Civil orphanage

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Former civil orphanage, Berliner Strasse 148

The civil orphanage is a listed building in the Berliner Vorstadt district of Potsdam , Berliner Straße 148.

history

The "Civil Orphanage Foundation" founded by Wilhelm von Türk in Potsdam in 1822 was initially based at what was then Berliner Straße 4, near the Berliner Tor . The Royal Craft School was also housed in the building. For reasons of space, the pupils of the orphanage moved to Neue Königstrasse 61, later Berliner Strasse 148, in 1844. When the house became dilapidated, master builder Carl Gerndt built a new civil orphanage between 1858 and 1862 to accommodate up to 50 orphaned boys, most of whom were their fathers State and local officials were. The foundation continued its care work until the end of World War II and then placed itself under the care of the State Committee for Internal Mission (LAFIM). During the GDR era, the state was responsible for bringing up children. At first, apprenticeships lived in the house and, from the 1950s, church workers. From 1962 training courses to become a welfare worker took place. In 1978 the name of the foundation was changed to Evangelisches Diakoniewerk Wilhelm von Türk Foundation and from 1983 to 1991 the building served as a “training center for community diaconia and social work”. In addition to the foundation as owner, the State Committee for Internal Mission (LAFIM) has also had its seat in the house since 1992 .

architecture

The plastered building , built on an almost square floor plan, is nine-axis, two-storey with a mezzanine and flat hipped roof . The building complex surrounds a covered atrium. The facade is kept simple. Above the main entrance on the south-east side with a flight of steps in front of it, the writing “ Civil- Orphanage” points to the original purpose of the house - in addition to the military orphanage that is more than a hundred years older . The words below, “Let us do good and not get tired” are taken from Galatians .

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  1. ↑ The former "Berliner Straße" was a section between the Blücherplatz and the Berliner Tor. The section was eliminated in 1970 with the construction of the “Center South”. Cf. Klaus Arlt: The street names of the city of Potsdam. History and meaning . In: Announcements from the Sanssouci e. V. - Association for Culture and History of Potsdam, 4th year 1999, issue 4, p. 18.
  2. ^ Frieder Burkhardt: On the protocol line. The Civil Orphanage . In: Sigrid Grabner, Hendrik Röder, Thomas Wernicke (eds.): Potsdam 1945–1989. Between adaptation and rebellion . Berlin 1999, p. 143.
  3. ^ Wilhelm von Türk Foundation, accessed December 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Luther Bible, revised version 1912: Galatians, chapter 6, verse 9.

Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 6.1 "  N , 13 ° 4 ′ 5.2"  E