Former Bürgerspital Waidhofen an der Ybbs
The former Bürgerspital stands on the southwest corner of the former city fortifications at Eberhardplatz No. 6 in the statutory town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria . The former civic hospital and today's residential building is under monument protection ( list entry ).
history
In 1274 a foundation for a leper house was established by the citizen Hugo Eberhard. As a leprosy house, initially outside of the city fortifications in front of the Weyrer-Tor, this area was included in the second wall ring around 1400 and the hospital gate in front was built as a result. In 1328 the hospital was donated by Elisabeth , wife of Friedrich the Beautiful .
architecture
The Bürgerspital stands just outside the former Weyrer-Tor and is structurally connected to the Bürgerspitalkirche . The citizen hospital complex stands on a partially walled area with remains of the city wall with loopholes. A small biedermeier pavilion is integrated into the wall under a stepped mansard roof.
The essentially medieval hook-shaped two-storey building under a hipped roof has a facade with corner blocks and profiled cornices with a two-axis connecting wing (over a flat arched passage) to the Bürgerspitalkirche. There are Biedermeier stone robe portals.
Inside the building there are partly groin vaults and joists from the 16th century on the ground floor.
literature
- Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Bürgerspitalkirche hl. Katharina and former citizen hospital. In: The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Pp. 2494-2496.
Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 31 ″ N , 14 ° 46 ′ 21.3 ″ E