Whipping Post - Kastelholm, Aland Islands
N 60° 13.886 E 020° 04.961
34V E 449193 N 6677538
Whipping post at the Vita Björn prison museum.
Waymark Code: WM18P61
Location: Åland Islands
Date Posted: 09/03/2023
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Whipping post at the Vita Björn prison museum. It is a black wooden pole with two handcuffs in chains. Here, as a criminal or prisoner, you could be chained. And possibly get whipped.
Vita Björn was opened as a museum in 1985 and was Finland's first public prison museum at the time.
The prison Vita Björn was built in 1784 and was in operation until 1975.
The prison was not big. It originally consisted of three prison cells, where two more were built in 1839.
Furthermore, there was a residential part for the prison officers and their families.
Today, the buildings function as a prison museum, where there is a display in the form of boards and objects from the time as a prison.
Type of Device: whipping post
What is the approximate age?: 01/01/1800
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