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Location: Geesthacht, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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JR56

December 28, 2021

Edmundsthal-Siemerswalde is an area in the former "atomic city" Geesthacht, which was considered to be at high security due to its threat situation; Because Geesthacht's atomic plants, the Krümmel nuclear power plant (KKK) and the GKSS research center were not only criticized and the focus of the world public because of human and technical failure, but also because the Geesthacht atomic plants could have been the target of a terrorist attack, which was public Debate and perception was often hidden.

This did not improve security and the doubts and fear of the population increased.

Geesthacht had learned for 150 years, however, to live with the danger of causing explosives and attacks from the air.

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in Geesthacht in 1867 and began building Europe's largest explosives factory in Geesthacht, in which up to 20,000 foreign workers toiled during World War II.

Edmundsthal-Siemerswalde, on the other hand, is, as its name suggests, a forest area, located on the Hohe Elbufer zu Geesthacht, with a wonderful view of the Elbe and the vastness of the Lower Saxony marshes, seen from Schleswig-Holstein, to which Geesthacht has belonged since 1937.

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JR56

December 28, 2021

A clinic for geriatrics and a clinic for neurology for children, adolescents and young adults are located on a park-like and predominantly wooded area near the city center in buildings whose origins have an exciting history. The area is known as the "green lung" of Geesthacht.

On May 4, 1899, the dignitaries of the Geesthacht community stood on the pier of the Lauenburgische Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft in front of the Fährhaus Ziehl. Important guests from Hamburg had been announced, because Geesthacht was still part of the Free and Hanseatic City at that time: Mayor Dr. Mönckeberg and senators, representatives of authorities and organizations as well as guests of honor. And the businessman and shipowner Edmund J.A. Siemers. On that day he inaugurated the Thekla House, the first building of the sanatorium for lung patients he founded. Tuberculosis was considered the epidemic of the industrial age, especially for poor families from the big cities.

In 1902 the building, later called Hans-Haus, followed with 60 beds and in 1905 the Kurt-Haus with around 40 beds. The construction of the sanatorium ended with the construction of the Susannen House in 1911/12, the most magnificent building on the site. When it was inaugurated, the sanatorium was named Edmundsthal-Siemerswalde in honor of its founder, and the hospital buildings were named after his next of kin: The largest building in the foundation bears the name of his wife Susanne; Thekla was the daughter's name, Hans the elder and Kurt the younger son. In 1913 345 beds were available. In all houses, south-facing balconies, which offered protection from the cold north winds, made it possible to take long, daily outdoor reclining cures - just like in the high mountains for the better-off in Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain". The sanatorium gained an excellent reputation - also thanks to the work of the long-time director Dr. Johannes Ritter.

The original buildings were designed by the famous Hamburg architect Martin Emil Ferdinand Haller (1835-1925), who among other things designed the Hamburg City Hall. He built in the classical style. Its buildings were praised as modern because they were equipped with paternosters, electric lights and central heating and their floor plans could be changed (because of their progressive construction with few load-bearing interior walls).

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Edmundsthal-Siemerswalde Park and Historic Sanatorium

1. Small Elbe Sand Beach – Tesperhude Pier loop from Geesthacht, Freibad

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