Schweinspoint Castle

The castle was built in the 17th century by the Counts of Lechsgemünd. In 1860, the Order of the Hospitaller Brothers acquired the castle and established the institution originally named "Institution for the Incurably Ill". This institution was further expanded over the decades. In addition to the Hospitaller Brothers, sisters of the Maria Stern Order also worked there from 1944. The year 1971 marked a turning point: the Order of the Hospitaller Brothers gave up the foundation administration, the Stern sisters left, and the Caritas Association for the Diocese of Augsburg took over the institution. Since then, the facility for people with disabilities has been modernized and expanded.