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Waldeck Calvary Hill (Gallows Hill)

Waldeck Calvary Hill (Gallows Hill)

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Waldeck Calvary Hill (Gallows Hill)

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Location: Kemnath, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

June 14, 2024

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A large cross stands on Calvary Hill and is visible from afar. In the High Middle Ages, this was the Galgenberg or the high court of the Waldeck district court. Those sentenced to death by hanging ended up here.

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Helmut

December 20, 2021

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In the Middle Ages, public executions of convicts by the gallows took place on a gallows hill, also called gallows hill. The execution sites were built with the construction of stone gallows towers around the 13th or 14th century. Depending on the tradition of the place of justice, the executioner carried out all executions; times were rough in the Middle Ages.

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

April 22, 2019

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The gallows of the Waldeck market used to stand on Calvary Hill. Today a big cross. In the hut below is a model of the place when the castle was still standing

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Elevation 560 m

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Wednesday 20 May

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