 The first codification of capital punishment was the "Halsgerichtsordnung" passed by Maximilian I in 1499, followed in 1507 by the "Constitutio Criminalis Bambergensis".Both codes formed the basis of the "Constitutio Criminalis Carolina" (CCC), passed in 1532 under Charles V.
In the Habsburg Monarchy, all regional codes were superseded by the "Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana" in 1768.If the German constitution enacted by the Frankfurt Parliament in 1849 had come into force, capital punishment would have been abolished in most cases, since Art.