Heilig-Geist-Spital (Blaubeuren)

Holy Spirit Hospital
	; Exterior view
Data
place	Blaubeuren
Client	Magister Johannes Ruess
Construction year	around 1424
Coordinates	48 ° 24 '42.5 " N , 9 ° 47' 7.5" E Coordinates: 48 ° 24 '42.5 " N , 9 ° 47' 7.5" E
particularities
	today Blaubeuren Museum of Prehistory

The Heilig-Geist-Spital in Blaubeuren is a medieval house that today houses the Prehistory Museum .

history

Between 1420 and 1424 citizens and the vicar general of the Bishop of Konstanz , Magister Johannes Ruess, donated the hospital. At that time, Blaubeuren was a Hellenstein town, which was sold to Württemberg in 1474 . Over time, the hospital became an important and wealthy institution.

In 1938 the hospital was closed and transferred to the city. After merging with the town house , the building became a nursing home, were maintained in the up to 2008 people

particularities

In the former entrance hall, a former chapel, a number of wall paintings have been preserved showing scenes from the life of " Saint Elisabeth of the Wartburg " from the 15th century.

today

Today the Prehistory Museum is located in the building and shows objects found in Swabian in the caves of the Swabian Alb .

literature

Stettinische Buchhandlung (Ed.): Geographical-statistical-topographical lexicon of Swabia . tape 1 . Ulm 1791, p. 245 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Rudolf Seigel Verlag = Laupp: Spital und Stadt in Altwuerttemberg: a contribution to the typology of the rural urban hospitals in southwest Germany . Ed .: StadtarchivTübingen (= publications of the Stadtarchiv Tübingen . Volume 3 ). Tubingen 1966.
Otto-Günter Lonhard: The valley of the Holy Spirit in Blaubeuren, Ulm and Upper Swabia. Vol. 39, p. 22ff.

Web links

Commons : Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Little big house

Individual evidence

↑ Rudolf Seigel Verlag = Laupp: Spital und Stadt in Altwürttemberg: a contribution to the typology of rural urban hospitals in southwest Germany . Ed .: StadtarchivTübingen (= publications of the Stadtarchiv Tübingen . Volume 3 ). Tübingen 1966, p. 34 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Heilig-Geist-Spital. City of Blaubeuren, accessed on September 16, 2018 .
↑ Stettinische Buchhandlung (Ed.): Geographical-statistical-topographical lexicon of Swabia . tape 1 . Ulm 1791, p. 245 ( google.de ).
↑ ^a ^b The Heilig-Geist-Spital in Blaubeuren. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .

[HEL1-1] Rudolf Seigel Verlag = Laupp: Spital und Stadt in Altwürttemberg: a contribution to the typology of rural urban hospitals in southwest Germany . Ed .: StadtarchivTübingen (= publications of the Stadtarchiv Tübingen . Volume 3 ). Tübingen 1966, p. 34 .

[GES1-2] Heilig-Geist-Spital. City of Blaubeuren, accessed on September 16, 2018 .

[GES2-3] Stettinische Buchhandlung (Ed.): Geographical-statistical-topographical lexicon of Swabia . tape 1 . Ulm 1791, p. 245 ( google.de ).

[AH1-4] The Heilig-Geist-Spital in Blaubeuren. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .