Königswarter Hospital

In 1873, the banker Isaac Königswarter and his wife Elisabeth donated 215,000 guilders for the construction of a modern hospital in memory of their father and father-in-law Marcus Königswarter and their older brother and brother-in-law Zacharias Königswarter; the Israelite community acquired four plots of land for this purpose. On June 27, 1875, the Königswarter Hospital of the Jewish community with more than 50 beds and a synagogue was officially opened; the architect Johann Christian Gramm was responsible for the building plans. The magazine Der Israelit praised the foundation as "a lasting monument to the spirit of true philanthropy". Sick people from socially precarious backgrounds were cared for there free of charge. The hospital had rooms with four to eight beds, but also so-called private infirmaries with only two beds. Shortly after the opening, the city of Frankfurt am Main renamed the old address Grüner Weg 26 to Königswarter Straße in honor of the founding family. Around 1900, when the hospital of the Jewish community in Königswarter Straße was in need of extensive modernization and conversion work, the community decided to build a new building in Gagernstraße on Röderberg. The costs were again largely covered by foundations and donations from members of the community. From 1935 to 1945, the old address was called Quinckestraße (after the physician Heinrich Irenäus Quincke) - the public recognition of Jewish citizens was systematically denied by the National Socialist city administration. Today, the Red Cross Clinic stands on the site at Königswarter Straße 8-16.