Hochgericht Pottenstein Ruins

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Pottenstein

Hochgericht Pottenstein Ruins

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Hochgericht Pottenstein Ruins

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Location: Pottenstein, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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July 30, 2026

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The High Court served as a place of execution until the 18th century. Today, the foundation of the execution site can still be seen in its original condition. The High …

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

June 1, 2019

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The path continues to the high court where the people settled down in the company were hanged. All that remains is nothing but stone remains in the square. "Death by hanging was usually a quick affair," says Büttner. Unless one did not die of broken neck, but suffocated. By the way, the last one hanged in Pottenstein was a Gößweinsteiner. "He had claimed that the Pottensteiner beer is not drinkable. "Reason enough to hang him up." There are not many high courts in Bavaria anymore. And unfortunately the way is more badly signposted than right.

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December 2, 2017

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First the torture, then the gallows in Pottenstein at the High Court. The last one was probably hung by 18 hundred. Also, the bodies were buried there od. The items sold by the hangman. Some bodies were found there. The story is so bad, the best in the network read under Hochgericht Pottenstein, or in the Franconian Switzerland Museum Tüchersfeld.

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