Despite this, they were still killed on the breaking wheel.

Twenty were burned to death and one was executed on a breaking wheel.

The verdict was that he should be executed by the breaking wheel and hanged for the theft.

But upon Rudolph's arrival he was taken prisoner, and subsequently executed by means of the breaking wheel.

The breaking wheel was used as a form of execution in Germany as recently as the early 19th century.

The breaking wheel was also known as a great dishonor, and appeared in several expressions as such.

"When the shadows lengthen, they must stop or begin breaking wheels and mules' legs.

Prince Klaas and four accomplices were caught and executed by the breaking wheel.

Meister Franz executed criminals by rope, sword, breaking wheel, burning, and drowning.

Immediately after the trial, Enno was tortured by breaking wheel and finally executed by decapitation.

Dalmatov was later martyred by Orthodox priests in a monastery prison by breaking wheel.

In 1381 he was caught together with his men at a drinking feast in Postbauer-Heng and executed by breaking wheel.

Sensing the growing discontent, Louis XVI banned the use of the breaking wheel.

Hannikel's grandfather was Kleine Konrad, who was executed by the breaking wheel.

The furious emperor condemned Catherine to death on the spiked breaking wheel, but, at her touch, this instrument of torture was miraculously destroyed.

On June 17, 1581, Christman Genipperteinga was found guilty, and was condemned to the breaking wheel.

Peter the Great used this form of punishment, along with much harsher measures such as the breaking wheel, during the Streltsy Uprising in 1698.

After the Treaty of Altranstädt on 24 September 1707, he was delivered up to Charles, who ordered his execution through the breaking wheel.

The breaking wheel in the base refers to the municipality's former patron saint, Catherine (Mary Magdalene now holds this place).

Her attribute, the breaking wheel is featured within Schiefling's coat of arms together with a crosier, as the Slovene name Škof means "bishop".

Hjul & Stejle (Breaking Wheel): A rye beer brewed with Brettanomyces-yeast.

According to legend, she was supposed to die on a breaking wheel, but the wheel broke as soon as she touched it, so her head was cut off instead.

Breaking the Wheel - Eliminator The breaking wheel, also know as the Catherine wheel, was mostly used for public executions during the Middle Ages.

Severe historical penalties include the breaking wheel, boiling to death, flaying, disembowelment, crucifixion, impalement, crushing, stoning, execution by burning, dismemberment, sawing, scaphism, or necklacing.

It shows objects such as musical instruments, an early mechanical clock, scenes including a funeral service, and various methods of execution, including the breaking wheel, the gallows, and the headsman.