Former place of execution

In Front of the "Gates" and at Center - Playground (Corner Hermann-, Schäfer- and Christian-Pleß Street)

Until 1827, Offenbach's execution site with a gallows consisting of three stone pillars and a connecting beam was located here. Once the site was referred to locally as 'in the swamps' because of the natural soil condition and until the beginning of the 19th century it was still located in front of the city gates. Today this part of the Senefeld quarters belongs to the inner city core and is now a playground; the last execution was held there in 1812, and nothing today remains to indicate its former purpose. After 1864, the adjoining Schäferstrasse was projected as an extension of the Kanal-/Darmstädter Strasse and construction began in 1876. The old execution place, popularly known as 'Raven Stone' which in part refers to the special construction of the gallows, was never built upon. After dismantling, the remains of the gallows were auctioned off and the beams used for the construction of the rear building in the Geleitstraße 30, which no longer exists. When the execution place was decommissioned, wooden splinters and other remnants of the gallows were collected in the belief that they had talismanic properties.