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Germany is a country in Europe with a population of about 82 million. Its official language is German.

1 Spanking in Germany
2 German spanking art
3 See also
4 Links

[edit] Spanking in Germany

Colorized illustration showing a German school, probably mid-19th century. The teacher is shown as disciplining the pupils with a birch.

Corporal punishment in parenting and education had a long tradition in Germany until it became frowned upon, and eventually illegal, in the course of the 20th century. Spanking implements that were traditionally popular in Germany included the birch (up to the 19th century), the cane (19th to mid-20th century), sticks, switches, belts, straps, and household items such as wooden spoons or carpet beaters.

School corporal punishment included not only spankings given with the birch or cane, but also other forms of corporal punishment such as face slapping (Ohrfeigen) or striking the student's hands with a cane, stick or ruler (Tatzen). See Johann Häberle for a German school teacher's account of corporal punishment in 1750.

A shame based method of punishment used in German schools up to the 19th century was the donkey cap (a cap with "donkey ears", using the animal as a symbol of stupidity) and riding a wooden donkey.

Corporal punishment in German schools was abolished in 1949 (East Germany) and 1973 (West Germany), respectively. Corporal as well as any other kind of "degrading" punishment in parenting was outlawed in Germany in 1998.

[edit] German spanking art

Die Rute unter Freundinnen, watercolor painting by Helga Bode.

There is historic German spanking art from the Middle Ages and Renaissance up to modernity. A well-known 19th century German poet and cartoonist, Wilhelm Busch, made many references to spanking in his humorous verse and cartoon illustrations. A 19th century German spanking author is W. Reinhard who wrote Nell in Bridewell.