Ecumenical Hospice InitiativeKrumbach and surroundings
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Hospice phone, reachable daily0173 193 23 90

Watercolour: two people walk together along a path through sunflowers towards the sun
Ecumenical Hospice Initiative Krumbach

No one should walk this road alone.

Watercolour: two people walk together along a path through sunflowers towards the sun

We accompany seriously ill and dying people and their families. At home, in hospital, in care homes. Free of charge, voluntary, for every faith.

in Krumbach since 199973 trained companionsRequests by phone, please
73volunteer hospice companions
17trained grief counsellors
1999the hospice idea came to Krumbach
0 €is what our support costs. Always.
Watercolour: a small house at dusk with one warmly lit window and a sunflower by the door
What hospice care is about

To stay at home. And not be alone.

Many people wish to spend their last days where they have always lived. With their family. Only about one in ten people in Germany dies at home. We want that number to grow.

  • Preserve the dignity and the own will of the person.
  • Put the wishes of the person concerned first.
  • Make pain bearable, together with doctors and nurses.
  • Help to settle last things. Be there.
  • Support relatives and the bereaved, and stay with them.
Regardless of illness, age or faith.

We try to accompany people on the way through the thicket of changing and contradictory thoughts.

From the mission of the hospice initiative
Coming up

The next dates.

12November

Resilience, hospice volunteers meeting

Speaker Agnes Manz, 7 pm.

BaK Diakonie Krumbach

13November

Courage to live despite dementia

Musical reading with Dr. Sarah Straub, 7 pm. Please register with the care support centre, phone 08221 95461.

FOS/BOS, Lichtensteinstraße 14, Krumbach

3December

Advent celebration for volunteers

With a short service, 6 pm.

Protestant parish house, Jochnerstraße 30

All dates

Information stand of the hospice initiative at Krumbach hospital, September 2026
Recently

Open day at Krumbach hospital.

On 27 September 2026 Krumbach hospital opened its doors. The hospice initiative was there with a well visited stand right at the entrance. Ulrich Geiger, Dr. Anneliese Hösch and Monika Drexler presented what we offer and had time to talk.

To the chronicle

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Become a member or donate. Every accompaniment stays free of charge because of you.

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