Holy Spirit Hospital (Wismar)
The Holy Spirit Hospital in Wismar was founded around 1250 as a hospital for the poor. With the approval to hold church services and the establishment of a churchyard in 1255, an early Gothic first church building was begun, the remains of which are still preserved in the northeastern wall section of the current hospital church .
In 1323 the hospital was placed under papal protection and construction of the current church began. The main altar was consecrated in 1326 by Marquard von Jossow, the Bishop of Ratzeburg. In 1411 an infirmary was added to the north wall of the church, which was open to the church until the Reformation, so that the sick could witness the service. A vaulted cellar under the western half of the church was used to store food from the hospital's agricultural goods.
In the second half of the 16th century, health care was relocated to the Dominican monastery that had become vacant during the Reformation . Small apartments were built in the infirmary.
In the ZDF series Soko Wismar, the entrance to the police station is shown as the entrance to the Heiligen-Geist-Hospital.
literature
- Dietrich Schröder: The Papist Mecklenburg . 1741.
- Michael Bunners: The Holy Spirit Hospital in Wismar . Passau 1994. ISBN 3-930102-30-7
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Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 32.1 ″ N , 11 ° 27 ′ 41.1 ″ E