Triberg Gallows

The Triberg Gallows (German: Triberger Galgen) is a double gallows on the heights known as Hochgericht[1] (1,020.6 m above sea level (NHN))[2] on the K 5728 county road that runs from Schönwald to Villingen, and in the county of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

A map from Benedictine Abbey of St. George in the Black Forest indicates that, on the present site of the Blood Court, a gallows was erected in the late 16th century.

A historical map known as the Pürschgerichtskarte, which charts the area around the free imperial town of Rottweil, shows two wooden gallows on this spot.

As a symbol of justice of the Anterior Austrian Obervogtei of Triberg, the execution site was visible for a long distance.

The gallows consist of two sandstone pillars, reinforced with iron bands, and linked by a wooden crossbeam that was added later.