Henkersturm (Executioner's Tower)
Henkersturm (Executioner's Tower)
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Henkersturm (Executioner's Tower)
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September 7, 2021
Hiking
In the period around 1390, Rothenburg had three places of execution, the gallows in front of the Galgentor and the Rabenstein for beheading and the Turmseelein for drowning. There were also executions in the marketplace on special occasions.
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May 28, 2017
Hiking
Erected around 1400, the building with its attached dungeon burnt down several times and was restored after a lightning strike in 1927. Today it is used by the German Alps Association for meetings in the two basement levels, while in the upper floors there are training rooms. Climbing can be practiced on the outside of the tower.
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February 7, 2023
Mountain biking
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Elevation 430 m
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