Marselisborg Hospital

Marselisborg Hospital
Central Denmark Region
Entrance to Marselisborg Hospital
Geography
Location	Aarhus, Central Region, Denmark
Coordinates	56°08′26.6″N 10°11′17.5″E / 56.140722°N 10.188194°E / 56.140722; 10.188194Coordinates: 56°08′26.6″N 10°11′17.5″E / 56.140722°N 10.188194°E / 56.140722; 10.188194
Organisation
Funding	Government hospital
Affiliated university	Aarhus University
Network	Aarhus University Hospital
History
Founded	1913
Links
Website	Marselisborg Centret

Marselisborg Hospital or Marselisborgcentret is a hospital in Aarhus, situated on P. P. Ørums Gade in the borough of Marselisborg. The hospital was established in 1913 and is today a department under Aarhus University Hospital.

Marselisborg Hospital was originally Aarhus' epidemiological hospital. The former epidemiological hospital was built in 1875 in Ny Munkegade, where Samsøgades School is situated today. The area was at the time of construction outside city limits but rapid population growth in the late 19th century resulted in the city expanding around the hospital. In 1907 the inhabitants of Ny Munkegades contacted the city council, concerned about the hospital and the possibility of contagious and infectious diseases. In 1901 the city council established a commission to look at the possibility of a new, larger hospital. The commission reviewed a number of locations but eventually decided on an area in Marselisborg outside the urban area. Construction of the new hospital began in 1910 and was inaugurated on 31. maj 1913.

Originally the new hospital had a budget of 600.000 DKK but in 1911 costs had ballooned to 856.000 DKK. One reason was that the city council had decided the hospital should have a department for skin and venereal diseases. When the hospital was finished it had homes for two attending physicians for the two departments, one for diphtheria and scarlet fever and the other for skin and venereal diseases. The department for venereal diseases was segregated by gender and patients made to wear striped uniforms to clearly mark them from other patients. The first director of the hospital was also selected based on his past as a police officer.

The hospital quickly turned out to be too small to keep up with the growth of the city. The location was also isolated from the Municipal Hospital and the County Hospital which made it less useful for more complex treatments. The departments was gradually transferred to Skejby Sygehus and in 1992 Marselisborg Hospital ceased to operate as an independent institution. In 2001 the hospital closed entirely and was made a department in the new Aarhus University Hospital as the Marselisborg Center (Marselisborgcentret), the Danish Center for Rehabilitation and research. The center remains in the old hospital buildings until it is moved to new buildings in Skejby in 2019.