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Admission only for triple-vaccinated
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the negative antigen-Test (if there is no Booster-vaccination)
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Opening times Mon – Sun 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. (last entry 3.15 p.m.).

Please bring a medical mask (FFP-2-mask) with you and hold a 2-G certificate and negative test certificate at the entrance as well as ID / passport ready

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Sentencing and punishment

Keuschheitsgürtel | Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum

Myth or reality? Legal fantasies

Animals in legal history

Church, empire and the law

Witches, executioners and scoundrels

Trials and torture

A Question of Honor

Praxishandbuch zum Strafrecht von J. Damhouder_kriminalmuseum

Law throughout History

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Always worth a visit. Always new things to know, very friendly and patient at the entrance (explanations of the hygiene concept, data protection ...). Thank you and gladly again 👍🏻

Durina Marek

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Incredibly exciting and spooky, definitely worth a visit.

Susanne Vissing

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Cool mix of law and torture

Joshua Fragoso

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Great place! Very interesting and well laid out. Nearly everything in English as well, and staff able to answer questions. Worth it for sure.

Gabriela Maheshka

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This museum was much more interesting than I thought it would be, and most placards were in multiple languages (mostly German and English, but sometimes others as well). I thought it was going to be all about torture, but it was also about how laws and punishment have evolved over time, and about some facets of general life in the medieval times. It's really interesting how public shaming was a method to punish lesser crimes.

Jennifer Caulk

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Some of our lovely visitors today! This international group came from Australia, Great Britain and the US and were very interested in the History of Law and Crime in Germany. 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 ... Mehr anzeigenWeniger anzeigen

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Aus dem Strafgesetzbuch der Weimarer Republik waren nach dem Krieg viele Bestimmungen der NS-Zeit getilgt worden. Im Februar 1949 debattiert der Hauptausschuss des Parlamentarischen Rats in dritter Lesung in Bonn über die Todesstrafe (Artikel 102 Grundgesetz). ☠️
Obwohl sich eine Mehrheit dafür abzeichnete, wurde die Entscheidung auf den Mai vertagt. Die Letzte Hinrichtung auf westdeutschem Boden erfolgte am 18. Februar 1949 an Richard Schuh in Tübingen. Am 24. Mai 1949 wurde die Todesstrafe mit in Kraft treten des Grundgesetzes abgeschafft. (Art. 102: „Die Todesstrafe ist abgeschafft.“) ⚖️ ... Mehr anzeigenWeniger anzeigen

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