Whipping post

The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used during the medieval and renaissance periods for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: a post to which a person is bound, often using chains or ropes, for public punishment or humiliation, typically involving whipping
  • Also known as: “pillory”, “Sramotilni steber, Podsreda”, and “whipping post”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sts. Hermagoras and Fortunatus Chapel and St. Anne’s Chapel.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 440 metres northeast of Whipping post.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 560 metres northeast of Whipping post.

Castle
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is a fortress in with in the Kozje region. It was formerly known as Hörberg or Herberch. The castle contains a small and a defense tower. is situated 1½ km south of Whipping post.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Podsreda and Poklek pri Podsredi.

Village
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is a village in the in eastern . It is located near the border, in the traditional region of Styria. It is known for its market, which takes place every Sunday, and for , located above the village itself.

Village
is a small settlement west of in the in eastern . It is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the .

Village
is a settlement west of in the in eastern . The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the . is situated 2½ km west of Whipping post.

Whipping post

Latitude
46.04051° or 46° 2′ 26″ north
Longitude
15.59° or 15° 35′ 24″ east
Open location code
8FRQ2HRR+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11314512138
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q241212
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Whipping post” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مشهرة”
  • Aragonese: “Pelleric”
  • Aragonese: “Pellerich”
  • Armenian: “Անարգանքի սյուն”
  • Basque: “pikota”
  • Basque: “Pikota”
  • Basque: “Urkabe (zutabe)”
  • Breton: “Post-ar-vezh”
  • Bulgarian: “Позорен стълб”
  • Catalan: “costell”
  • Catalan: “Costell”
  • Catalan: “picota”
  • Chinese: “羞辱示眾”
  • Chinese: “頸手枷”
  • Croatian: “stup srama”
  • Croatian: “Stup srama”
  • Czech: “pranýř”
  • Czech: “Pranýř”
  • Czech: “pranýře”
  • Danish: “kag”
  • Danish: “Kag”
  • Dutch: “gerechtspaal”
  • Dutch: “geselpaal”
  • Dutch: “kaak”
  • Dutch: “schandpaal”
  • Dutch: “Schandpaal”
  • Esperanto: “malhonora kolono”
  • Esperanto: “pilorio”
  • Esperanto: “punkolono”
  • Esperanto: “punpilorio”
  • Esperanto: “Punpilorio”
  • Estonian: “Häbipost”
  • French: “échelle patibullaire”
  • French: “pilori”
  • French: “Pilori”
  • Galician: “Picota”
  • German: “Kaak”
  • German: “Pranger”
  • German: “Schandbühne”
  • German: “Schandpfahl”
  • Greek: “Κύφωνας”
  • Hebrew: “עמוד הקלון”
  • Hungarian: “pellengér”
  • Hungarian: “Pellengér”
  • Ido: “Pilorio”
  • Italian: “Gogna”
  • Japanese: “さらし台”
  • Low German: “Kaak”
  • Luxembourgish: “Stillchen”
  • Macedonian: “срамен столб”
  • Macedonian: “столб на срамот”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “gapestokk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “gapestokk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gapestokk”
  • Norwegian: “Gapestokk”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “sweorcops”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “sweorscacul”
  • Persian: “تخته‌بند”
  • Polish: “pręgierz”
  • Polish: “Pręgierz”
  • Portuguese: “pelourinho”
  • Portuguese: “Pelourinho”
  • Portuguese: “picota”
  • Romanian: “Stâlpul infamiei”
  • Russian: “позорный столб”
  • Russian: “Позорный столб”
  • Slovak: “pranier”
  • Slovak: “Pranier”
  • Slovak: “stĺp hanby”
  • Slovenian: “pranger”
  • Slovenian: “sramotilni steber”
  • Slovenian: “Sramotilni steber”
  • Slovenian: “steber za bičanje”
  • Spanish: “picota”
  • Spanish: “Picota”
  • Swedish: “skampåle”
  • Swedish: “Skampåle”
  • Turkish: “pellenger”
  • Ukrainian: “Ганебний стовп”
  • Western Frisian: “kaak”
  • Western Frisian: “Kaak”

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