The predecessor of this building on the same site, possibly from medieval times, was referred to as the “high house” on a plan of the Malchow monastery from 1622. The leading officials, the monastery captain and the kitchen master, had their offices here. The house was also the residence of the monastery captain, a position which was not continuously occupied.

From the Middle Ages onwards, there have been a courtroom, an old women’s shelter, cells for prisoners and torture chambers, either under the roof or in a basement room. The house was also temporarily used as a guest house for the monastery (plan from 1591).

The current impressive building was erected for 6,000 guilders between 1796 and 1800 on the foundations of the “High House”, at the behest of the state. It functioned as the monastery’s official building, the administrative headquarters. In 1813 the house was used as a military hospital during the wars of liberation. After the monastery was dissolved around 1920, the administration of the Malchow Monastery community, which was independent until 1935, was located here. In 1945, the last year of World War 2, typhoid broke out in Malchow. In order to accommodate the sick in isolation, the former office building was set up as an infectious disease hospital. From the following year, 1946, the vocational school was located on the ground floor and the upper floor was used as a retirement home. In 1982, the vocational school was relocated, but the retirement home remained in the building. The house was extensively modernized in the GDR era between 1984 and 1990, which is what characterizes its current appearance.

Today, the KMG clinics run a psychiatric nursing home here, in which 40 residents receive inpatient care. The imposing lime tree at the side of the road, probably a relic of a row of trees along the road, is classified as a natural monument and is around 300 years old.

From the Middle Ages onwards, there have been a courtroom, an old women’s shelter, cells for prisoners and torture chambers, either under the roof or in a basement room. The house was also temporarily used as a guest house for the monastery (plan from 1591).

The current impressive building was erected for 6,000 guilders between 1796 and 1800 on the foundations of the “High House”, at the behest of the state. It functioned as the monastery’s official building, the administrative headquarters. In 1813 the house was used as a military hospital during the wars of liberation. After the monastery was dissolved around 1920, the administration of the Malchow Monastery community, which was independent until 1935, was located here. In 1945, the last year of World War 2, typhoid broke out in Malchow. In order to accommodate the sick in isolation, the former office building was set up as an infectious disease hospital. From the following year, 1946, the vocational school was located on the ground floor and the upper floor was used as a retirement home. In 1982, the vocational school was relocated, but the retirement home remained in the building. The house was extensively modernized in the GDR era between 1984 and 1990, which is what characterizes its current appearance.

Today, the KMG clinics run a psychiatric nursing home here, in which 40 residents receive inpatient care. The imposing lime tree at the side of the road, probably a relic of a row of trees along the road, is classified as a natural monument and is around 300 years old.