Club hospital in Wolfegg Castle
| Club hospital in Wolfegg Castle | |
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| Sponsorship | Red Cross |
| place | Wolfegg |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 49 '24 " N , 9 ° 47' 31" E |
| medical director | August Staehelin-Burckhardt |
| Care level | hospital |
| beds | 100 |
| founding | August 28, 1914 |
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The club hospital castle Wolfegg was during the First World War, composed of 28 August 1914 to 31 March 1919 military hospital . It was sponsored by the German Red Cross at Wolfegg Castle in Wolfegg in the Kingdom of Württemberg in today's Ravensburg district .
history
In August 1914, Maximilian Fürst von Waldburg zu Wolfegg and Waldsee asked the doctor August Staehelin-Burckhardt, who was on duty at the St. Pirminsberg sanatorium in Bad-Ragaz-Pfäfers , to take over the management of the hospital in Wolfegg. On August 28, 1914, one month after the outbreak of the First World War, he took over the management of the hospital. As early as the French campaign in 1870/71 there was a military hospital in Wolfegg and in the Kißlegg hospital, which was part of the rulership .
The hospital consisted of twelve rooms and was located on the second floor of the east wing of the castle. Parts of the equipment came from the Neutann Hospital. Altogether one hundred injured people could be treated. In 1914 Dr Staehelin obtained bandages from the main hospital in Weingarten, where 160 seriously wounded French soldiers prisoners of war were already lying. The Swiss doctor was confronted with the horrors of modern war.
On September 3, 1914, the first transport with German wounded arrived in Wolfegg. Most of those admitted had gastrointestinal catarrh or heart problems. Four people had a classic gunshot wound. That soon changed. On April 6, 1915, Staehelin was drafted into Swiss military service by telegram, whereupon the prince temporarily took over the management of the hospital until its dissolution. The last inmate was released on March 31st. Between September 1914 and April 1919, 1735 men and officers were treated in Wolfegg.
Treated soldiers
- Kingdom of Prussia : 912
- Kingdom of Bavaria: 307
- Kingdom of Württemberg: 164
- Grand Duchy of Baden: 143
- Kingdom of Saxony : 87
- kuk dual monarchy Austria-Hungary and other countries of the former holy Hungarian Stefanskrone: 122
honors and awards
- Prince Maximilian Charlottenkreuz and Red Cross medal
- Head nurse Charitosa Charlottenkreuz
- Miss Letzgus Charlottenkreuz
Maximilian Fürst zu Waldburg-Wolfegg warned in a sharp tone at the court in Stuttgart for further awards for court gardener Schupp, the castle cook, Sophie Müller, who works in the laundry and ironing room, and the stoker Hans Sonntag, but this was rejected.
literature
- Bernd M. Mayer: "A stretch of sunshine". The club hospital of the Red Cross at Wolfegg Castle during the First World War. In: In the Oberland. Volume 20, Issue 1, 2009, ISSN 0939-8864 , pp. 3-11.