Linsenviertel (Eppingen)

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The Linsenviertel is part of the old town in the city of Eppingen in northern Baden-Württemberg . It is a former day labor settlement , the buildings of which have largely been preserved.

history

The Linsenviertel in Eppingen originally served as a settlement for day laborers and poor people. The quarter is located north of the actual town center and was included in the fortification system when the city was founded. It served its purpose as a residential area for less privileged citizens for a long time. In 1845 the city of Eppingen bought a building in the Linsenviertel and from then on used it as a poor house and hospital .

building

In the Linsenviertel there are three monuments and several buildings that are classified as worth preserving. The architectural monuments are the old hospital and the buildings Linsenviertel 17 and 18, which were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. Century originated. The quarter still shows the original structure of the area, which was shaped by many renovations and extensions.

  • Linsenviertel 17 (probably 17th century)

  • Linsenviertel 18 (created around 1800)

  • Typical alley with the old hospital in the background

Old hospital

The old hospital is also known as the poor house . It was bought by the city for 2000 guilders in 1845 to be used as a poor house. The building has three floors. A hall with a kitchen was set up on the lower floor. Local arms were accommodated on the second floor, and two rooms for the sick were set up on the upper floor. After years of debate, the number of hospital beds was increased to ten, but this still did not meet the requirements.

The Grand Ducal District Doctor Dr. In his annual report to the Eppingen District Office in 1891, Kellermann drew attention to the poor conditions in the hospital. This later led to the new building of the Eppinger Hospital on Brettener Strasse. After the hospital was closed in 1895, the building served as a poor house. Today it is used as a residential building.

  • Front view of the old hospital

  • Main entrance

literature

  • Reinhard Ihle: Health care in late medieval and early modern Eppingen. In: Eppingen. Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and the surrounding area . Volume 9, Ed .: Heimatfreunde Eppingen , Eppingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-930172-21-4 , pp. 12-18.

Web links

Commons : Linsenviertel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monument conservation value plan ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://planit.fxpaper-planit.de/data/000003/Broschuere/2010-04-28/20/upload/band9-krank.pdf

Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 39 ″  E