In this
instructional
exhibition
you will see: Age
barrel pillory
Bondage
breast talons
Chair
Chambers
chastity belts
Confessions
Death
Devices
Drawings
executioner‘s axe
Forms
gallows
garottes
guillotine
hanging cages
head presses
heretic forks
humiliation masks
Hunt
Interrogation
interrogator‘s chair
iron collars of thorns
iron lock jaw
Judas scale
knee screws
ladder
Medievel Method
Medival Witch
pendulums
Period
Picture
Practices
Punish
Punisments
Society
storks
Story
stretching
the rack
three beamed harrow
thumb screws
Time
tongs
Tools
Tortures
Types
wheels
Witches
Witchhunt
Woman |
Intriguing medieval
Torture-Museum
Come and view the instruments used for torture in the middle ages.
Visit the Middle Ages Torture Museum in Rudesheim in the Rheingau on the edge of the
Taunus, by taking a trip to the Middle Rhine.
Displayed over 500 square meters, in historical vaults
500 square meters,
in historical vaults and chambers, the
Real story of the Middle-ages,
and the times of the
Witch-hunts.
Executioner's Mask |
The exposition shows: 120
instruments of torture and an extensive gallery.
You will come into very close contact with the instruments of execution, public
humiliation and torture.
The drawings and etchings report on the cruelty of the Inquisition.
More Information:
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Opening Times:
1st April through end of November, daily from 10 am to 6 pm.
January to March, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 6 pm.
Entrance fee:
7,00 DM Adults
5,00 DM Children between 7 and 16 years
5,00 DM Students
Special prices: 6,00 DM for Groups of 10 or more.
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Catalogue
of exhibition:
Historical background information and many historical black and white drawings and
photographs.
You can buy the catalogue online.
The catalogue is available for viewing with Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can buy it online,
cost 7 US-$. Please click at the picture of the catalogue.The catalogue is also
available as a print version. In size DIN A5 . 70 pages, cost 6 DM plus 4DM per order,
postage and packing.
Further books are available in our bookshop. |
Guided tours:
For groups of 6 people or more, at any time by prior arrangement. Length of tour approx.
45 minutes.
Cost 10 DM
Grabenstr. 13
D-65385 Rudesheim / Rhine
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 67 22 / 4 75 10
Fax: +49 (0) 6 21 / 15 32 10
E-Mail
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