Bezirksalten- und Pflegeheim

History: On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Emperor Franz Josef's reign in 1908, the municipal administration under Mayor Erasmus Bürstinger decided to build a poorhouse. The Tertiary Sisters already working in Gaspoltshofen were to manage and look after the home. Dean Meingassner provided the community with a building plot near the monastery free of charge. This donation was also approved by the episcopal ordinariate in 1909. Soon afterwards, however, differences arose between the community and the tertiary sisters over the management of the house. The start of construction was delayed until the parish believed that it could do ...