Heilig-Geist-Hospital (Görlitz)
| Hospital and Church of the Holy Spirit | |
|---|---|
 Holy Spirit Church (around 1900) |
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| Data | |
| place | Goerlitz |
| Construction year | 13th Century |
| demolition | 1905 |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 9 '26.9 " N , 14 ° 59' 42" E |
The Heilig-Geist-Hospital (also Hospital and Church of the Holy Spirit , Neißehospital , Heilig-Geist-Kirche ) was a hospital and later also a church in Görlitzer Ostvorstadt. It was located directly on the Lusatian Neisse at the transition over the old town bridge to the old town on the western side of the Neisse. The hospital was outside the protective city wall . The eastern bridgehead was only secured by the spotted tower .
history
The first alleged mentions date back to 1215, but there is no documentary evidence of this. According to a document from 1264, the hospital received a property of eight Hufen in the city. In 1273 Seyfried and Walter handed over the three-wheel mill to the hospital . Further territorial transfers and donations followed.
The first building of the Heilig-Geist-Hospital was probably destroyed during the Hussite War in 1429, as was the entire Neisse suburb. After the reconstruction, the hospital fell victim to the Neisse flood in July 1432 and on July 30, 1434. From 1449 and the following years renovations were made to the church and the churchyard. An infirmary , cellar, bathing room, bakery, cowshed, pigsty and smithy were also built at this time. The city fire on June 12, 1525 also destroyed the Neisse hospital. In 1574 the hospital and the hermitage were built. During the siege by the Electoral Saxon imperial troops in 1641, however, the hospital was destroyed again. The residential and farm buildings were quickly restored. The church was not rebuilt until 1657.
The church from the 17th century existed until 1769 and had to be demolished and rebuilt due to its dilapidation. The inauguration of the new building took place on November 30, 1772. The building now housed a school under the church, an apartment for the school owner, the hospital economy and rooms and chambers for the accommodation of the hospitalites. The church was renovated in 1837 and the hospitalites moved to the new central hospital on Krölstrasse in 1863. The hospitalite house was converted into a primary school in 1865 . The church and the neighboring houses to the east were demolished in 1905 for the construction of the old town bridge. An inscription tablet from 1772, the pulpit altar , the organ , a cartouche with the inscription "spiritui sancto sacrum" , the baptismal font , the benches and the little bell were given to the old Lutheran congregation for their new church next to the St. James' Church . The old Lutheran congregation has been using the Holy Spirit Church on the Neisse since 1854. The new church built in 1906 in Görlitzer Südstadt still bears the same name today.
On the southeast bridge pillar of the new old town bridge, a plaque with a picture of the church reminded of the demolished building. The bridge fell victim to the demolition of the bridge on May 7, 1945. The whereabouts of the tablet is unknown. After the end of the Second World War , the areas east of the Neisse came to the Poles . The property on which the church was once located now belongs to the Polish city of Zgorzelec . Since 2004, a bridge has been connecting both parts of the city at the same point.
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Jecht: History of the City of Görlitz, Volume 1, Half Volume 2 . 1st edition. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 782 .
- ^ Richard Jecht: History of the City of Görlitz, Volume 1, Half Volume 2 . 1st edition. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 785 .
- ^ Richard Jecht: History of the City of Görlitz, Volume 1, Half Volume 2 . 1st edition. Verlag des Magistrates der Stadt Görlitz, 1934, p. 785 f .
- ↑ lutherische-kirche-goerlitz.de: About us - The Holy Spirit Church . Retrieved December 27, 2012 .
- ↑ dolny-slask.org.pl: Postcard Görlitz New Old Town Bridge and St. Peter's Church . Retrieved January 2, 2013 .