Aarhus Municipal Hospital

Aarhus Municipal Hospital
Central Denmark Region
Exterior clock on the Municipal Hospital
Geography
Location	Aarhus, Central Region, Denmark
Coordinates	56°10′13.5″N 10°12′22.6″E / 56.170417°N 10.206278°E / 56.170417; 10.206278Coordinates: 56°10′13.5″N 10°12′22.6″E / 56.170417°N 10.206278°E / 56.170417; 10.206278
Organisation
Funding	Government hospital
Affiliated university	Aarhus University
Network	Aarhus University Hospital
History
Founded	1893
Links
Website	www.auh.dk

Aarhus Municipal Hospital or Aarhus Sygehus, Nørrebrogade is a hospital in Aarhus, situated on Nørrebrogade in the district Midtbyen. The hospital was established in 7 November 1893 and is today a department under Aarhus University Hospital. Aarhus Municipal Hospital hosts the department of oncology, orthopedic surgery, medicine, neuro surgery and the only emergency department in Aarhus and one of the four trauma centers in Denmark.

Aarhus Municipal Hospital was established in 1893 as an independent hospital in buildings designed by the architect Thomas Arboe. The hospital had 140 beds, one attending physician and two residents. In 1913 the department of epidemiology moved to Marselisborg Hospital and the medicinal department moved into the former epidemiological building while the surgical unit stayed in the main building. In 1918 the department of medicine moved to a new building and a department of tuberculosis was established. In 1931 C.F. Møller and Kay Fisker won an architectural contest for the design of an expansion of the hospital. The first new buildings were completed in 1935 in a functionalist style. The hospital has been expanded several times since then including in 1980 and in 2008. On 1 January 2004 Aarhus Municipal Hospital merged with Aarhus County Hospital, Marselisborg Hospital and Samsø Sygehus under the name Aarhus Sygehus. On April 1 2007 Aarhus Sygehus merged with Skejby Sygehus to form Aarhus University Hospital.