HKL274895 The Bamberger Halsgericht, 1538 (woodcut) by German School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Court based on the Halsgerichtsordnung of Bamberg, drawn up by Johann Freiherr von Schwarzenburg in 1507; basis for the first German Penal Code agreed in 1530 at the Diet of Augsburg under Emperor Charles V and ratified in 1532 by the Diet of Regensburg; included the rights of Blood Courts (Blutgericht) to impose punishments and the death penalty; Constitutio Criminalis Carolina;); Joerg Hejkal; German, out of copyright.