The Zieglers

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The Zieglers
logo
legal form Registered association
founding 1837
Seat Wilhelmsdorf (Württemberg)
motto Filled with life
main emphasis diaconal services in Baden-Württemberg
Chair Gottfried Heinzmann (CEO), Markus Lauxmann (Commercial Director)
sales 175,400,000 euros (2018)
Employees 3300 (2018)
Website www.zieglersche.de

The Zieglerschen (formerly Zieglersche Anstalten ) are a diaconal company in the legal form of a registered association with headquarters in Wilhelmsdorf in the Ravensburg district . You operate an extensive network of diaconal services in Baden-Württemberg . The devices operate in the areas of elderly care , disability assistance , addiction help , help with speech and hearing problems, youth services and integration into work . The association employs a total of around 3300 people.

history

The founding of the Zieglerschen was preceded by the foundation of Wilhelmsdorf by Pietists from Korntal in 1824 . When the church was planted, work with those in need went hand in hand. The beginning of diaconal work in Wilhelmsdorf was heralded on the birthday of the King of Württemberg, September 27, 1830, with the opening of a “rescue facility for orphaned and neglected boys” next to the village school. Its director was schoolmaster Heinrich Gottlieb Hiller. After his death in 1832, Johann Martin Stanger took over the community school and the rescue facility (housefather), which he ran until his death in 1861. Other institutions were added: In 1833 the "Lindenhof institution for women released from prison" was founded (was dissolved in 1863 without a successor institution). In 1835 the “Rescue Center for Girls” and a “Home for Small Children” were founded (the infant center was closed in 1840 without a successor). In 1837 Gottlieb Wilhelm Hoffmann (1771–1846), the founder of Korntal and Wilhelmsdorf, appointed the deaf-mute teacher August Friedrich Oßwald to Wilhelmsdorf. In the same year Oßwald founded the first "Oßwald'sche deaf-mute institution for children". Friedrich Wilhelm Thumm (1818–1889), teacher and mayor, founded the "Thumm'sche subsidiary institute" in 1855 (later with the "girls' boarding school Zinzendorfhaus") and Oßwald in 1857 the "boys institute" (later with the "boarding school boys institute"). From the “daughter institute” and the “boys institute” developed into the grammar school in 1932 and the secondary school in 1969.

In 1873 Johannes Ziegler (1842–1907) from Oßwald took over the vacant position of the head of the institution, which he had to give up due to illness. Ziegler had only come to Wilhelmsdorf in 1864, married Oßwald's daughter Mathilde in 1868 and took over the office of mayor from Thumm. During Ziegler's activity as teacher, supervisor, director and householder, the diaconal work of the “Wilhelmsdorfer Anstalten evangelischer Diakonie” expanded: The fields of work were steadily expanded and lively construction activity began. In 1878 the “rescue facility for boys” merged with the “rescue facility for girls” to form the “children's rescue facility” - today the “children's home Hoffmannhaus”.

In 1905, Ziegler opened the "Zieglerstift Haslachmühle Drinking Sanatorium". From this first therapy facility for alcoholic men, the "Hochsten Specialist Clinic" developed in 1954 and the "Ringgenhof Specialist Clinic" in 1966. Johannes Ziegler died on September 4, 1907. In 1916 the association "Zieglersche Anstalten eV - Wilhelmsdorfer Werke Protestant Diakonie" is entered in the Ravensburg register of associations. In this way, a decree from Johannes Zieglers' will was implemented, who wanted to ensure the continued existence of his diaconal institutions by transferring them to a foundation or an association.

During the Nazi tyranny , on March 24, 1941, 19 patients from the former Protestant deaf-mute institution Wilhelmsdorf were deported to the Weinsberg State Psychiatric Hospital by the " gray buses " of the " Gemeinnützige Krankentransport GmbH " (Gekrat) , despite the reluctant refusal of the then head Heinrich Hermann . Among the 19 deportees were two women from the Diakonie Stetten , where they had already been selected for “disinfection” but had been hidden by the staff there and brought to Wilhelmsdorf. Of the 19 men and women who were supposed to be gassed in the course of the " euthanasia " killing campaign T4 in the Hessian Nazi killing center Hadamar near Limburg an der Lahn, only Ernst Weiß returned to Wilhelmsdorf. The Grafeneck Castle killing center was already closed at this point. Since then, a wall of pictures created in 1985 in the entrance area of ​​the Rotachheim of the Ziegler Disabled Aid has been a reminder of what happened. The title “Not one is forgotten before God” is based on Luke 12: 6. Two memorial stones in the local cemetery also commemorate this event.

If the war was paralyzing for the “Zieglerschen Anstalten”, in 1946 the “Haslachmühle” was converted into the “Helper School for Inner Mission”. The Protestant theologian Gotthilf Vöhringer (1881–1955) intended to put the training of “work assistants” in the homes for the physically and mentally handicapped on a solid foundation. In 1958 the “Helferschule Haslachmühle” was finally given the name “ Gotthilf Vöhringer School ” (GVS). In 1960 the state recognition of the training course "work education" followed, in 1968 the "healing education care" followed. In 1972 the Gotthilf Vöhringer School was relocated from the Haslachmühle to Wilhelmsdorf in the new school building. Since then, GVS has grown rapidly and today offers a total of seven training courses at four locations.

Eugen Steimle , who was responsible for mass murders in the Soviet Union as SS-Standartenführer and commander of the SD Einsatzgruppen during the Nazi era and was initially sentenced to death in the Nuremberg trials, became a teacher at the gymnasium of the Ziegler institutions after pardon and release from prison.

In the 1950s, the “Zieglerstift” acquired the Gansauge property on the 830 meter high Höchst . On May 22, 1955, the “Heilstätte” (later “Fachklinik Höchst for women with addictions”) was opened there with 25 women and was gradually expanded into the 1980s, both structurally and therapeutically. In 1975 the “Bruggenhof branch” was added. Since a structural renovation of the aging building substance exceeded the costs of a new building, it was decided to build a new building at the Sonnenhof in Bad Saulgau . With the groundbreaking on January 20, 2009, construction began on the project, which is valued at around 14 million euros. At the end of November 2010, the "Fachklinik Höchsten Bad Saulgau" was able to start operations with 79 treatment places (73 single rooms and six rooms with the option of double occupancy) for patients with addiction. The clinic covers around 27 percent of its useful heat from the residual heat of the thermal water bathed in the nearby Sonnenhof thermal baths in Bad Saulgau .

Furthermore, in 1953 the “Deaf School with Home” and the “Healing Education Home with Special School” - since 1981 “Rotachheim - Home for the Multiple Disabled”. The “Speech Healing Center Ravensburg” joined the deaf school in 1972 and from there in 1977 the “Altshausen School for the hard of hearing”.

In addition, in 1966, the "Drinking Sanatorium Zieglerstift Haslachmühle", which was dissolved in 1966, became the "Haslachmühle - Home for the Multiple Disabled" in cooperation with the "Deaf School with Home".

At the beginning of 2004, the Zieglerschen Anstalten teamed up with another long-established Württemberg company: the "Evangelical Retirement Homes in Baden-Württemberg gGmbH", which emerged from the "Association for Protestant Retirement Homes in Württemberg eV". This association was founded in 1846 as the “Association for the Evangelical Women’s Foundations in Württemberg” and is today, as the Evangelical Retirement Homes in Baden-Württemberg gGmbH, the oldest provider of care institutions in the state. Well-known public figures in what was then the Kingdom of Württemberg such as the poet Gustav Schwab, the diplomat Christoph von Kölle and the Protestant prelate Sixt Karl von Kapff were founding members. The queens of Württemberg acted as patrons and protectors of the women's monasteries until 1918.

Addiction help

In 2005, the therapy of people with addiction in the Zieglerschen celebrated its centenary. In 2009, 1249 patients were treated in six facilities. Every former patient is asked about their health, social and professional situations one year after their rehabilitation stay. For those released in 2008, the abstinence rate was between 55 and 82 percent. The Addiction Aid works with three clinics in the inpatient rehabilitation area: Hochsten specialist clinic in Bad Saulgau, Ringgenhof specialist hospital in Wilhelmsdorf and the rehabilitation center on Bussen in Oggelsbeuren. There are also two day rehabilitation in Ravensburg and Ulm in the all-day outpatient area and an adaptation facility in Wilhelmsdorf for addicts, whose psycho-social environment is still unstable after therapy. In addition, there is close networking in the regional addiction support systems with partners such as the Center for South Württemberg. With the “Fachklinik Höchsten Bad Saulgau”, the addiction clinic left its secluded location on the Höchst in favor of the urban everyday proximity, which is increasingly integrated into its therapeutic program.

Facilities and offers (selection)

The Zieglerschen facilities and offers include:

Locations of the Ziegler institutions (districts in Baden-Württemberg)
Martinshaus Kleintobel
  • The Zieglerschen - youth welfare :
    • Special education and advice center Martinshaus Kleintobel (special focus on emotional development, with boarding school) in Berg near Ravensburg , secondary school education, high school classes, Asperger classes
    • Social space-oriented offers: school social work, supervised youth living, youth housing community, socio-educational family support, educational centers, child, youth and family representatives
  • The Zieglerschen - integration in work :

Trivia

According to its statutes, the Johannes Ziegler Foundation, founded in 2009, primarily promotes tasks and projects from the Zieglers' work areas. She also provides individual assistance and runs her own poverty diakonia projects, such as B. the Ravensburger Vesperkirche .

Since October 2009 the Zieglers have been organizing the television service on Bibel TV . The service is produced in the chapel on the Höchsten (Deggenhausertal, district of Höchsten). The chapel was designed with glass windows by Andreas Felger to the "I am" words of Jesus from the Gospel of John . The chapel is the youngest building of a monastery founded in the 14th century.

literature

  • Joseph Gauger: Director Ziegler - An educator by grace . Elberfeld 1910
  • Gerhard Döffinger: Johannes Ziegler, keynote lecture . Ravensburg 1993
  • Erhard Kiefner: Friedrich Wilhelm Thumm in Wilhelmsdorf (1818-1889). A Swabian teacher and mayor . Stuttgart 1904
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Thumm: Through deep water. History of the community of Wilhelmsdorf . Wilhelmsdorf 1875
  • Wilhelmsdorf 1824–1974 . Published by the Wilhelmsdorf congregation and the Evangelical Brethren congregation Wilhelmcdorf, Wilhelmsdorf 1974
  • Johannes Ziegler: Wilhelmsdorf. A royal child . Wilhelmsdorf 1904
  • Inga Bing-von Häfen: The responsibility is heavy ...: Euthanasia killings of the Zieglerschen Anstalten / Inga Bing-von Häfen . Ed .: Die Zieglerschen - Wilmersdorfer Werke ev. Diakonie. - Wilhelmsdorf: Die Zieglerschen, 2011
  • Rainer Smile: From the Reich Security Main Office to a Protestant grammar school. The story of Eugen Steimle, in: dsb and Jörg Thierfelder, ed .: The evangelical Württemberg between world war and reconstruction. Stuttgart 1995, pp. 260-288

Web links

Commons : Die Zieglerschen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual Report 2018. (PDF) In: zieglersche.de. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 105.
  3. ^ Ralf Habich: The plight of the home manager Heinrich Herrmann with the murder of his fosterlings in Wilhelmsdorf near Ravensburg. In: The time . 1986 No./11 of March 7th
  4. ^ A b Fachklinik Höchsten Bad Saulgau: Open house on Saturday, November 21st from 5pm to 5pm. Largest construction project of the Ziegler family. In: Südkurier from November 19, 2010
  5. ^ Karlheinz Fahlbusch / kf: Addiction clinic for women only. In: Südkurier from November 23, 2010
  6. ↑ Success thanks to differentiation. In: Südkurier from November 19, 2010
  7. ^ Karlheinz Fahlbusch / kf: Addiction help. In: Südkurier from November 23, 2010