Citizens Hospital (Döllersheim)
The Bürgerspital in the evacuated Döllersheim in Lower Austria , described in the Austrian Art Topography , was used to care for old and sick people. Together with the former parish church of Döllersheim with the adjoining buildings and the cemetery as well as the former Florian's fountain, the ruin is a listed building .
History and description
A first citizen's hospital with a chapel is said to have existed as early as 1592.
In his will of January 2, 1660, the owner of Ottenstein , Hans Franz Freiherr von Lamberg, founded a hospital for 12 needy subjects. Construction work began in the same year and was completed in 1666 after his widow's death.
As the center of the hospital, the two-storey high hospital chapel covered with a pyramid roof was built on a square floor plan. There were two arched windows at the top on each side.
A flat-vaulted corridor at ground level led around the chapel, which was covered with a pent roof. From this corridor, two doors each led into the four wing structures, which gave the entire complex a cross-shaped floor plan. Each of these wing structures with gable roofs contained two rooms. Small gardens were laid out in the corners between the wing sections.
When the population of Döllersheim began to be resettled in 1938, the hospital was also left to decay. Since 1981 Döllersheim is no longer in the restricted military area and can be visited.
Hospital chapel
The altar of the hospital chapel dates from 1665. On it were two statues of Saints Peter and Paul as well as an altarpiece by Tobias Pock from Vienna .
In the course of the Josephine reforms in 1786, the chapel was desecrated. When the hospital was rebuilt after a fire in 1804, it was rebuilt in its old form and the rooms intended for the chapel were converted into living rooms.
literature
- Paul Buberl: The monuments of the political district Zwettl in Lower Austria (without Zwettl Abbey). Part 1: Allentsteig judicial district (= Austrian art topography . Vol. 8, 1). Commissioned by Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1911.
- Johannes Müllner: The desecrated homeland. 2nd Edition. Association Information Waldviertel, Allentsteig 1998, ISBN 3-9500294-0-0 .
- Willibald Rosner (ed.): The military training area Allentsteig. Region, origin, use and effects (= studies and research from the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies. Vol. 17 = Lectures and discussions of the 12th Symposium of the Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies = Lower Austrian Writings 55 Science ). Lower Austrian Institute for Regional Studies, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-85006-046-2 .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.poella.gv.at/system/web/gelbeseite.aspx?menuonr=219758712&typ=3& Bezirkonr=0&detailonr= 219772395
Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ 11.9 ″ N , 15 ° 18 ′ 27.6 ″ E