Hospital

Christian III established a hospital in Kolding to house the elderly and infirm. The city had previously had a leper hospital: Sct. Jørgensgård, which was located in the area where Sct. Jørgensgade is located today, but the leprosy was eradicated by the mid-1500s.

St. Jørgen's Hospital was built in Hospitalsgade shortly after 1558. The hospital had its own church and cemetery. The existence of the cemetery ceased relatively quickly, whereas the hospital church continued to exist until 1808. It functioned almost like a nursing home, where the city's poor could find shelter, food, and care. In 1838, the red hospital building was built north of the hospital.

In 1836 a hospital building was built east of the hospital, and when the hospital moved to new premises in Sct. Jørgens Gade in 1880, the hospital buildings were taken over by the hospital in 1919 and the two wings were built together. On the same occasion, the entire building was protected as a historical monument. In 1975 the Kolding Municipality took over the entire building complex. The buildings were restored and the name was changed to Sct. Jørgens Gård. Chr. III’s old hospital has since served as a home for the city’s local associations and It is currently managed by Slotsbadet.

In 1917, the two buildings were merged into the building we know today. 

In 1975, the building was thoroughly renovated by Kolding Municipality and converted into an assembly building for use by the city's cultural associations