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district of

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, owned by the Danish

Deaconess The ministry of a deaconess is, in modern times, a usually non-ordained ministry for women in some Protestant, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Orthodox churches to provide pastoral care, especially for other women, and which may carry a limited ...

Community and used for various social and healthcare-related activities, including a home for the elderly and training of nurses.

History

Diakonissestiftelsen by Hans Peter Hansen

Diakonissestiftelsen was founded in 1866 at the initiative of Crown Princess

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, consort of the later king

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. She instigated Louise Conring to make a study trip to Sweden, where the order had been active for ten years, and to Germany where pastor

Theodor Fliedner Theodor Fliedner (21 January 18004 October 1864) was a German Lutheran minister and founder of Lutheran deaconess training. In 1836, he founded Kaiserswerther Diakonie, a hospital and deaconess training center. Together with his wives Friederik ...

had opened the first Deaconess motherhouse in 1836 in

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in 1836. A building in

Smallegade Smallegade ( lit. "Narrow Street") is a busy shopping street in the central part of Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from the Town Hall Square in the east to Fasanvej in the west, along the north side of Frederiksberg Town Hall and F ...

near their current site, contained a small hospital and residences for the Deaconess sisters. Their current site was inaugurated in 1876. Their hospital in Smallegade closed in 1880.

The site today

The Deaconesses' premises comprise of buildings on of land. The original main building is a long three-winged building which runs along Peter Bange Vej. It was designed by

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in a

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style inspired by medieval monasteries and manor houses. The complex has later been expanded by Gotfred Tvede (1922–1923) and Harald Gad (1937–1939). To the rear of the main complex, facing the garden, is a couple of wash houses. Other buildings in the grounds include , located on Sønder Fasanvej. It was built in the 1950s to provide residences for retired Deaconess sisters. also owns the house Marthabo on the other side of Peter Bangsvej (No. 12) which houses a kindergarten. The building is from 1885 and was designed by C. Lendorff.

2020 redevelopment plan

In 2011, announced plans for a DKK 500 million redevelopment of their site with the twofold ambition to integrate it more in the surrounding cityscape and creating a hub for social and healthcare-related activities. A masterplan competition for the area was settled in April 2012 with two interdisciplinary teams led by

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and Cubo Arkitekter as joint winners. A competition for the expansion and adaption of Søster Sofies Minde was won by

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in December 2013.

UC Diakonissestiftelsen

is home to an educational centre, UC , which offers four courses of education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Social and Health Care Education; Bachelor of Christianity, Culture and Communication; and an HF program focusing on health and innovation.

References

External links

Official website
for Diakonissestiftelsen
Official website
for the redevelopment project {{coord, 55.6784, 12.5187, type:landmark_region:DK, display=title Buildings and structures in Frederiksberg Municipality Buildings and structures completed in 1876 Historicist architecture in Copenhagen 1866 establishments in Denmark