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Kagmanden Statue (Ducal Provost) in Tønder

Kagmanden Statue (Ducal Provost) in Tønder

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Kagmanden Statue (Ducal Provost) in Tønder

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Location: Tønder, Southern Denmark, Denmark

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JR56

November 9, 2021

Until the 19th century, the pillory or 'kak' stood on the market square in many northern European cities. In many cases there was a wood-carved figure on it to remind citizens to obey the law.

The pillory of the city of Tondern was a brick column on a stone foundation. The figure of the 'Kakmannes' or 'Büttels' either stood on or next to the pillory. Here the perpetrators were denounced or, in serious cases, whipped and chased out of the city.

The crimes that gave rise to public flogging were often minor. In 1813 an apprentice cobbler was caught stealing apples. As a punishment, he should be publicly flogged and stand in the pillory for an hour. In this case, however, mercy was granted and the sentence was changed to three days in prison with bread and water.
It was a different story for a young woman who had committed a petty theft in 1865. She was publicly flogged and had to leave the city.
The last pillory figure was erected in 1699 and is now in the Tonderner Museum - the only one of its kind still preserved in Denmark and an impressive testimony to the legal concept of the past. Eight men and six horses were needed to drag the heavy oak trunk to the wood carver, who carved a ducal profos (civil servant who carried out all penalties except death) from it.
The figure in the small market where the pillory used to stand is a faithful copy of this ducal professor. It was given to the city on its 750th anniversary in 1993.

visitdenmark.de/daenemark/explore/kagmanden-tonder-gdk610733

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Blumie🌻

December 12, 2019

Beautiful little statue in the market square

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Bea

December 23, 2022

Put in the pillory! Memorial...

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Rüdiger

December 1, 2018

In the market square in Tønder, criminals used to be pilloried. Similar to many German cities, a kind of memorial is erected at these places.

In 1993, the city of Tønder was presented with the statue on the market square in the center on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city. It is in the figure to a faithful copy of the ducal professor. At this point in the small market was once the pillory.

Source: schlei-ostsee-urlaub.de

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Thomas D. 🚴‍♂️🧗🇩🇪

September 6, 2022

The "Kultstatur" in Tonder.

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Britta 🥾

August 12, 2023

Small statue near the church as a memorial (put in the pillory).

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🌞 🚲 🏝 🌺 Andrea 🌳 🌊 🚴‍♀️ ⛱️

August 28, 2025

He stands his ground!

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Kagmanden Statue (Ducal Provost) in Tønder

1. Tønder Old Town – Pedestrian Zone in Tønder loop from Tønder

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