The facility was founded in 1899 as “Land-Bezirkskrankenhaus” (district hospital) of Gera, with the planning by the governing foundation leading back as far as 1895, headed by Doctor Clemens Weisker and funded by the Schlutter family. Weisker also was the leading doctor there. The complex was significantly expanded in 1927 in contemporary functional style, which makes up the bulk of the buildings today. Beginning in 1940 it was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers until the end of the Second World War. During the times of the GDR, it was exclusively used as a military hospital for the Red Army, until it was abandoned after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1990. The structure slowly deteriorated afterwards, even though there were numerous attempts to repurpose the buildings, but to no avail. Only one building on the area is currently used as residential housing, with the rest being left to urban explorers. Recently there were again drawn plans to use the complex, however there are no concrete decisions as of yet.
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