Vitos Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bad Emstal
| Vitos Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bad Emstal | |
|---|---|
| place | Bad Emstal |
| state | Hesse |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 13 '44 " N , 9 ° 15' 36" E |
| areas of expertise | Psychiatry and psychotherapy |
| Website | |
The Vito's Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bad Emstal is a hospital in the former convent Merxhausen in the district Merxhausen of Bad Emstal in Northern Hesse . The provider is the Vitos Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy .
history
Merxhausen Monastery was secularized and abolished in 1527 after the Homberg Synod , which introduced the Reformation in the Landgraviate of Hesse .
High hospital
Through a letter of foundation from Landgrave Philipp in 1533, Merxhausen Monastery - like the Haina Monastery (1533) and Gronau Monastery (1542) soon afterwards - was converted into a so-called Hohes Hospital , a state hospital for the poor rural population (which was also run by Philipp im The Hohe Hospital Philippshospital Riedstadt in Hofheim near Darmstadt was founded in 1533 on the basis of a parish).
The entire former monastery property was retained by the hospitals so that the costs could be met from their income. Coming from Kassel, the Landgrave inaugurated the Merxhausen State Hospital for female patients on August 26, 1533 and then traveled on to Haina, where he inaugurated the State Hospital for men.
In 1539 the anatomist Johann Dryander practiced as a doctor in the Merxhausen State Hospital. From 1540 to 1543, Wigand Lauze was the head of the hospital. The late Gothic sculptor Philipp Soldan created the memorial stones for Heinz von Lüder and for the hospital bailiff Hermann Binzinger in the 16th century .
After the partition of Hesse in 1575, Merxhausen belonged to the four high hospitals in Hesse with 365 patients . In 1631, during the Thirty Years War, the hospital was destroyed by Tilly's troops, but immediately rebuilt. External doctors took care of the sick.
Until 1810 the four high hospitals were under joint administration.
In 1881 the hospital was opened to the sick from the cities against payment of the costs. During this time, the first doctor was employed on a permanent basis.
In 1929 the hospital was renamed the Landesheilanstalt.
time of the nationalsocialism
During the time of National Socialism , many patients were killed by "euthanasia" . From 1942 the facilities were used as a military hospital. Forced laborers had to work in the nursery and were also housed there.
post war period
From 1953 the historic monastery complex was used as a psychiatric clinic for the State Welfare Association of Hesse .
In 2008 the LWV converted its facilities into non-profit subsidiaries of Vitos GmbH . The name was changed to Vitos Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bad Emstal.
In 2017, the reduction in the number of beds at the Bad Emstal location from 250 to 140 at the end of the year was announced.
Facility
Merxhausen is a location of the Vitos Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (KPP). Other locations are Kassel, Hofgeismar and Melsungen. The medical director is Matthias Bender.
Others
In the monastery garden there are regular performances by the amateur theater Klosterspiele Merxhausen , in which patients from the clinic also participate. In 2013, the ten km long Eco Path Peace Education Bad Emstal was inaugurated. The Bad Emstal Monastery Museum presents the changing history of the monastery.
