Hermann Hildebrand House

The Hermann Hildebrand House in Bremen Oberneuland is a residential child and youth welfare facility for infants, children and adolescents.

The Hermann Hildebrand House youth welfare facility is run by the non-profit association VEREIN BREMER SÄUGLINGSHEIME (Association of Bremen Infant Homes), which was granted legal status in Bremen in 1946 by state decree. The association, which even today relies entirely on civic engagement, operated four children's homes in Bremen from 1946 onwards and, until the 1970s, was almost exclusively concerned with the care of infants and their mothers.

With evolving needs, the association is now an independent provider and part of Bremen's youth welfare system. Within this framework, the Hermann Hildebrand House offers a range of services for children and young people, in accordance with the association's statutes and tailored to the current needs in Bremen. The Bremen Infant Homes Association is headquartered at the Hermann Hildebrand House, located at Vinnenweg 51 in Bremen-Oberneuland. Members' meetings and board meetings are also held there.

Funds for a good cause out of social responsibility: The Hermann Hildebrand House Children's Home Foundation, established in 2001, supports and promotes the socially and civically beneficial work of the Hermann Hildebrand House institutions. The foundation is based at the Hermann Hildebrand House in Bremen-Oberneuland.

Our offers

Emergency Shelter / Outpatient Shelter (IONA)
As part of the Bremen shelter system, we maintain 30 places for children aged 0-14 years at Vinnenweg 51 in Bremen Oberneuland, which can be used year-round and around the clock, primarily by the Bremen Youth Welfare Office

Therapeutic residential group

In our therapeutic residential group “Auf der Heide” we offer 7 places for children aged 7 and over who foreseeably cannot live in their family of origin and have a need for therapeutic education.

Specialist
services, such as medical services, special education and psychology, as well as supplementary services such as parent counselling, kindergarten and child protection/trauma counselling, support the work of educators and help with the perspective and support planning of the youth welfare office.

Foster care placements

: The "Bremen Foster Care Placements" network provides care for up to 40 children and young people in foster homes in and around Bremen. The central coordination and specialist advisory office is located in the annex of the Hermann Hildebrand House on Vinnenweg.

Family Care:
The Bremen Infant Homes Association is a shareholder of PiB – Foster Children in Bremen gGmbH. Through PiB, not only are "classic" foster families sought and supported, but also day care, transitional care and specialized foster care placements are established and professionally supervised.

E-Team
The E-Team, more precisely “supplementary team”, supports the Bremen emergency shelter facilities on a case-by-case basis, across disciplines and independent of the facility.