Medieval Torture Museum Freiburg

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Listed "Haus zum Lichtstock"
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The Freiburg Medieval Torture Museum at the Münster was a museum in Freiburg im Breisgau . It was located at Münsterplatz 12 next to the Archbishop's Palace, in the "Haus zum Lichtstock" from 1457. It existed from 1999 to autumn 2006. The operators were Lenny Vries and Christel Dattler. It was closed for financial reasons. In the direct successor it was used as a tea and chocolate house. The majority of the exhibits were from the time of the witch hunt , the Freiburg witch hunt reached its peak between 1550 and 1628.

See also

Web links

Commons : Torture Museum, Freiburg  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adrian Hoffmann: The Torture Museum closes. In: fudder.de , August 22, 2006
  2. ^ Gerhard M. Kirk: Where there was previously a torture museum. Badische Zeitung , October 15, 2011, accessed March 1, 2018

Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 42.4 ″  N , 7 ° 51 ′ 7.5 ″  E