DRK Landesverband Thüringen e. V.

About the DRK Landesverband Thüringen

The DRK Landesverband Thüringen e. V. is a registered association and one of 19 regional associations of the German Red Cross. As a member of the free welfare care system, national aid society and independent youth association, it is part of the national and international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The association comprises 23 district associations, which are active with around 45,840 supporting members and more than 7,600 active volunteer members in emergency response units, mountain rescue, water rescue, the Youth Red Cross and social work. The regional association coordinates the association's work and defines fundamental procedures. Its facilities and subsidiaries include four senior and care homes, the prevention and rehabilitation facility Schloss Neuhaus for mother/father and child, emergency medical stations in Suhl and Gotha, the DRK-Bildungswerk Thüringen (training institute) and a day care center. The range of services also includes outpatient care, emergency call systems for the elderly, meals on wheels, disability assistance, voluntary services, first aid courses and migration counseling. The head office is located in Erfurt.

Site

Erfurt

Materials

Welfare care and social services, Emergency medical services and disaster control, Education and voluntary services

Certificates

Medical device safety officers

Founded

1990

Employees

more than 30

Industries

Social affairs and welfare care, Health and care, Emergency medical services and disaster control, Education

1. 01

   Association coordination by the regional association

2. 02

   Volunteer communities (emergency response units, mountain rescue, water rescue,

3. 03

   Professional services and facilities

4. 04

   Operation of the subsidiaries (care, emergency medical services, training

Services and offerings

Facilities and locations

Erfurt (Head Office)

DE

Regional head office of the association

Erfurt (Christianenheim)

DE

DRK senior and care home with 138 care places

Materials

Inpatient care, short-term care

• Central kitchen
• In-house laundry

Geratal (Geraberg)

DE

DRK senior care home with 48 places

Materials

Inpatient care

Artern

DE

Old people's and care home Am Königstuhl with 80 places

Materials

Inpatient care

Bad Sulza

DE

Senior and care home

Materials

Inpatient care

Neuhaus-Schierschnitz

DE

Prevention and rehabilitation facility Schloss Neuhaus for 30 mothers/fathers and 45 children

Materials

Mother-/father-child spa treatments

Suhl

DE

Emergency medical station of DRK Rettungsdienst Thüringen gGmbH

Materials

Emergency medical services

Gotha

DE

Emergency medical station of DRK Rettungsdienst Gotha gGmbH

Materials

Emergency medical services

Service areas

Inside the production

Quality and association structure

As an association of the free welfare care system, the regional association works with 23 affiliated district associations according to uniform association standards. Medical device safety officers have been appointed in the care facilities.

History

1. 1863

   Founding of the first German Red Cross society

2. 1952

   Re-founding of the DRK in the GDR; in Thuringia the district organizations Suhl, Erfurt and Gera

3. 1990

   Re-founding of the DRK Landesverband Thüringen e. V. on 28.04.1990

4. 1991

   The regional association joins the DRK of the Federal Republic of Germany on 01.01.1991

5. 1998

   Construction of the old people's and care home Am Königstuhl in Artern

6. 2012

   Completion of the Geraberg senior care home

7. 2023

   Lars Oschmann becomes Chairman of the Board as of 01.04.2023