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 Aub
The "Spitalmuseum" |
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Under the impression of the plague the Franconian nobleman Gottfried II of Hohenlohe-Brauneck founded a hospital for the poor, needy and pilgrims in the city of Aub in 1355. In the following years an impressive building complex developed on the bank of the small River Gollach near the stone made bridge. The gothic central building, the modern so-called "Pfruendnerbau” and the church from the neo-Gothic period remained preserved until today.
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"Ora et labora”! That was the main principle for all inhabitants of the hospital. In accordance with the hospital rules of 1590 the inhabitants should do their work for the hospital, which is necessary, competent and honest. And they also should always remember and praise the donators and benefactors of the hospital. These inhabitants, who had good benefices, were allowed to have their meals at the table of the headmaster of the hospital.
A nurse and a priest took care of the well-being and the mental balance of the inhabitants. In the year 1755 the hospital inhabitants were admonished to enjoy their daily wine rations to prevent illness.
The hospital of Aub was one of the wealthiest country hospitals of the collegiate monastery of Wuerzburg. No less a person than famous master builder Balthasar Neumann worked out the plan of the new grain barn.
For centuries hospital chroniclers recorded and documented the history of Aub hospital. The extensive archives of the hospital still makes historical hospital life come alive again today. |
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Local history of Aub |
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Already in the 9th century the villages Lemmersheim and Awe, whose name derived from the ancient Benedictine monastery "Unser Lieben Frauen Muenster und Kloster in der Au”, were founded.
In the 15th century Aub castle was home of the Dukes of Baldersheim. After the extensions made by Julius Echter of Mespelbrunn Aub castle was used as hunting lodge by the prince bishops of Wuerzburg.
In the centre of the smallest part of Aub called Burgerroth the Romanesque chapel Saint Kunigunde is located. The chapel was built during the Staufer era and is equipped with fresco wall-paintings, stone made mythical creatures and an extraordinary pulpit. The family of the noblemen of Hohenlohe-Brauneck, whose nearby castle was destroyed during the Peasants’ War, used the chapel of Saint Kunigunde as parish church for a long time. |
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