Leprosenhaus Bad Wurzach, Medieval hospital museum in Bad Wurzach, Germany.
The Leprosenhaus is a former medical facility in Bad Wurzach that cared for patients with leprosy. The 15-room building now displays objects and documents explaining treatment approaches and daily patient life from medieval times onward.
The site was established in 1355 as a care facility outside the city walls. It operated as a leprosy hospital until 1782, when it ceased its role in patient treatment.
The building shows how communities treated people with serious illness who were kept apart from others. The medicinal herb garden demonstrates which plants people relied on for healing.
The site is accessible by public transport and car. Allow enough time to explore all rooms and the medicinal herb garden on the grounds.
The land was the site of a 1525 battle where thousands of peasants and soldiers clashed during the Reformation period. Markers and information today document this dramatic moment in the region's past.
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