This was an incident in 1389 when a group of German burghers imprisoned about 70 prominent citizens in a hovel on Blasieholmen (at the time called Käpplinge) and burned them alive. The Germans are said to have been led from the Royal Palace to the pillory. A copper statue of a man holding a birch in his right hand, placed on top of the pillory in 1602, was replaced in 1647 by a new one in bronze which is still preserved in the Town Hall.
This was an incident in 1389 when a group of German citizens confined about 70 prominent individuals in a small dwelling on Blasieholmen (at that time called Käpplinge) and burned them alive. The Germans marched from the Royal Palace to the execution post. A copper statue atop the gallows, erected in 1602, was replaced in 1647 with a new bronze one still preserved in the Town Hall.