Keywords: Executions Basel 1653 colored.jpg Execution at Basel of seven of the ringleaders of the Swiss peasant war of 1653 on July 24 1653 Six were decapitated one was hanged Uly Schad in the background right at the gallows on the Gellert Gellert is the name of the hill http //www altbasel ch/brunnen/galgen_gellert html cm object history credit line accession number Immediate image source Messmer K http //www staluzern ch/schaufenster/bauernkrieg/bauernkrieg_nlz_beilage pdf Die Entlebucher der Ursprung alles à bels Canton of Lucerne Dept of Justice and Culture in collaboration with the newspaper Neue Luzerner Zeitung March 15 2003 Original source see Image Executions Basel 1653 jpg The coloration may well also be contemporary but this is not entirely certain Messmer just states the image showed a Colorized engraving from 1653 However the coloring is certainly not modern PD-Art Death penalty in Switzerland Hanging in art Gallows in art 1653 Swiss peasant war of 1653 History of Basel |