Foltermuseum auf der Burg zu Burghausen, Medieval torture museum in Burghausen Castle, Germany

The Torture Museum on Burghausen Castle is housed within one of Europe's longest castle complexes and focuses on the history of punishment methods. The exhibition displays instruments and devices across multiple levels and documents practices from different periods.

The museum occupies the old Schergen- or Folterturm on Burghausen Castle, whose ground floor held the former torture chamber and whose cellar below served as the dungeon. The first floor leads to the Hexenturm and the second floor holds the death cell. The last execution at the castle took place in 1831.

The exhibition occupies a space deeply tied to Burghausen's past and shows how people once understood punishment and interrogation. Walking through, visitors encounter the ways societies accepted harsh practices as ordinary justice.

The museum occupies the old Schergen- or Folterturm on Burghausen Castle. The former torture chamber is on the ground floor, the dungeon lies beneath it, the passage to the Hexenturm is on the first floor and the death cell on the second. Visitors move between these four levels on foot.

Many of the instruments displayed are carefully reconstructed rather than original artifacts, revealing how they actually functioned. This focus on practical mechanics helps visitors better grasp the reality of these historical methods.