Skip to content

Evangelische Stiftung Alsterdorf

Request correction

Corporate brand

Unclaimed

A Hamburg-based diaconal foundation supporting people with disabilities, the elderly, and those in social need through assistance, work, schools, daycare, and hospitals.

Last updated September 16, 2026

AI crawler reads

No AI crawler has read this profile yet.

Overview

The Evangelische Stiftung Alsterdorf is a diaconal foundation based in northern Germany. Its guiding principle is 'Menschen sind unser Leben' (People are our life). It supports people with disabilities, people at work, and people in daycare, school, or hospital settings to live as self-determined and independent a life as possible, and it works to dismantle barriers in minds, communication, neighborhoods, and social structures. Its founder was Heinrich Matthias Sengelmann, who died on 3 February 1899; the institution he founded was then known as the Alsterdorfer Anstalten and is today the Evangelische Stiftung Alsterdorf.

History

The Evangelische Stiftung Alsterdorf traces its origins to the Alsterdorfer Anstalten, founded by Heinrich Matthias Sengelmann. Sengelmann died on 3 February 1899 at the age of 78. The institution he founded was later continued and expanded by his successors and today counts among the large diaconal institutions in Germany. The foundation's history page lists chapters including 'Gründerjahre' (founding years), 'Zeiten des Wandels' (times of change), 'Nationalsozialismus' (National Socialism), 'Weg in die Normalität' (path to normality), and 'Entwicklung bis heute' (development to the present).

Products and positioning

A diaconal foundation working for an inclusive society, supporting self-determined living and dismantling barriers.

Product categories. Personal assistance for people with disabilities · Work and employment offerings · Daycare centers (Kitas) · Schools · Hospitals · Support for people in social need · Care for the elderly and those in need of care

Sources4 sources

Cite this profile: Cite the canonical profile. /brand-wiki/evangelische-stiftung-alsterdorf · Editorial policy · How profiles are compiled