Psychiatric Hospital W. [Revisit]

It's become kind of a little tradition for my wife and me to go on an explore the first weekend of the new year. This year, same as the last, we were joined by my wife's brother and his girlfriend.
We decided to visit an interesting location that I had explored before - an abandoned psychiatric hospital in Eastern Germany.
You can find information about the history of this place and some of the pictures from my first visit here.
To check out both galleries of this place, please visit my website: Gallery 1 | Gallery 2

I used the second visit to check out a few rooms that I had overlooked the first time and to get some more angles on the pathology department.

Psychiatric Hospital W. (Part 3)

Alright, here is the third and final post with photos from my first visit to the old hospital.
I really have to say, we got lucky right at the end.
The guys I was there with were already calling me to get back to the car. I asked them if they had found the pathology, and they said no. Then I said, I found a paper that clearly said that there is a pathology here and I am not leaving until we found it.
So we went looking and eventually found it in an adjacent building.
It wasn't really spectacular, but it was still nice, because the dissecting table and the body preservation units were still there and in pretty good condition.

Here are the photos.

To check out the full gallery, visit my website.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Psychiatric Hospital W. (Part 2)

Here is the second load of photos I took at the abandoned hospital during my first vist.
First visit? Yes! Last weekend, my wife and I had her brother and his girlfriend visit us, and together we went on a little tour, which led us once more to the old hospital.

But since I want to keep this blog in chronological order, you'll just have to be patient until I've posted the remaining locations I have visited in the meantime.
Or you can check my website from time to time to see if I've updated the gallery :)

Anyway, here's the next couple of photos.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Psychiatric Hospital W.

Okay, this was not originally built as a psychiatric hospital, but it was used as one during the last 6 years of itsoperation.
Plus, "psychiatric hospital" sounds much better than just "hospital" ;)

There is not much to find out about thie hospital, but here's what I could find about its history.
The main house of the hospital was opened with 100 beds in 1909 after a construction time of about two years. It was a very modern facitlity at the time, especially concerning the surgical professions.
Next to the main house, a house for disinfection and a house for the seperate accommodation of highly infectious patients had been built as well as a mortuary with a pathology.

In 1939, the city opened a new hospital, but it was used as a military hospital by the air force, so this old hospital remained the most important one for the city concerning the surgical disciplines. Also the city's main emergency room was located here.

Only from 2005 until 2011, this hospital was used as a psychiatric ward, mainly for the treatment of addictions.

Here are the first couple of photos.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Urban Autopsy - The Abandoned Institute for Anatomy (Part 2)

Okay, I managed to gather a little information about the object to complement my second (and for this time final) post about the abandoned institute for anatomy.

In 1948, a new university was founded in the American Sector of the city and in 1949, the Institute for Anatomy was opened.
In 2003, the city decided to merge the medical faculties of both big local universities into one and in 2005, this insitute was closed down forever.
The building is for sale now and so far, there are no plans for the future.

But maybe, the future has another visit in store for me with more photo opportunities...

 Part 1 | Part 2