A 19th century engraving of a clock at Berne Switzerland known as the The Zytglogge or. 'time bell'. Built in a medieval tower in the early 13th century, it has served multiple purposes including a guard tower, clock tower , a civic memorial and a women's prison housing Pfaffendirnen , or "priests' whores" who were females convicted of sexual relations with clerics - Ein Kupferstich aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Bern, Schweiz, ein ehemaliges Frauengefängnis, in dem Pfaffendirnen untergebracht waren, Frauen, die wegen sexueller Beziehungen zu Geistlichen verurteilt wurden.

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