In 1770 , a large half-timbered house was built in Hildesheim to house two different hospitals which had already been founded several centuries before . The ground floor was given to the '' Hospital zu den Fünf Wunden ( Hospital of the Five Wounds ) '' and the upper floors to the '' Hospital Sankt Nicolai ( Hospital St. Nicolai ) '' . Later , both hospitals were united to form the '' Vereinigte Hospitäler ( United Hospitals ) '' . The building , however , kept the name '' Hospital zu den Fünf Wunden '' . The name derives from devotion to the holy wounds inflicted on Jesus during the crucifixion , a pious practice traditionally associated with works of mercy and social justice ( in reformation England the '' Pilgrimage of Grace '' was undertaken by Catholics protesting their loss of charitable institutions and religious freedoms , under a similar patronage ) . From the 19th century on , the building was used by a nearby Catholic hospital which still exists today . During World War II , the Hospital of the Five Wounds was only slightly damaged by bombs on 22 February 1945 and on 22 March 1945 , and the damage could be repaired very soon . The building was renovated in 1981 . Today it is used as a training college for nurses
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Hospital of the Five Wounds, Hildesheim