For more than one hundred years, we have lived out the mission of Christian charity to be “close to people”. For us, this means that state-of-the-art medicine and nursing are only one part of the treatment in our hospital. Respectful interaction, individual support and a personal atmosphere are just as important to us. Our aim is to help people – regardless of person, gender, origin or religion.
The company “Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus” comprises the Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus Freiburg (a modern, specialised hospital with 175 beds and more than 13,300 cases per year), the Pflegezentrum Landwasser (a gerontopsychiatric care facility with 108 places) and Haus Landwasser (a rehabilitation facility for young people with mental illness, with 53 places). As a medium-sized hospital, we benefit enormously from transparent, clearly organised structures, dependable contact persons and short distances.
Our guiding principles
What we do day after day is not just a job for us. It is a matter close to our hearts, which we see in a very holistic way. Against this background, we have developed guiding principles that do justice to this aspiration.
Purpose - Why are we here?
Quality - How do we want to fulfil our tasks?
Responsibility - We want to take on responsibility.
Future - Where is our development heading?
Internal cooperation - How do we want to treat each other?
External cooperation - How do we want to treat others?
Our history
1898
Foundation of the Freiburg Deaconess House (Freiburger Diakonissenhaus) in Freiburg-Herdern, from which the Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus emerged. Initially it had only the departments of surgery and internal medicine.
1922
Establishment of the new "Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Radiation Therapy" on Hauptstraße in Freiburg-Herdern. Over the decades, radiology and anaesthesia developed out of the other disciplines into departments in their own right.
1925
Foundation of the nursing school.
1929
Owing to a persistent lack of space in the building on Hauptstraße, the obstetric and gynaecological department was relocated to the building of a former private clinic on Marienstraße that had been taken over.
1973
Legal separation of the motherhouse and the hospital following the entry into force of new statutory financing regulations for hospitals. The change of name from "Diakonissenhaus" (Deaconess House) to "Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus" is the result of this separation.
1981
New building of the Diakoniekrankenhaus in the Freiburg district of Landwasser, in which all departments are once again united under one roof. At the same time, the Pflegeheim Landwasser, a specialist gerontopsychiatric care home, and Haus Landwasser, a rehabilitation facility for young people with mental illness, are built and placed under the management of the Diakoniekrankenhaus. On 1 April 1982 the hospital becomes an Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Freiburg. Since then, many medical students in their final clinical year have received theoretical and practical training at the Diakoniekrankenhaus every year, and they also take their final state examination here.
1992
Foundation of the Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIC).
1999
Foundation of the Centre for Outpatient Urogynaecology (ZamUG).
2000
Establishment of the medical centre "Praxisklinik 2000" by office-based doctors from various disciplines.
2001
Expansion of the delivery suite area and the gynaecological outpatient clinic.
Certification according to KTQ
Certification of the Centre for Breast Diseases South Baden (Zentrum für Brusterkrankungen Südbaden) (DIN EN ISO: 9001:2000)
2002
Foundation of the Gastroenterology Centre and of the parent school "Familie bilden".
2003
Award of the WHO-UNICEF certificate "Breastfeeding-Friendly Hospital (baby friendly hospital)".
2004
Recertification according to KTQ
Recertification of the Centre for Breast Diseases South Baden (DIN EN ISO: 9001:2000)
2006
Opening of the newly built integrative maternity ward
Award of the seal "Service Quality Baden-Württemberg I. - III."
Recertification as a "Family-Friendly Hospital"
2008
Complete refurbishment of all patient areas
2009
Commissioning of the MRI scanner
Certification "audit berufundfamilie" as a family-friendly hospital
2010
Foundation of the Visceral Medicine Centre
2012
Opening of the new intensive care unit and the central sterilisation department; completion of the 1st construction phase of the new operating theatre building
2013
Opening of the medical centre with an outpatient radiotherapy centre
2014
Completion and commissioning of the entire newly built operating theatre complex
2015
Commissioning of a new fluoroscopy unit in the endoscopy department
Initial certification of the hospital according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008
2016
Certification of the hospital according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015
Great Place To Work award in the categories "Best Employers: Health and Social Care" and "Best Employers: Baden-Württemberg"
2017
Refurbishment of the entrance hall
Foundation of the Reflux Centre at the Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus
2018
Certification of the gynaecological oncology centre at the Ev. Diakoniekrankenhaus
Recertification of the hospital according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015
Conversion of the hospital chapel with a completely new design concept
Great Place To Work award in the categories "Best Employers: Health and Social Care", "Best Employers: Baden-Württemberg" and "Best Employers: Germany"
2019
Participation in the pilot project "Good Food in Hospital" (Gutes Essen in der Klinik), conducted by the State Centre for Nutrition (Landeszentrum für Ernährung)
Organic certification of the hospital kitchen by Prüfgesellschaft Ökologischer Landbau mbH
2020
DGE certification "Station Ernährung"
Introduction of free Wi-Fi throughout the hospital
Great Place To Work award in the categories "Best Employers: Health and Social Care", "Best Employers: Baden-Württemberg" and "Best Employers: Germany"
Change of the radiology practice (IBID) with complete refurbishment of the premises and modernisation of the equipment
2021
Expansion and conversion of the endoscopy department and the reprocessing unit
Expansion of the central bed preparation unit
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