Heilig-Geist-Spital, Historic hospital building in Ehingen, Germany.
The Heilig-Geist-Spital is a former hospital chapel in Ehingen an der Donau, built in 1340 and rebuilt around 1470 and 1493. Its south facade carries a late-Gothic Gnadenstuhl relief above the portal, and the interior holds Gothic and Mannerist wall paintings. Since 1828, after secularization and the insertion of intermediate floors, the building has served as storage.
The chapel was built in 1340 for the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Ehingen an der Donau and rebuilt around 1470 and again in 1493. After its profanation it was fitted with intermediate floors from 1828 and used for storage. In recent decades the building stood empty and unnoticed.
The chapel's name comes from the Heilig-Geist-Spital, the hospital it served from 1340; after its profanation it was divided by inserted floors from 1828 and used for storage. Visitors can still see the late-Gothic Gnadenstuhl above the south portal and Gothic and Mannerist wall paintings inside.
The chapel stands in Ehingen an der Donau in the Alb-Donau district of Baden-Württemberg. It has been profaned and, since 1828, divided by inserted intermediate floors and used for storage; in recent decades it stood empty and unnoticed. Visitors should expect a secularised building rather than an active church, and access is not guaranteed.
The chapel was deconsecrated and, after intermediate floors were inserted from 1828, used for storage; in recent decades it stood empty and unnoticed. Above the south portal, a late-Gothic Gnadenstuhl (Trinity group) survives on the facade, and Gothic and Mannerist wall paintings remain inside.
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