Infirmary
Siechenhaus (from Middle High German siech 'sick'; see " Infirmity ") is a generic term for:
- Medieval hospitals, including epidemic hospitals ("special hospitals") such as leprosoria and plague houses , in which "sick" sick people (sick people with particularly dreaded diseases, especially lepers or lepers) were isolated as part of public health care.
Siechenhaus is the name of the following building:
in Germany:
- Infirmary in front of Dassow
- Infirmary in Düren
- Infirmary (Klein Grönau) with chapel in Klein Grönau
- Infirmary Bethesda , Radebeul
- St. Jürgen-Siechenhaus (Travemünde)
- Schwartau infirmary
- also an infirmary: the Leprosenhaus (Bad Wurzach)
- Infirmary in Northeim , inhabited and almost preserved in the original.
- Infirmary in Weimar , former infirmary, today a restaurant
in Switzerland:
- Infirmary St. Jakob an der Birs in Basel
- Infirmary (Baden) in Baden AG
- Infirmary (Burgdorf) in Burgdorf BE
- Prestenhaus , St. Gallen
- Infirmary (Zofingen)
in Austria:
as Siechhof :
See also
