Gallows tower

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A gallows tower is a brick tower on which executions were carried out with a gallows in the Middle Ages and on which the hanged man was often hung as a deterrent. The gallows as a sign of high jurisdiction was set up on a hill ( Galgenberg ) or at other prominent waypoints such as national roads, visible from afar .

Gallows towers at Irnfritz-Messern in Lower Austria

The name is later also used for watchtowers near former execution sites, for example the Galgenturm Mellrichstadt .

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