Infirmary

The infirmary of the Ourscamp monastery

The infirmary , sometimes also infirmarie or infirmatorium (from Latin : infirmus - powerless, weak, sick), was the infirmary in medieval monasteries for the care of sick monastery residents. Medieval hospitals also had an infirmary in which not only beneficiaries, but also other needy people could be cared for. Sometimes it was only one room, but sometimes by as much, sometimes artfully designed buildings, such as the infirmary of the monastery Ourscamp in the region Picardie in France .

In the German knightly orders , the corresponding monastic recreation station was called Firmarie (from Latin: firmus - firm, strong, constant).

literature

• Gaby Lindenmann-Merz: Infirmaries - hospitals and death houses of the monks. An architectural-historical consideration of the infirmary complexes of Cistercian monasteries in Northern England (Paderborn 2009). ISBN 978-3-7705-4729-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Probst: The German Order and its medical system in Prussia: hospital, firm and doctor until 1525 . In: Sources and studies on the history of the Teutonic Order. Volume 29. Elwert, Marburg 1994 (reprint of the first edition from 1969), ISBN 3-770-81038-4 (also dissertation at the University of Göttingen 1969).