Prügelstrafe#
Whipping was a standardised punishment for certain crimes according to historical penal codes. Whipping was abolished in 1848 for civilians; a general ban followed in 1867. The military penal codes of 1855 introduced a new regulation for whipping, which was practised in modified form until the end of the Monarchy.
Literature#
S. Malfèr, Die Abschaffung der Pruegelstrafe in Oesterreich unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung der Militaergrenze, in: Zeitschift fuer Rechtsgeschichte 102, 1985.