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