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An engraving of a tall gothic gate tower with a row of small shapes along its top, a chapel and a hospital beside it
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The bridge tower

The Old Town Bridge Tower, where twelve heads were put up in iron baskets. Most stayed there for ten years.

Made by
Anonymous
Made
1621
Technique
Engraving
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain (CC0).
The event: The Old Town Square execution →Source ↗

Bruckenthurn an welchem die Köpff auffgesteckt: the bridge tower on which the heads were put up. Twelve heads were hung from the Old Town Bridge Tower, the gate to Charles Bridge, where everyone crossing the river would see them. Count Schlick’s was taken down in May 1622 at his widow’s request. The other eleven stayed until the Saxon army took Prague in November 1631 and had them buried in the Týn Church.

An engraving of a tall gothic gate tower with a row of small shapes along its top, a chapel and a hospital beside it

The Old Town Square execution

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