1227
The Hospital of the Holy Ghost was founded in Luebeck. It is located
at the corner of Pferdemarkt/Marlesgrube.
1263
Bishop Johannes III of Traulau confirmed "the rules of the order". This meant that the monks
and nuns of the Hospital of the Holy Ghost had to take an oath of chastity, poverty and
obedience towards the head of the Hospital and have to wear the robes of the order, white
or grey sheep wool.
1276
After a big fire in the city, space became available for a new building at Koberg
(Cow Hill) but the construction work probably started even before this date.
1286
Completion of the new building ( the church and the hall to the nursing home) at Koberg.
1300
Construction of the choir-screen in the church, supported by six pillars.
1350
Construction of the cloister.
1495
Addition of the star-studded vault in the central nave of the church. The vault
intersects the upper part of the window of the western facade and divides the murals
on the eastern wall.
1517/18
The character of the Hospital of the Holy Ghost comletely changed and it became a retirement home,
which was entirely secular. The administration of the institution and
the assets of the Holy Ghost foundation had always been in the hands of the two most senior of the
city's mayors, who acted as the chairmen of the foundation. In 1602, the council also
appointed four co-chairmen who were ordinary citizens.
1806
Cessation of public services in the church.
1820
The beds which were previously in rows of four in the Longhouse, one section of the Holy Ghost Hospital,
are removed and replaced
bye the wooden chambers which are still there today.
1939
The Council of the Hanseatic City of Luebeck took on the responsibility for the
administration of the foundation. This means that the Holy Ghost Hospital foundation lost itīs high degree
of independence and autonomy.
1964
The Senate of Luebeck decided that no further patients would be admitted to the Hospital
of the Holy Ghost. From here, the hospital had accommodated 170 elderly people. In addition to the
chambers in the Longhouse there were single rooms in the gabled houses at Koberg and in
the other sections, the Schrankhaus and Kammerhaus.
1970
The remaining residents of the retirement home were moved to other retirement homes or nursing homes,
which were in the Dornbreite or Kleine Burgstraße.
1973
Reconstruction work commenced on the Hospital of the Holy Ghost.
1976
Reconstruction work was completed. Since then, a maximum of 85 people have been
accommodated in single rooms and a few in twin-bed rooms outside Longhouse. For the
first time, the retirement home was given to the city council which now runs the hospital.
2001
The Hospital of the Holy Ghost was converted into a modern retirement home.
The facade of the Hospital of the Holy Ghost consists of a three gables construction with four-6-asiled pile works, a roof rider with bell frame and roofing from clay tiles. Only the south side of the roof was made of copper. On the northwest corner the building has a small protrusion compared with a joining building. In this protrusion, there is a pipe for the roof drainage.
Nowadays the Holy Ghost Hospital is a retirement home. The hospital is administered by Luebeck and it is financed by the rent and lease income of the big the Holy Ghost Hospitalīs property . For more than eleven days, a Christmas fair takes place in the hospital.