LGBT History in Germany - 1600-1799

1600-1799

  • 1620 – Brandenburg-Prussia criminalizes sodomy, making it punishable by death.
  • 1721 – Catherina Margaretha Linck is executed for female sodomy in Germany.
  • 1794 – The Kingdom of Prussia abolishes the death penalty for sodomy.

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