The Cusanusstift (St. Nikolaus-Hospital) is a historic building in

Bernkastel-Kues Bernkastel-Kues () is a town on the Middle Mosel in the Bernkastel-Wittlich Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is well-known for its winegrowing. The town is a state-recognized health resort (''Erholungsort''), ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It was founded by

Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – 11 August 1464), also referred to as Nicholas of Kues and Nicolaus Cusanus (), was a German Catholic bishop and polymath active as a philosopher, theologian, jurist, mathematician, and astronomer. One of the first Ger ...

in 1458. It contains a world-famous library and a wine museum. Manuscript 52 in its library contains the only complete copy of the '' Proverbia Grecorum''..

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St. Nikolaus-Hospital (dt.)
Buildings and structures in Bernkastel-Wittlich Libraries in Germany Museums in Rhineland-Palatinate {{RhinelandPalatinate-struct-stub