Bürgerhospital, Former hospital building in central Stuttgart, Germany
The Bürgerhospital is a building complex in central Stuttgart spanning approximately 3.9 hectares near the main railway station. It combines preserved historical structures with modern elements throughout its grounds.
The site was founded between 1350 and 1366 as St. Catharina Hospital and later received its current name. In 1536, the facility relocated to a former Dominican monastery.
The name Bürgerhospital, used since 1820, replaced St. Catharina Hospital, named after Saint Catherine. The hospital church, formerly the Dominican monastery church, owes its name Hospitalkirche to the hospital's move into the monastery in 1536. From 2014 to 2015 the site appeared as the Rosenstein children's clinic in the ZDF series Dr. Klein.
The complex is centrally located and easily accessible from the main railway station, making it simple to reach. Visitors can walk through the grounds and explore the mix of old and new structures at their own pace.
The park between Tunzhofer Straße and today's Bau 2 still holds the old tree stock from the 1894 grounds, though its layout has changed. The architects Schmid & Burkhardt planned the complex, built from May 1892 and inaugurated in May 1894 after two years of construction.
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