Holy Spirit Hospital (Heilig-Geist-Spital), was built between 1332 and 1339 and was a foundation endowed by the rich Patrician Konrad Groß ("Imperial Mayor") for old and needy people.
After 1500, following designs by Hans Beheim the Elder, it was expanded over the river Pegnitz with the "Sude" and the "Bau".
Today, the Hospice of the Holy Spirit is a municipal senior citizens' home.