It’s the only medieval three beam gallows that has been preserved in Germany. In winter this site is very barren and sad. In summer the panoramic view is stunning, and if the accounts are true, that was the very reason this location was chosen: to show the delinquent one last time the beauty of the world he or she was going to leave.
I abhor the death penalty and can’t imagine if it was worse for the condemned to meet his or her face in winter or summer.
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Wow, don’t see many of those about these days; a grim reminder of a harsh justice system. The winter shot really shows how bad the death penalty can is!
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They had six hooks on the beams. And I’m not sure if the execution was fast either. Because of lost records it’s not sure how many people were murdered on this site, but it is said that the last person ever to have been hanged there was a woman who stole a chicken and two loaves of bread.
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Executed for trying to feed her family!!! & there are some over here that would return to those days given the choice 😤
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Truely chilling.
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