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After Carl Theodor died, his widow was owner
of the clinic. In order to continue running
it as a charitable institution, she set up a
foundation trust in 1917. This shrewd and far-seeing
decision helped the clinic through difficult
times in the course of two world wars, rampant
inflation and currency reform.
The medical legacy of Carl Theodor was assumed
by his long-time assistant, privy councillor
and senior medical officer, Dr. med. Heinrich
Zenker, who ran the clinic from 1909 to 1943.
It was then taken over by his son, Dr. med.
Carl Zenker who ran it until his death in 1978.
A lot of things happened in the more than eight
decades since the foundation of the eye clinic,
which was used in the First World War, for example,
as a military hospital as it was again in the
Second World War, during which part of the building
was destroyed.
After the changeable times of the reconstruction
post-1945, Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard von Barsewisch
became medical director of the clinic in 1978.
Under his directorship from 1978 to 1993, the
clinic underwent comprehensive changes –
both in terms of clinical practice and in terms
of the buildings.
The design of the operation rooms was a particular
challenge for the hospital planners. Professor
von Barsewisch designed an innovative, futuristic
ground plan. The façade of the clinic
building was restored true to its historical
appearance. Heritage protection stipulations
were combined with state of the art architectural
elements in adjacent parts of the building to
achieve excellent results.
In 1993 Professor von Barsewisch left the clinic
to set up a day clinic for ophthalmology in
his homeland of Gross Pankow in Mark Brandenburg.
Professor Dr. Klaus G. Riedel has been medical
director of the Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic
since 1993.
To the present day, the Herzog Carl Theodor
Eye Clinic, with its varied history over more
than 100 years, is still one of Bavaria's most
respected eye clinics.
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