Seelhaus
Sea houses (also soul houses ) are different types of accommodation. These were either available as a rental house or as a hostel for impoverished or widowed people.
Lake houses as tenement houses
Lake houses were also called apartment buildings in Vienna and were medieval tenement houses. They were mostly part of a larger urban estate as a rear building. The first lake houses were mentioned in the 13th century in Cologne , Ghent and Nuremberg . In Nuremberg such tenants in the back of the house were called supporters .
Seelhäuser as a foundation
The “ Seelhaus” originally referred to a building that was donated for the healing of a certain soul and was intended to accommodate people in need; later also a house that was built with funds from such a foundation. The Seelhaus was also a hostel for pilgrims, as well as old, poor or sick people. Even women from the lower class of the population who had no prospects of marriage or who had been resident for a longer period of time were allowed to accept these, mostly pious foundations from cities or private individuals. Strangers were not allowed to be accommodated in these accommodations without a permit. So that a woman could be admitted, she paid an admission allowance. Women who violated the house rules several times were expelled from the hostel and received back the admission allowance that was actually paid for their lifelong accommodation. Residents and caretakers of these accommodations were the Seelväter and Seelnonnen . Sea houses were first mentioned in the early 14th century and were located in larger settlements such as cities.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Günther Binding : Seelhaus . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 7, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-8907-7 , Sp. 1680 f. Comment.
- ^ Max Döllner : History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch until 1933. 1950; 2nd edition, Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1978, ISBN 3-87707-013-2 , pp. 88 and 559.
- ↑ Pierer's Universal-Lexikon , Volume 15. Altenburg 1862, p. 752. (accessed on February 19, 2012)
- ↑ Peter Geffcken: Seelhaus, Seelhäuser. In: www.stadtlexikon-augsburg.de (accessed on February 19, 2012)
- ↑ Peter CA Schels: Seelhaus. ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Small encyclopedia of the German Middle Ages. (accessed on February 19, 2012)
