Timetable

1844

15 October - Opening of the Pastoralgehilfenanstalt (Pastoral Helpmates Institute) in Duisburg.
31 October - Dedication of the Pastoralgehilfenanstalt

1845

10 April - Wilhelm Brandt is the first inspector (1845-1847)

1846

06 September - Conferment of corporation rights to the institute

1847

15 August - Richard Engelbert is the new inspector (1847-1906)
September - Opening of the hospital of the institute

1849

27 March - Expansion of the Rhineland Pastoralgehilfenanstalt into the Rhineland-Palatinate Pastoralgehilfenanstalt

1850

01 January - First issue of the Sonntagsblatt (Sunday newspaper)

1851

17 March - Opening of the men's asylum in Lintorf under the management of Eduard Dietrich (1851-1868)

1852

01 December - Conferment of parochial rights to the institute

1857

14 October - Conrad Wilhelm Bleibtreu is second clergyman of the institute (1857-1871)

1863

16 August - Opening of the new hospital

1864

30 June - Opening of the Herberge zur Heimat (Homeland Shelter)

1868

10 August - Foundation of the Masurian Erziehungshaus (Reformatory) in Lötzen (1868-1916)

1869

06 May - Eduard Hirsch becomes pastor in Lintorf (1869-1894)
13-16 October -
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Diakonenanstalt

1873

24 September - Franz Achilles becomes the second pastor of the Diakonenanstalt (1873-1875)

1876

31 October - Gustav Adolf Ohl becomes the second pastor and inspector of the Diakonenanstalt (1876-1910)

1879

01 October - Dedication of the new shelter building
27 November - Foundation of the Siloah Sanatorium in Lintorf

1882

27 October - Foundation of the Westphalian Erziehungshaus (House of Reform) in Gleidorf (1882-1915)

1883

19 June - Construction of a paediatric ward in the Diakonen hospital

1884

28 August - Foundation of the Lower Rhine Erziehungsanstalt (Reformatory) in Götterswickerhamm (1884-1908)

1887

26 October - Foundation of the Elisabethstift old people's home in Katzenelnbogen

03 November - Dedication of the Frauenkrankenhaus (Woman's Hospital) in Duisburg

1892

21 June - Laying the cornerstone of the Diakonen hospital

1893

22 April - Foundation of the Handwerkerbildungsanstalt (Artisans Educational Establishment) in Gemünd (1893-1938)

1894

02 February - Dedication of the new Diakonen Hospital
14-15 October – Fiftieth anniversary Diakonenanstalt

1895

17 March - Jakob Engelbert becomes third pastor of the Diakonenanstalt (1895-1910, then to 1925 as second pastor)
21 July - Friedrich Wilhelm Kruse is new pastor in Lintorf (1895-1930)

1897

08-09 August – Laying of cornerstone of the Jubiläumskapelle (Jubilee Chapel)

1899

25 October - Dedication of the Jubiläumskapelle

1900

July 22 - Dedication of the Bettmannstift in Soest (1900-1938)

1901

16 June - Dedication of the Bethesda sanatorium in Lintorf

1906

27 May 27 - Hermann Giese is new director of the Diakonenanstalt (1906-1930)

1907

09 January - Beginning of work in the Waldruhe nursing home

1908

Organisation of the Schiffermission (Seaman's Mission) by the Diakonenanstalt

01 July - Nursing home opened for invalids with pulmonary disease in Götterswickerhamm (1908-1918)

26 July - Dedication of the Boys' Home in Selbeck

1910

16 November - Death of Richard Engelberts

1911

05 November - Death of Gustav Adolf Ohls

1912

29 April - Dedication of the new Woman's Hospital

1914

16-18 June – Seventieth anniversary and dedication of the new Mutterhaus (Mother's Home)

1915

01 October - Gleidorfer Reformatory is closed down

1916

01 April - Sale of the Masurian Reformatory in Lötzen

1919

01 April - Foundation of our own nursing order
29-30 October - Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Diakonenanstalt

1921

08 March – Brüderhaus für revierkranke Franzosen (nursing home for wounded and sick French soldiers) is confiscated (also 100 beds of the hospital in May)

1922

April - In-house printing facility established

1925

01 October - Kinder- und Säuglingsheim (Children and Infant Home) opened in Selbeck

01 November 1 - "Friedensheim" in Haan opened, an old-age and nursing home and maternity home

1926

06 June - Start of the 2nd institute pastor Lic. Adolf Wessler (1926-1930) to replace retired Jakob Engelbert

01 July - Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Waldbröl (Healing and Nursing Institute ) opened (1926-1938)

1929

26 September - New opening of the " Siloah Sanatorium " in Lintorf for male alcoholics

1930

31 March - Director Pastor Hermann Giese takes leave, his successor is Pastor Lic. Adolf Wessler (1930-1952)

1932

22 August – Death of Hermann Giese

1933

September - Occupation of the Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Waldbröl by the SA; resignation of the institute leader Pastor Theodor Bergfried (1927-1933); transitional appointment of a commissioner

1934

08 July - Introduction of the Pastor Lic. Hermann Nieper (1934-1943) as 2nd Pastor and Pastor Walter Ackermann (1934-1935) as 3rd Pastor of the Social Welfare Association

1936

01 April - First convening of an "emergency association " of institutions and facilities of the Innere Mission for financial reorganization

01 October - Adaptation of the Bethesda Institute in Lintorf into a nursing home for the mentally ill of the Düsseldorf-Grafenberg Institute

1938

January - Closing down of the Handwerkerbildungsheim (Artisans Cultural Home) in Gemünd/Eifel

November - Relocation of the Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Waldbröl to Hausen üb. Linz/Rhine (1938-1947) (former Franciscan monastery Waldbreitbach)

1940

27 August - Anstalt Hausen: Refusal to return the "registration 1" of the "Aktion T4" in agreement with other Rhenish institutions of the Inner Mission

1941

08 February - Anstalt Hausen: Transfer of three female Jewish patients and one male Jewish patient to the state collection institute in Andernach

1942

22 July - Destruction of the hospital, Mother House, Brothers' House and church in Duisburg

1943

13 May - Destruction of the Nurses House (loss of documents); headquarters relocated to Waldruhe (1943-1946)

05-08 July - Relocation of 350 female and 120 male patients to the Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Hausen (convalescent and nursing home) to establish an alternative hospital for the city of Cologne

1947

October 1 - Liquidation of the Healing and Nursing Institute Hausen (returned to the Franciscan association); old age home occupants relocated to Bad Neuenahr; Refugee Hospital Bergisch-Born (partial operation by the Social Welfare Association 1947 until about 1951)

1952

01 March – Lehrlingsheim Waldhof (Apprentice Home) in Mülheim (Ruhr) – Selbeck is opened (1952-1964)

12 August - Dedication of the new Brother's House ("Mother House", as of 1972 head office of the Theodor Fliedner Foundation) in Mülheim (Ruhr) - Selbeck

05 October - Resumption of work on alcoholic healing in the Siloah Sanatorium

02 December – Director Lic. Adolf Wessler leaves; introduction of Director Dr. Wilhelm Schütz (1952-1963)

1954

30 March - Hermann Giese Haus, a labourers' dormitory, dedicated in Mülheim (Ruhr) (1954-1968)

1959

January - Haus Engelbert, a youth dormitory, converted to an old-age and nursing home

1959

25 October - Anstaltskirche (institution church) dedicated (1959-1971)

1963

October 1 - Director Pastor Dr. Wilhelm Schütz leaves; introduction of Director Pastor Dr. Werner Laug (1963-1972)

1964

01 April – Haus am Hang, Protestant boys' home in Boppard a. Rhein (formerly Bethesda girls' home) taken over as a branch institute (1964-1973)

01 October - Waldhof is taken over by the Apprentice Home as workshops for mentally handicapped youngsters (1964-1968)

1968

01 August - Hermann Giese Haus becomes workshop for mentally handicapped

01 September - Consolidation of the Mühlenhof and Waldhof to become Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Selbeck (1968-1973)

1969

27 August – Fachoberschule (Technical High School) established in Selbeck (1969-1977)

01-02 November – 125th anniversary celebrated in the Mercatorhalle in Duisburg

1971

August - Anstaltkirche closed because of danger of collapse

1972

20 January – Diakonen school renamed into Diakonisch-Theologische Ausbildungsstätte in Mülheim (Ruhr) – Selbeck (DTA)

01 October – Director Pastor Dr. Laug leaves; the successor Pastor drs. (Academia Theol. Kampen) Carl Heinz Peisker (1972-1980) takes office

1973

January – Renamed to Theodor Fliedner Werk, the Brotherhood becomes autonomous as "Diakoniegemeinschaft"
 

31 October - Completion of the new buildings of the "Fliedner Hospital" in Lintorf

31 December - Haus am Hang in Boppard is closed

1975

01 January – Retirement home centre Engelsstift in Nümbrecht is taken over

1978

Diakonen training is stopped

1980

27 August - Dedication of the new building of the Seniorenstift (Senior Citizen Foundation) Katzenelnbogen

17 October - Managing Director Pastor drs. (Academia Theol. Kampen) Peisker dies

1981

20 September - Introduction of Pastor Dr. Klaus Hildemann as Managing Director of the Theodor Fliedner Werk

1982

18 November - Takeover of the psychiatric regional medical care for Ratingen and Mülheim-South by the Fliedner Hospital

10 December - Opening of the Selbecker Werkstätten (government-approved workshop for the handicapped)

1985

01 October - Takeover of the residential complex for the elderly and disabled of the Lower Rhine Diakonen Mother House in Duisburg-Grossenbaum

1986

20 June – Laying the cornerstone for building the village for disabled and non-disabled people

15 September - Founding of the extended training house for the education of specialized nurses and care providers in psychiatry. Beginning of the outpatient work with the elderly.

1987

01 April - Foundation of the Protestant Parish for Theodor Fliedner Werk

01 September - Opening of the Hermann Giese House after renovation into a dormitory for the disabled

03 September - New opening of Haus Abendfrieden in Bad Neuenahr after 1-year renovation and new construction

26 September – 100th anniversary of the Seniorenstift (senior citizens home) in Katzenelnbogen

1988

Qualification of geriatric care training expanded from two to three years

1989

31 May - Dedication of the village for disabled and non-disabled by Prime Minister Dr. Johannes Rau

01 October - Resumption of Diakonen (social welfare) training

1990

01 January - Takeover of the psychiatric regional medical care by the Fliedner Hospital for Duisburg-South

01 April - Inclusion of the Protestant parish by the Theodor Fliedner Werk in the church district An der Ruhr

01 September - Dedication of the renovated and new buildings in the Friedensheim Haan by Minister Ilse Brusis

14 September - Laying the cornerstone for the expansion of the village for the elderly and families

1991

April - Establishment of three mini-workshops for the psychologically and mentally handicapped in the city of Mülheim

05 September - Dedication of the renovated and new buildings of the addiction clinic "Siloah" in Lintorf by Minister Hermann Heinemann

29 November - Foundation of the "Theodor Fliedner Werk Brandenburg gGmbH"

1993

01 February - Takeover of the operating organization of three old-age and disabled retirement homes in Potsdam

1994

25 February - Opening of the new building for the workshop at Mühlenhof

28 May - Dedication of the renovated and new buildings in Waldruhe: "Village in the Village" for the psychologically disabled

20 June - Dedication of the village expansion for the elderly and families in Mülheim-Selbeck by Minister Ilse Brusis

31 October - Celebration of 150-year existence of the Theodor Fliedner Werk: festive church service in which the President of the Protestant Church in Rhineland, Peter Beier, preached in the Mülheim Peters Church. Subsequent podium event with the North-Rhine Westphalian Prime Minister Johannes Rau and a grand feast in the Mülheim municipal hall.

1995

27 October - Foundation of the "Theodor Fliedner Werk Sachsen gGmbH"

1996

05 December - Designation of Executive Director Dr. Klaus D. Hildemann as Honorary Professor for Practical Theology and Social Welfare Scholarship at the Protestant Theological Faculty of Bonn University

1998

11 February - Foundation of the Institute for Interdisciplinary and Applied Diakonie Science at Bonn University

18 February - Opening of the village Dorf am Hagebölling in Gevelsberg

1999

01 April - New opening of Haus Engelbert as a socio-therapeutic living centre for longstanding addiction
11 September - Dedication of the two new houses of the retirement home centre Engelsstift in Nümbrecht
01 October - Move into the supervised common household Behlertho" for people with mental disability in Potsdam

2000

05 May - Opening of the "Fliedner info box", an information centre and meeting place for self-help groups, in the Mülheim town centre
May - Commencement of the dwellings and abodes of the "Dorf im Dorf" (village in the village) for the disabled in Hohndorf, Saxony

01 October - Opening of the Fliedner Klinik Berlin and outpatient clinic for psychological medicine at Gendarmenmarkt
01 December - Opening of the Fliedner Klinik Duisburg centre for psychological psychotherapy in the rebuilt Diakonen Mother House

2001

23 July - Amendment of the charter: renaming of the Theodor Fliedner Werk into Theodor Fliedner Foundation, expansion of the membership of the foundation to the Protestant Church in Germany and its state churches

2002

15 April - Opening of the new operating facility of the Mülheim workshops for the disabled in the Ruhrhafen

Summer semester 2002 - Beginning of the accompanying course of studies: "Master of Arts in Social Services Administration"; joint responsibility of Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn and the "Institute for Interdisciplinary and Applied Diakonen Social Welfare Studies at Bonn University" (Institut für interdisziplinäre und angewandte Diakoniewissenschaft)

24 May - Move into the rebuilt residence for chronic psychologically sick persons "Haus am Babelsberger Park" in Potsdam

2003

01 April - Move into the newly built habitation for the psychologically disabled "Haus im Dorf " in Langen near Neuruppin

12-14 September - "Independence Days": main event of the European Year for the Disabled in Germany take place in Mülheim an the Ruhr; the Theodor Fliedner Foundation is co-organizer

2004

31 March - Fliedner Clinic in Duisburg closes

10 May - Accreditation of the further training course of studies "Master of Arts in Diakonen Social Service Administration" jointly run by the Institut for interdisziplinäre und angewandte Diakoniewissenschaft and the Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn

22 July - Renaming of the "Mülheim workshops" into "Fliedner workshops"

08 September - "Johann-Hinrich-Wichern Prize for Cybernese" awarded to Prof. Dr. Klaus D. Hildemann by the Stiftung Alfred Jäger für Diakonie, the Diakonische Akademie Deutschland as well as 15 large Diakonie providers in Germany

31 October - Theodor Fliedner Foundation celebrates its 160th anniversary in the village of the Theodor Fliedner Foundation

06 November - The specialist seminar for geriatric care of the Seminarhaus gGmbH celebrates its 30th anniversary

12 November - 125 years Siloah: The specialist department Siloah of the Fliedner Hospital Ratingen is the oldest addiction treatment facility in Germany.

2005

01 June - The "Fliedner info box" celebrates its 5 anniversary: Festival week from 1-4 June

05 July - The "Dorf im Dorf " in Hohndorf, where people with mental disabilities live in close vicinity to families and older people, celebrates its 5th anniversary

29 July - Haus Abendfrieden celebrates topping-out ceremony

2006

12 May - Opening of the Fliedner Academy Duisburg - centre for leadership and management

04 June - Laying the cornerstone of Haus Bethesda: five new common households for people with dementia in Ratingen

21 July - Haus Abendfrieden: art nouveau villa in new splendour

28 July - New habitation for the handicapped opened in Potsdam

01 August - 25th anniversary of service of Prof. Dr. Klaus Hildemann

2007

22 February - Fliedner workshops receive award for "excellent training"

04 May - Haus Bethesda welcomes its first residents

14 June - The Fliedner Dorf in Mülheim celebrates its 20th birthday

13 July - Opening of the Fliedner Klinik Düsseldorf - ambulance and outpatient clinic for psychological medicine

08 August - The BBZ Centre for Encounter and Consultation Duisburg-Großenbaum opens its gates again

10 September – 7th Symposium in Bonn: "Kirche der Freiheit - Diakonie der Knechtschaft" (Church of Freedom, Diakonie of Bondage)

24 October – Laying the cornerstone of a new workshop for people with psychological disabilities in the Siemens Technopark

2008

16 May - Waldruhe celebrates its 100th birthday - Premiere of the film documentation over "100 years Waldruhe"

12 June - Opening of the new operating facility for people with psychological disabilities in the Siemens Technopark

26 August - Dorf am Hagebölling celebrates its 10th birthday

08 September - Institute for Diakoniewissenschaft celebrates 10th birthday in Bonn with 8th Symposium: "Personality and Managerial Responsibility"

01 November - fliedner ambulant - new outpatient care service for Mülheim, Duisburg and Ratingen

21 November - Opening ceremony for renaming of Haus Abendfrieden to Fliedner Residenz Bad Neuenahr

2009

31 March - Topping-out ceremony Waldhof, assisted living for older people, Mülheim an der Ruhr

01 April - Haus Engelbert celebrates its 10th birthday