor, which she also recorded on CD. If the labor did not go into labor, she recommended giving birth women a special “cocktail” with secret ingredients.
At the age of 90, Therese Schlundt announced the closure of the oasis on September 30, 2012. A good two years later, in December 2014, she died in Cologne.
Honor
- Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
Publications
- With Astrid Roth: Stories from a Cologne midwife . Bachem Verlag 2003. ISBN 978-3761616789
- All child prodigies. Stories of a midwife . Publishing house construction Tb 2005. ISBN 978-3746621609
- Attempt to save honor for Goethe's midwife . Literary essay
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , December 31, 2014, p. 18
- ↑ Therese Schlundt on worringen-lebt.de ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Therese Schlundt: “Always on the children's side” on rundschau-online.de v. August 24, 2012
Web links
- Literature by and about Therese Schlundt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Oasis website
- Katja Baumgarten: "80 years ... and not yet retired". In: German Midwife Journal . 8/2002
- Virtual book of condolence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schlundt, Therese |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schlundt, Theresia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German midwife |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jünkerath |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 2014 |
| Place of death | Cologne |