Current Version
| Region | Austria |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | 1770 |
| End Date | 1787 |
| Description | In 1770, the Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana, the first unified criminal law for the Habsburg hereditary lands, criminalized various sexual acts, including sodomy. Offenders were subject to decapitation and burning, and sometimes branding. However, same-sex acts were not consistently pursued, and Maria Theresa had the authority to grant pardons. |
| Sources | https://unipub.uni-graz.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubg:1-108011 |
Revision History (2)
edited by Buzdolabimotoru. Fixed status of law
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Special Status | N/A | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
created by Buzdolabimotoru
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | N/A |
| Start Date | 1770 |
| End Date | 1787 |
| Description | In 1770, the Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana, the first unified criminal law for the Habsburg hereditary lands, criminalized various sexual acts, including sodomy. Offenders were subject to decapitation and burning, and sometimes branding. However, same-sex acts were not consistently pursued, and Maria Theresa had the authority to grant pardons. |
| Sources | https://unipub.uni-graz.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubg:1-108011 |