Otto-Wagner-Spital

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Management building at the main entrance of the hospital
Otto-Wagner-Spital
Geography
Location Vienna, Austria
Coordinates 48°12′31″N16°16′47″E / 48.20861°N 16.27972°E / 48.20861; 16.27972
Organisation
Type Specialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric
History
Opened1907
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The Otto-Wagner-Spital (English: Otto Wagner Hospital) is a hospital in Vienna, Austria. It was originally a psychiatric hospital and center for pulmonology.

The hospital lies in Steinhof, an area of the 14th district of Vienna, Penzing, and was built according to the plans of architect Otto Wagner and opened in 1907. The building is made up of 60 pavilions that were designed by Carlo von Boog. The Kirche am Steinhof is located at the center of the compound. An art nouveau theater is found further on the grounds. [1]

In 2000, five health facilities were consolidated under the label Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe - Otto Wagner Spital mit Pflegezentrum (Baumgartner Höhe Social Medicine Center - Otto Wagner Hospital and Care Center). The five facilities are

The center also hosts the Gedenkstätte zur Geschichte der NS-Medizin in Wien (Memorial to the History of Nazi-Medicine in Vienna) memorial and exhibition, which opened in 2002. [2]

During the Second World War, 789 children were tortured and murdered in the Children's Ward of the hospital. [3]

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References

  1. "Baumgartner Höhe Social Medicine Center". Vienna.
  2. Martens, D. (14 September 2004). "Unfit to live". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 171 (6): 619–620. doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041335. PMC   516202 .
  3. "Nazi doctors murdered 700 children at a clinic in Vienna". Idnes.cz. 31 May 2015.