\"Spuckstein\" am Bremer Dom

1 Euge A. - 6 months ago

It's exactly what's in its name - stone to spit on. I just expected that people in 2022 wouldn't do it. But no. DISGUSTING.

5 Pedro Gonçalves - 3 years ago

Very interesting piece of history. Very easy to find if you know where to look at.

4 Gerardo Herrera Alonso - 3 years ago

If you see someone spitting at the ground near the Bismarck monument in the cathedral's side,
then likely you are close to this tiny piece of Bremen history.

It's a little stone with a carved cross rather plain, but remarkable because is the place where the last public execution took place in Bremen.

Gesche Gottfried was a serial killer woman that took the life of 15 people by arsenic poisoning between 1813 and 1827. Arrested and sentenced to death by decapitation, which took place on April 21, 1831 on the place marked by this stone.
Since then people has shown public rejection to that event spitting.

It's a bit tricky to find it but the excitement of searching for it deserves the time.

If you give up after searching for it, below are two hints:

1- Manufactum Warenhaus building: One of the pictures i posted show this building from the stone point of view.

2-St. Petri Cathedral: Other of the pictures i posted show it from the stone point of view.

5 Jacob Hoeting - 2 years ago

Was able to spit on the stone a few times while visiting the city. One of the city’s many hidden gems.

3 Mortimer Brewster - 6 years ago

The stone in the cobbles of cathedral square is a reminder of the public execution of the infamous poisoner Gesche Gottfried.

1 Dave Holland - 5 years ago

Not worth the steps it takes to walk there...

4 Binal Bruno - 4 years ago

A small piece of interesting history.