Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode
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Biography
Countess Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode (6 September 1819 − 17 February 1868) was a German noblewoman.She was a deaconess and matron of the Bethanien ("Bethany") hospital in Berlin.
Life
Anna was the eighth child of Count Anton of Stolberg-Wernigerode and his wife, Baroness Louise von der Recke. She was born in Peterswaldau in Silesia.She had a sense of charity even as a child.
In 1834, the family moved to Düsseldorf. In 1834, her parents founded an infant school and in 1836, they founded the first Deaconess Association in the Rhenish-Westphalian area.From 1837 to 1840, the family lived in Magdeburg; then they moved to Berlin.
In Berlin, Anna attended the newly founded deaconess hospital called Bethanien ("Bethany").In 1854, she became a deaconess and deputy matron.In 1855, she took over management as matron of the hospital.She held this position until her death.She died in 1868, at the age of 48.