This year, the State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse celebrate their 75th anniversary. Among the nearly 50 objects maintained by the Bad Homburg administration, which include castles, monasteries, parks and monuments, one would perhaps not suspect this: a gallows. Those of hopfmann field in the Vogelsberg is the only evidence of a former prison, which preserves the institution for the protection of cultural heritage. So Hesse hangs on the gallows.
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