St. Anna-Haus
Founded in 1888 as a hospital and care home for the elderly, it served as a hospital until 1979 — today a Cellitinnen senior residence in Cologne-Lindenthal.
The St. Anna-Haus traces its origins to the bequest of Anna Jansen, a widow from Lindenthal, and served for decades as a hospital. Today the site is home to a senior care facility run by the Cellitinnen order.
At a Glance
- Type
- Former hospital, now a senior residence
- Location
- Cologne-Lindenthal (Franzstraße 16)
- Founded
- 1888
- Operator
- Order of the Cologne Cellitinnen
- Patron saint
- Saint Anne
- Hospital until
- 1979
The St. Anna-Haus owes its 1888 founding to the bequest of widow Anna Jansen, who left 18,000 marks with the explicit condition that a home for elderly women be established; in its very first year of operation, 164 people in need made use of the facility, rising to 244 just one year later.
Born from a Bequest
In 1887, Anna Jansen entrusted clergyman Hubert Joseph Titz with 18,000 marks, stipulating that he purchase a house at 42 Wilhelmstraße in Lindenthal and establish a home for elderly women there. Father Titz turned to the Cellitinnen of Saint Mary in the Kupfergasse, who fulfilled the terms as early as 1888. The purchased house and a new building on the adjacent plot together formed the St. Anna-Haus.
The Sisters' Work
In its early years, the house served as a hospital and refuge for children from the neighbourhood's poorer families. The sisters provided outpatient care for the sick and poor, and looked after the elderly and frail within their own walls. In the first year of operation alone, 164 people in need received care or support; by the following year that number had risen to 244. The sisters also ran a kindergarten that looked after an average of 80 pre-school-age children.
Isolation Ward for Infectious Diseases
In 1890, a directive from the Cologne-Lindenthal district committee came into effect, requiring the establishment of a ward for patients with infectious diseases. The facility met all official requirements for isolation and disinfection.
From Hospital to Senior Residence
Over time the institution developed into a fully-fledged hospital, which continued to operate until 1979. The historic buildings were subsequently restored and repurposed, and today house the Cellitinnen-Seniorenhaus St. Anna, offering residential care and support services.
Timeline
- 1314Founding of the Cellitinnen community 'Zur Zelle' (Komödienstraße)
- 1470Founding of the convent 'Zur hl. Dreifaltigkeit' (Achternstraße)
- 1794French occupation of Cologne, secularisation of church institutions
- 1828Re-founding of the Cellitinnen community in Kupfergasse; confirmed by Archbishop in November
- 1875Legal ban on admitting new members to the order
- 1882Lifting of the ban on new admissions
- 1887Anna Jansen donates 18,000 marks to establish a home in Lindenthal
- 1888Founding of St. Anna-Haus by the Cologne Cellitinnen order
- 1890Order to establish an isolation ward for infectious diseases
- 1979End of hospital operations; conversion into a senior care home
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Address
Franzstraße 16
50931 Köln
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Sources & links
- Official website
- Official website (retrieved 2026-06-25)
- Wikidata (retrieved 2026-06-23)
- Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-06-23, rev 263298724)
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