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Ernen gallows

Ernen gallows

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Ernen gallows

Name: Ernen gallows
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Location: Valais, Switzerland

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1. Circular hike over the Aspi-Titter suspension bridge and Goms Bridge

18.0km

06:33

960m

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2. Goms Bridge – Village Square Ernen loop from Fiesch

7.83km

02:26

290m

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3. Goms Bridge – Mühlebach loop from Ernen

13.7km

04:05

310m

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jjc

August 11, 2019

The site of the high court of the Zenden Goms from the 15th to the 18th century. The only gallows in Switzerland. In use until the end of the 18th century.

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Volker Rump 🌲〽️

April 1, 2021

In addition to the historical and creepy relevance, there is also a nice view of Ernen and the Untergoms.

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Paul

October 7, 2021

Gallows on the Mosshubel, Ernen
The gallows stand on the western ridge of the Mosshubel. It was the high court of the Zenden Goms until the 18th century. At the beginning of the 18th century, the high court was rebuilt. On July 31, 1702, Master Franz Wissen received the order from the Zenden governor Joseph Schwick to raise the three pillars of the gallows and to crown them with capitals made of tuff stone. In 1764, death sentences were carried out here for the last time. The Zenden court had three men accused of stealing the municipal treasury of Geschinen hanged on the gallows. After the thieves were "examined very kindly," they admitted their misdeeds "without coercion and completely voluntarily" under torture. The three pillars, each 4.20 m high, and the foundations of the three connecting walls remain from the former high court. Today the gallows is a Swiss cultural asset of national importance
Text / Source: Village tour and cultural assets Ernen / Municipality of Ernen

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1. Circular hike over the Aspi-Titter suspension bridge and Goms Bridge

2. Goms Bridge – Village Square Ernen loop from Fiesch

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