July 25, 1850 - Lorenz Schwietz
As Royal Prussian executioner for nearly fourteen years, Schwietz occupied one of the most singular offices in the imperial German justice system — a state-sanctioned role defined entirely by the infliction of death. His tenure of over 120 executions, carried out primarily by axe across the Prussian provinces, reflects the legal and institutional machinery through which capital punishment was administered in this era.
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Lorenz Schwietz (25 July 1850 – May 1925, in Breslau) was Royal Prussian executioner (German: Scharfrichter) from 21 June 1900 to 29 January 1914. Responsible for carrying out capital punishment in the Prussian provinces, he executed a total of 120 to 123 people, primarily by beheading with an axe, but also with guillotines.
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