Hospital of the Holy Spirit (Schelklingen)

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Hospital of the Holy Spirit
Coat of arms of the Lords of Wernau

The Spital zum Heiligen Geist in Schelklingen was originally the seat of the Lords of Wernau (a small hamlet near Erbach , Alb-Danube district) in Schelklingen. The main building dates from the 14th century, the northern extension from the 17th century. The Lords of Wernau were ministerials to the Counts of Berg-Schelklingen and were wealthy in the area of ​​Schelklingen. The building was therefore used not only for residential purposes but also to accommodate the grain (fruit box). Several female members of the von Wernau family were Benedictine nuns in the neighboring Urspring Monastery . The Lords of Wernau donated a family altar for the monastery church, which was looked after by a dedicated chaplain . The so-called Wernausche Kaplanei was also equipped with a residential house in Schelklingen (the Wernausche Kaplaneihaus not far from the parish church) and additional income.

After the male line of the Lords of Wernau died out in 1696, the town of Schelklingen acquired the building in 1698 and set up the town hospital in it . The previous hospital was in Marktgasse by the Vorderen Tor; the hospital foundation dates from 1532 and was increased in 1550.

Until the late 1980s, the building was used as a hospital and later as a residential building for low-income families. The building was extensively renovated from 1985 to 1992 and has housed the city ​​museum , the city ​​archive and a teaching pottery since 1992 .

The building is a listed building and has been entered in the list of Schelklingen architectural monuments.

literature

  • Boldt, Markus: The excavation at the Spitalbrunnen in Schelklingen (Alb-Danube district). In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Höhle und Karst Grabenstetten eV, Das Jahresheft 1989, Grabenstetten: Arbeitsgemeinschaft, 1990, pp. 35–41.
  • Rothenbacher, Franz: The planned conversion of the Schelklingen hospital into a penitentiary 1780-1781 . Mannheim: Self-published, 2007. ( Full text (PDF; 286 kB) )
  • City of Schelklingen: Hospital for “St. Geist ”in rogue blades. Schelklingen: City Administration, 1992.