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Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken

hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 26, 2024
Entity authorityQ1253768 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken in the district of Dotzheim is the largest hospital complex in Wiesbaden founding in 1879, owing to its affiliated institutions and 1,027 beds. In 1982 the new buildings were relocated to the present location.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1879, 1982—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1897. For this dossier, Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken, hospital and Wiesbaden is the immediate research focus.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 26, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q1253768. VIAF identifies the subject as 130837871. Authority coordinates are 50.066, 8.191. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1879 and 1982.

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This entry incorporates text from “Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.