Bethanien at Mariannenplatz

Berlin · Tyskland · Hospital · Skrekk 2/5

The old deaconess hospital in Kreuzberg has always attracted ghost stories – even the name Bethanien can be read as 'house of misery'.

The castle-like Bethanien on Mariannenplatz was built in 1847 as a deaconess hospital, and a young Theodor Fontane worked in its pharmacy before becoming a writer. For more than 150 years the house has accumulated sickness, death and myth: generations of Kreuzberg residents have told of footsteps in the long corridors and figures in deaconess habits, and the head of the arts centre himself has noted that Bethanien 'was always a place of myth-making'. Author Sarah Khan made the building the scene of a ghost hunt in her 2013 book on Berlin's spectres, and the name itself carries an eerie double meaning – from the Hebrew, Bethanien can be read as 'house of misery'. Today the wards hold artists' studios and a music school, but in the evenings, when the yellow corridors empty, the weight of the hospital years still hangs in the walls.

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Hvor skummel er Bethanien at Mariannenplatz?

Bethanien at Mariannenplatz har en skrekkfaktor på 2/5 ifølge Haunted Places’ verifiserte vurderinger.

Hvor ligger Bethanien at Mariannenplatz?

Bethanien at Mariannenplatz ligger i Berlin, Tyskland.