Cusanusstift

The St. Nicholas Hospital (short: Cusanusstift ) in Bernkastel -Kues is the late Gothic foundation of Nicholas of Cusa.

The founder founded the plant at December 3, 1458 as a hospital for the poor for exactly 33 ( according to the years of life of Jesus Christ ) single men from needle ( six nobles ), Clergy ( six priests ) and the bourgeoisie (21 mean people ). Since the late 1960s, women are also included in the nursing home.

To date, the pen does its job as a retirement home. By the famous library and the historical winery was able to create a more than 500 -year tradition and are obtained.

The medieval library is a unique collection of manuscripts, among which there are also works of Nicholas of Cusa himself. Main article: Library of the St. Nicholas Hospital in Bernkastel- Kues.

The historic cloister and the chapel of the pen are other highlights of the system. The heart of the founder, last cardinal and bishop of Brixen is buried in the chapel of Cusa pin. Owes its name to the plant to St. Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors and at the same time patron of Nicholas of Cusa family.