Trinity Hospital
The Trinitatis Hospital was a medieval institution for the sick and poor welfare at Andreasplatz in Hildesheim . It replaced the neighboring, smaller Holy Spirit Hospital founded in 1230 . In 1329 the new Gothic hospital building was built, which was one of the sights of Alt-Hildesheim. It was destroyed in the bombing of March 22, 1945 and not rebuilt. In 1966 the Deutsche Bundespost dedicated a stamp from the series German Buildings from Twelve Centuries to him . The Gothic altarpiece with the coronation of Mary and saints comes from the Trinitatis Hospital and is now in St. Bernward .
Description by Adolf Bertram (1899)
“In 1334 the city council of Hildesheim donated the new hospital to the holy spirit at the Andreas church yard as a city institution for the poor and sick. Another hospital near St. Andreas had already been named 'der heil. Ghost'; this name now remained with the new foundation. In addition, we later come across the term 'Trinity or Trinity Hospital'. In contrast to this foundation, the smaller (the Martini) hospital on Kramerstrasse was called 'the little holy spirit'.
In the new urban hospital that was built in 1334, 'the poor sick people who lie in the churchyard and on the streets, find food, shelter and care'. With this new hospital, the house at St. Katharinen, where poor people were accommodated, and the (older) hospital at St. Andreas were merged ‛; in return, poor travelers should also find admission here, as they could previously stay in St. Katharinen. The following was determined about the serving staff in the new hospital: 'Who is to serve the poor sick in the house of the holy. Spirit comes, it should be a sign of salvation. Spiritual and as a sign of the renunciation of the world wear a gray dress and on it a red bordered cross ‛. Johann von Bettmar , who out of love for God had given his money to found the hospital, was appointed master of the house ; at his side was a priest who held the service in the hospital chapel; he is said to enjoy a third of the income from a foundation which the hospital owed to two other benefactors, namely Magister Albrecht von St. Andreas and Konrad von Ahrbergen. In addition to the master and the priest of the hospital, two righteous citizens were elected to the board of the house. Everything that the master, the priest and the sick leave behind after death falls to the hospital and its poor inmates.
The hospital building with its chapel is still preserved. It has a massive basement with a pointed arched gateway; the smaller door next to it, between two windows, leads to the hospital chapel. The upper floor is built in half-timbered houses and protrudes over the lower floor. A row of 14 consoles with well-carved images of saints supports the threshold and the same series of consoles supports the overhanging roof. Painted panels stand between the consoles and, in conjunction with the carved portraits, give the simple house a richer, more graceful character. The Gothic winged altar of the chapel is now in the Roemer Museum.
How the hospitalites were sometimes able to make an unexpected donation of food can be seen from a document from 1358. In it, Bishop Heinrich gave the bakers' guild in Hildesheim - with a minor restriction - the exclusive right to sell Luffen and other bread. He linked the practical penal provision to this: If someone acts against this ordinance, the bailiff should cut all his bread and bread in two and transfer one half to the Holy Spirit Hospital and the other half to the Katharinen Hospice. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ so the information on the postage stamp
- ↑ 1899
- ↑ 1899; later given on loan to St. Bernward
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 7.7 ″ N , 9 ° 56 ′ 58 ″ E