Funding Government hospital Website www.auh.dk | Founded 1893 Affiliated university Aarhus University | |
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Location Aarhus, Central Region, Denmark Network Aarhus University Hospital | ||
Aarhus Municipal Hospital or Aarhus Sygehus, Nørrebrogade is a hospital in Aarhus, situated on Nørrebrogade in the district Midtbyen. The hospital was established in 7 November 1893 and is today a department under Aarhus University Hospital. Aarhus Municipal Hospital hosts the department of oncology, orthopedic surgery, medicine, neuro surgery and the only emergency department in Aarhus and one of the four trauma centers in Denmark.
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History
Aarhus Municipal Hospital was established in 1893 as an independent hospital in buildings designed by the architect Thomas Arboe. The hospital had 140 beds, one attending physician and two residents. In 1913 the department of epidemiology moved to Marselisborg Hospital and the medicinal department moved into the former epidemiological building while the surgical unit stayed in the main building. In 1918 the department of medicine moved to a new building and a department of tuberculosis was established. In 1931 C.F. Møller and Kay Fisker won an architectural contest for the design of an expansion of the hospital. The first new buildings were completed in 1935 in a functionalist style. The hospital has been expanded several times since then including in 1980 and in 2008. On 1 January 2004 Aarhus Municipal Hospital merged with Aarhus County Hospital, Marselisborg Hospital and Samsø Sygehus under the name Aarhus Sygehus. On April 1 2007 Aarhus Sygehus merged with Skejby Sygehus to form Aarhus University Hospital.
Buildings
The original buildings were designed by Thomas Arboe but Aarhus Municipal Hospital today is primarily characterized by the large expansion in the 1930s designed by C.F. Møller and Kay Fisker. C.F. Møller also designed the neighboring Aarhus University and the two project has many similarities. Both the hospital and university buildings are designed in functionalist style with sharp, cubist buildings with little decoration or ornamentation. Whereas the university buildings are free-lying cross an undulating landscape the hospital buildings are more traditional; H- or T-shaped buildings along a north-south road. To the west various hospital departments and to the east housing for employees.
The hospital buildings are constructed of red brick with a ridged roof of red roof tiles. Windows were originally located towards the south in rooms with 3 or 6 beds. Windows, doors and balconies were originally made of iron and painted white. The building for the surgical and radiological department was completed in 1935 after which Kay Fisher was no longer part of the project and C. F. Møller continued the project following largely the same architectural expression. The minimalist, durable building design has been retained in later expansions and renovations.