Visit to the Kreuzherrnsaal - Crusader's Hall
Kreuzherrnsaal, Hallhof 5
87700 Memmingen
87700 Memmingen
+49 0 8331 850131
The beautiful and typically flamboyant baroque former church interior of the Order of the Holy Ghost has a late baroque stucco ceiling with frescoes by Johann Friedrich Sichelbein, and is one of the most viewed attractions in the city of Memmingen. The Crusaders’ Hall (Kreuzherrnsaal) is considered to be an absolute gem of the Upper Swabian Baroque Street (Oberschwäbischen Barockstraße). Guided tours can be booked as part of a city tour via the Tourist Information.
History:
- Around 1210 Foundation of the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Memmingen (Order of St. Spiritus de Roma in Saxia for the care of the poor and sick, called ‘Kreuzherren’ in Memmingen)
- 1365 Separation into upper hospital (monastery with church and rooms on the upper floor) and lower hospital (‘Dürftigenstube’/hospital on the ground floor, administered by the imperial city)
- 1480-84 late Gothic, late Gothic, two-aisled church building by hospital master Andreas Aichelberger (term of office 1474-1498)
- 1531 Gradual expulsion of the monks by the Protestant imperial city
- 1549 Compensation and return of the monastery to the order
- 1617 Tower built by Conrad Hölderlin
- 1675-80 Addition of storeys and Baroque remodelling of the monastery by hospital master Elias Bruggberger (term of office 1673-1694)
- 1709 Baroqueisation of the church by Matthias Stiller in the Wessobrunn style, Frescoes by Johann Friedrich Sichelbein from Memmingen, client: Hospital master Sigismund Teuffel (term of office 1694-1733)
Öffnungszeiten
from 1 April until 31 October: Tuesday to Sunday 11 am to 5 pm
Winfried Schwarz
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