Heilig-Geist-Spital (Blaubeuren)
Holy Spirit Hospital | |
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place | Blaubeuren |
Client | Magister Johannes Ruess |
Construction year | around 1424 |
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 .
See also
- Heilig-Geist-Spital a list of hospitals with the same name
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
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 .