Infirmary to the Wailing Tree

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Depiction of the legend of the wailing tree at the house at Wiedner Hauptstrasse 44

The infirmary to the Klagbaum or “ infirmary at the Klagbaum ”, also known as the “ infirmary to the good Saint Job ”, was a former hospital for leprosy sufferers (“lepers” or “Job's patients”) in what was then the Viennese suburb of Hungelbrunn . It existed in the area of ​​today's Wiedner Hauptstrasse 64-66 and Klagbaumgasse 1-4.

history

In 1266, Master Gebhard (or Gerhard), pastor in Sankt Stephan , canon in Passau and chaplain of Gregor X. founded an infirmary and a chapel in what is now the 4th Viennese district of Wieden . In 1267 it was inaugurated by Bishop Peter von Passau, although the infirmary was not completed until 1273.

The hospital had its own priest and a bailiff who came from the ranks of the City of Vienna to supervise it . The lepers who were housed here wore blue clothing as institutional clothing, and a red cross in a red circle was attached to the coats.

In 1482 the infirmary was partially demolished in order to gain building material for the city wall of Vienna in order to strengthen it against the troops of the advancing Matthias Corvinus . It is not known when the hospital was restored.

It is only documented again from 1525. Four years later, in 1529, the infirmary was demolished in order not to serve as accommodation for the Turkish army during the Turkish siege . Countess Barbara von Sankt Jörgen and Pösing provided the money necessary for the reconstruction in her will. With the new building of the hospital chapel, the patronage also changed, namely from “ Saint Job ( Job )” to “ Visitation of Mary ”.

The infirmary and chapel survived the second Turkish siege relatively undamaged. This time the costs for the repair were taken over by the Vienna Citizens Hospital. The pastor of Sankt Marx took over the pastoral care here. In 1706 the infirmary became a lamentation tree, in which about 10 to 12 people lived, incorporated into the citizens' hospital.

The hospital was closed on October 10, 1785 by order of Emperor Joseph II . On January 11, 1787, the former hospital, which is described as a gloomy building with only two small windows, was auctioned with the adjacent garden.

The order of the Lazarus Knights took care of the sick . It is unclear whether only women or men were accepted here.

Wailing tree

The namesake for the infirmary of the Klagbaum (or Klagpaum ) was a linden tree , which, according to a folk legend, announced approaching catastrophes with plaintive noises. There are some legends about them.

In Vienna- Wieden (4th district) the Klagbaumgasse was named after the infirmary of the Klagbaum.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 4th district, Wieden ( Memento from February 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ History in Austria - Order of the Lazarus ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Karl Hofbauer: The Wieden with their noble seats ...

Web links

literature

  • Karl Hofbauer: The Wieden with their noble residences Conradswerd, Mühlfeld, Schaumburger Hof and the Hungerbrunn open space - historical-topographical sketches to describe the suburbs of Vienna , Vienna, 1864
  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 1: A – Da. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 .