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Executioner's sword (16th century) A decapitation scene as shown in Cosmographia universalis of Sebastian Münster (1552). An executioner's sword is a sword designed specifically for decapitation of condemned criminals (as opposed to combat). These swords were intended for two-handed use, but were lacking a point, so that their overall blade ...
The sword is given to him by Alberich. After Ortnit is killed by the dragon, the sword is found by Wolfdietrich, who kills the dragon with it. [49] Ridil: Old Norse: Riðill: In modern Norwegian (ridel) and Icelandic (riðill) the name means "piece of wood for tying up nets". [50] The sword Sigurd used to cut out the dragon Fafnir's heart. [51 ...
The term Scharfrichter (German for executioner, literally: "sharp judge") refers specifically to a tradition of executioners in the German states.Using a sword of execution, they had the responsibility of actually executing prisoners; his assistant, the "Löwe" (lion), would carry out tasks such as forcibly conveying prisoners to the presence of a judge (while roaring, hence the name ...
Franz Schmidt's father, Heinrich, was originally a woodsman in the north-eastern Bavarian town Hof.Once, when the notoriously tyrannical margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Albrecht II (r. 1527–1553), wanted three men hanged, he picked out Heinrich from the crowd and forced him to perform the execution, after which he had no option but to continue in the profession of executioner.
WKC Stahl- und Metallwarenfabrik ("WKC Steel and Metalwork Factory"), formerly Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie., is a German sword manufacturing company located in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company was founded in 1883 with the merger of two major Solingen sword-making companies, Weyersberg and Kirschbaum.
A bronze sword made more than 3,000 years ago that is so well-preserved it “almost still shines” has been unearthed in Germany, officials say. Bavaria's state office for the preservation of ...
Reiter cavalry, c. 1575-1650 Reiterschwerter (Reiter swords) from Wendelin Boeheim, Waffenkunde (1890), figs. 281–283 A Reiter's pistol (German: Reiterpistole) compared with an ordinary pistol Reiter or Schwarze Reiter ("black riders", anglicized swart reiters ) were a type of cavalry in 16th to 17th century Central Europe including Holy ...
He beheaded them without using a block; just a single swing of the sword. He would have lost his job and his reputation if he had needed two sword strokes. It had to be a clean death. He used a new, sharp sword when executing his friend Jan Jessenius, an educated man who performed the first public autopsy in the Czech Lands.