Compiled by Marc Carlson
It was last edited 9 June 2004
Much of this work was based on the "Calender of Witch Trials" in European witch trials, their foundations in popular and learned culture, 1300-1500. Berkeley: University of California Press, by Richard Keickhefer. Please note, this listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but is an ongoing compilation, as this evidence comes out.
| Date | Place | # | Name | Sex | Notes and sources: |
| 899 | ??? | 2 | ??? | ? | Executed for involvement in bewitching unto death Emperor Arnulf (Source: Kieckhefer, Magic in the Middle Ages, 187) |
| Date | Place | # | Name | Sex | Notes and sources: |
| 1326 | Austria | 1 | ??? | m | Tried on suspicion of sorcery on death of Duke Leopold. (Sources: Hansen, Zauberwahn, 387; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials) |
1327 Austria
? ???
?
Trial of heretics,
accused _inter alia_ of antinomianism (and
Luciferanism?).
(Sources: Russell, Witchcraft, 328; Lerner, Free
Spirit, 26, 30f;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1336 Austria
Date sometimes given
for trial Of 1338, Austria, q.v. (Source:
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1338 Austria
? ???
?
Trial of heretics;
charges (as given In chronicle) Included
antinomianism and
possibly diabolism. (Sources: Winterthur,
Chronica, 144f.
Lea, History of the Inquisition, II, 375;
Bernard, 'Heresy', 55;
Lerner, Free S 1rit, p 25; Russell,
Witchcraft, 179; Cohn,
Europe's Inner Demons, 34f 1; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1350 Austria, Brunn
2 ???
f
Tried by municipal
court for sorcery (infliction of death), and
allowed purgation.
(Sources: Emil Franz Ressler, Die Stadtrechte
von Brunn aus dem 13.
und 14. Jahrhundert (Prague, 1852), 24;
reprinted In Hansen,
Quelien, 517f; Hansen, Zauberwahn, 390; Lea,
Materials, 1, 246.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1353 Austria, Strassburg 2 ???
f
Banished by municipal
court for sorcery. (Sources: Chroniken der
deutschen Stadte, IX,
102I.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1353 Austria, Strassburg 1 ???
f
Banished by municipal
court for sorcery; magical materials
discovered In her
possession'. (Sources: Chroniken der deutschen
Stadte, IX) 1020.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1433 Austria, Tirol
? ?
?
2women tried as
sorceresses by secular court. (Sources: Schenach,
'Zur Geschichte', 63.
124 Calendar of Witch Trials; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1436 Austria, Tirol
? ?
?
Woman tried by secular
court for sorcery, and acquitted.
(Sources: Schenach,
'Zur Geschichte'. 63.; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1447 Austria, Thalheim ? ?
?
Woman burned by
Inquisitor, with cooperation of secular authority,
for sorcery and
diabolism. (Sources: Hartlieb, Buch alter
verbotenen Kunst, 22;
also In Hansen, Quellen, 132; cited Ibid.,
467.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 424; Riezler, Geschichte der
Hexeqrozesse, 70.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1323-6 Austria
1 ???
m
Charged with Invocation
to secure release of Duke Frederick III
from captivity.
(Sources: Chronica Mathiae de Nuwenburg, ed. A.
Hofmeister (Monumenta
Germaniae historical Scriptores rerum
Germanicarum, NS IV), 1
(Berlin, 1924), 125; Chroniken der
deutschen Stadte, VIII,
467f Lea, History of the Inquisition,
III, 456; Russell,
Witchcraft, 188f Kieckhefer, European witch
trials-)
1448 Austria, Furth
? ?
?
Trial for defamation
before secular court; ?. men and woman had
accused 2 women of love
magic; offenders fined. (Sources: Wemer
Sprung, 'Der
Eberhardshof und der Muggenhof, zwei ehemahge Weiler
vor den Toren der
Reichsstadt'. Mitteilungen des Vereins for
Geschichte der Stadt
Njirnberg, L (ig6o), 66; Kunstmann,
Zauberwahn, 28f (both
with commentary).; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1450-1457 Austria, Brixen ? ?
?
2 women subjected to
penance and 1mprisonment by Nicholas of Cusa
for attending
diabolical assemblies. (Sources: Nicolai Cusae
Cardinalis Opera
(Paris, 1514), 1I, fOl. CLXXIlr. Carl Binz,
'Zur Charakteristik des
Cusanus', 4rchiv ftir Kultur-Geschichte,
VII (i gog), 145-53; cf
Josef Koch, Untersuchungen fiber
Datierung, Form,
Sprache und Que Kritisches Verzeichnis sdmtlicher
Predigten
(Cusanus-Texte, 1, pt VII) (Heidelberg, 1942), 182f
1451 Austria, Strassburg ? ?
?
Woman accused of
weather-magic before secular court; accuser
unable to prove charge,
so drowned. Hansen, Quelien, 556;
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 43
1.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1461 Austria, Willisau ? ?
?
Unspecified number of
witches burned by secular court. S
Hoffinann-Krayer,
'Luzemer Akten', 40; cited In Hansen, Que@,
576.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1485 Austria, Bormio 40
Various (see Below) ?
Executed for Witchcraft
(Malleus Maleficarum 66,99,111,230;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1485 Austria, Bormio ?
?
?
40 persons executed by
Inquisitor for witchcraft. (Sources:
Sprenger and
Institoris, maleleus maleficarum, 68, 105, 1I 9, 248
(Summers ed., 66, 99)
III) 230); cited In Hansen, Quelien, 502.
Hansen, Zauberwahn,
42o; Lea, History of the Inquisition, III,
540.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1485 Austria, Bormio 40
????
?
Executed by inquisition
for witchcraft. (Malleus maleficarum,
p.66,99,111,230;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1485 Austria, Innsbruck ? ?
?
48 women and 2 men
tried by Inquisitor Henry Institoris for
sorcery of virtually
every variety, Invocation, and blasphemy;
evidently all reLeased;
further proceedings against 7 women on
similar charges;
allowed purgation. (Sources: Hartmann Anunann,
'Der Innsbrucker
Hexenprocess von 1485', Zeitschrift des
Ferdinandeumsfu'r Tirol
und Vorarlberg, ser. 3, XXXIV (18go), 1-87
(with conunentary);
cited In Hansen, Quellen, 5oif Riezlerl,
Geschichte der
Hexenprozesse, go-4; Hansen, Zauberwahn, 426;
Ludwig Rapp, Die
Hexenprozesse und 1h" Gegnff In Tirol (2nd ed.,
Brixen, 189i), 9-2o.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1491 Austria, Hochkirchen ?
?
?
Woman burned, probably
by secular court, for witchcraft; case
known only from
reference In later proceedings. (Sources: Pauls,
'Zauberwesen und
Hexenwahn, 237.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1498 Austria, Vienna ?
?
?
Woman executed by
secular court for magic. J. E. Schlager, 'Die
Zauberey die 1in
Rechten verpotten seyn', Wiener-Skizzen aus dem
Mittelalter, N.S. 1I
(1842), 37; cited In Hansen, Quellen, 595.1;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1627-1629 Austria, Offenberg 79 ???
?
Burned
1678 Austria, Salzburg 90 ???
?
Burned
1716-1717 Austria, Trentino 2 ???
?
Killed
1751 Austria, Salzburg 1
Bayerin, Anna f
executed
1776 (1/2) Austrian Emperor outlaws execution for Witchcraft
| Date | Place | # | Name | Sex | Notes and sources: |
| ???? | Germany, Waldsee | 1 | Deiner, Hans | m | Burned |
1075 Germany, Cologne 1
???
f
Woman is killed by a
mob, hurled from the town walls (Source:
Kieckhefer, Magic in
the Middle Ages, 188)
1130 Germany, Trier
? ???
?
Jews accused of having
caused the Bishop of Trier, after he forced
them to convert
(Source: Kieckhefer, Magic in the Middle Ages, 83)
1234 (5/27) Germany, Altenesch 6000 Stedingers fall in battle against
Hendrick of Brabant and
Florent of Holland for "heresy" (Source:
Lea, History of the
Inquisition, iii, 187-8)
1300 Germany, Freiburg ? ???
?
Reference to witch
trial In Midelfort, Witch Hunting, 201, not
borne out In source
there cited. (Source: Kieckhefer, European
witch trials)
1300 Germany, Nuremberg 1 ???
m
Man banished by
municipal court for Incantation and other
offenses.
(Sources: Schultheiss, Acht Verbots und Fehdebjicher,
18. Kunstmann,
Zauberwahn, 27. Kieckhefer, European witch
trials-)
1315 Austria, Krems
? ???
?)
Trial of heretics,
accused Inter alia of antinomianism and
Luciferanism.
Bernard, 'Heresy', 50-4; Russell, Witchcraft,
177-9; lerner, Free
Spirit, 28f Kieckhefer, European witch
trials-)
1326c Germany, Cologne 1 ???
?
Trial for antinomianism
and diabolism, by ecclesiastical court.
(Source: Lerner, Free
Spirit, 92ff.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1336 Germany, Angermunde ?? ???
?
Trial for Luciferanism
by ecclesiastical court; 14 burned, others
purged selves.
(Sources: 'Gesta archiepiscoporum
Magdeburgensium', In
Monumenta Germaniae historical Scriptores,
XIV (Stuttgart, 1883),
434; Lerner, Free Spirit, 27; Russell,
Witchcraft, 180; Kurze,
'Ketzergeschichte', 55-62; Cohn, Europe's
Inner Demons, 35;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1338 Germany, Brandenbrg ?? ???
?
Alleged trial of
Luciferans. (Sources: Johann von Winterthur,
Chronica, 151.
Kurze, 'Ketzergeschichte', 56f.; Lerner, Free
Spirit, 27; Cohn,
Europe's Inner Demons, 35; Russell, In
Witchcraft, 327 n.19
and 328 n.25, appears to place too much
confidence In precisely
what Kurze and Lerner call into question,
viz. the reliability of
the passage In Johann von Winterthur.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1340 Germany
Impotence from
bewitchment used as grounds for annulment of
marriage between John
Henry of Luxemburg and Margaret Maultasch.
(Sources: Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 387; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1340 Germany, Salzburg ? ???
?
Trial for Luciferanism.
(Sources: Russell, Witchcraft, 180.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1347 Germany, Nuremberg 1 ????
f
Woman banished by
municipal court for sorcery. (Sources:
Schultheiss, Acht-,
Verbots-, und Fekdebticher, 70. Kunstmann,
Zauberwahn, 27.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1349 Germany, Augsburg 1 ???
m
Man banished by
municipal court as thief and sorcerer. (Sources:
Buff, 'Verbrechen'.
225.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1379 Germany, Augsburg 1 ???
f
Woman banished by
municipal council for sorcery and other
offenses.
(Sources: Buff, 'Verbrechen', 228.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1383 Germany, Olten
1 ???
f
Woman claimed
responsible for weather magic during siege of Olten;
no record of trial.
(Sources: Conrad justinger, Die
Berner-Chronik, ed.
Gottlieb Studer (Bem, 1871), 156.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1384 Germany, Prenzlau 5 ???
m
(Waldensians?) tried by
ecclesiastical court for Luciferanism;
allowed purgation.
(Sources: Kurze, 'Ketzergeschichte', 55f, 58f
(see also document,
91-3); Russell, Witchcraft, 180; Cohn,
Europe's Inner Demons,
36.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1385 Germany, Augsburg 1 ???
f
Banished by municipal
court for sorcery (evidently love magic).
(Sources: Buff,
'Verbrechen', 191.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1392 Germany, Frieburg 1 ???
m
Man accused of sorcery
against two others; parties reconciled.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 523.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1392 Germany, Nuremberg 1 ???
f
Imprisoned and subject
to public penance for sorcery, by secular
court. (Sources:
Kunstmann, Zauberwahn, 27f (from MS).;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1394 Germany, Osnabruck ? ???
?
(Sources: See Hansen,
Quellen, 545 n. 1.; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1396 Germany, Frieburg
Proceedings by
provincial of Augustinians against local convent,
accused of patronizing
diviner to find stolen goods. (Sources:
Summarized In Hansen,
Quellen, 523; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1399 Germany, Berlin 1
????
f
Burned
Woman burned by
municipal court for sorcery (poisoning). (Sources:
Hanseng Quellen, 524.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 395.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1401 Germany, Paderborn 1 ???
m
Papal absolution of
priest who had employed sortilegium to obtain
money. (Sources:
Hanseng Quellen, 672.; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1405 Germany, Freidberg 1 Werner
m
Technically, not a
trial for witchcraft, but for the beliefs that
Werner held (Source:
Kieckhefer, Magic In the Middle Ages, 41;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1406 Germany, Berlin 1
?
m
Man burned for using
sorcery to obtain money. (Sources: Hansen,
Quelien, 52.6.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 395-; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1406 Germany, Nuremberg 2 ???
f
women banished by
municipal court for use of magical powders to
Induce love.
(Sources: Knapp, Das alte Kriminalrecht, 217 (from
MS); cited In Hansen,
Quellen, 526; Hansen, Zaubermahn, 389;
Kunstmann, Zauberwahn,
2.8 (from MS).; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1409 Germany, Frankfurt ? ?
?
Trial by secular court
for sale of child to Jewish sorcerer.
(Sources: Kirchner,
Geschichte der Stadt Frankfurt) 1) 504; cited
In Hansen, Quellenv
52-7.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1409 Germany, Gelderland 3 ?
f
Fined for sorcery.
(Sources: Fragment In Molhuijsen, 'Bijdrage',
195; reprinted In
Hansen, Quellen, 527. Hansen, Zauberwahn,
394-; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1417 Germany, Landshut 1 ?
f
Woman tried by secular
and ecclesiastical authorities for
sacrilege, and
sentenced to public penance, with threat of
excommunication and
banishment; not clear that crime involved
witchcraft.
(Source: Riezler, Geschichte der Hexenprozesse, 77f
(from MS); cited In
Hansen, Quellen, 52-7; Hansen, Zauberwahn,
390.1; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1421 Germany, Bamberg 1
?
m
Banished by municipal
court for claiming ability to detect stolen
goods. (Sources:
'Ein Bamberger Echtbuch (fiber proscri torum)
von 1414-1444',
Berichte fiber Bestand und Wirken des Historischen
Vereins zu Bamberg, LIX
(i 898), 38; cited In Hansen, Quellen,
529.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 390.1; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1421 Germany, Kempten 1
?
f
Woman tried for love
magic by municipal court. (Sources: Carl
Heinrich von Lang, ed.,
Regesta, sive rerum Boicarum autographs,
XII (1849), 364; cited
In Hansen, Quellen, 529. Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 390.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1423 Germany, Berlin ?
?
?
Woman burned by
municipal court for sorcery (pulveres et
toferyge).
(Sources: Hansen, Quellen, 529.; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1423 Germany, Nieder-Hauenstein ? ?
?
Woman executed for
witchcraft; had allegedly ridden on wolf
(Source: Daniel
Brickner, Versuch einer Besch"ibung historischer
und natjirlicher
Merkwjirdigkeiten der Landschaft Basel, XII
(Basel, 1755), 1366;
cited In Hansen, Quellen, 529; Lea,
Materials, 1, 247;
Russell, Witchcraft, 211 (though reference to
maleeficium 1s not bome
out In source).; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1423 Germany, Sursee ?
?
?
Woman burned by secular
court, presumably for witchcraft.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellenl, 529. Hansen, Zauberwahn, 385.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1424 Germany, Zwickau ?
?
?
Woman banished by
secular court for sorcery and theft (czubernisse
und duberey).
Ernst Fabian, 'Hexenprozesse In Zwickau und
Umgegend', Mitteilungen
des 1ltertumsve"insfu-r Zwickau und
Umgegend, IV (1894),
123; cited In Hansen, Quellen, 530; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 394.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1426 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Trial for sorcery.
Jean Berchtold, Histoire du canton de
Frieburg, 1 (Frieburg,
1841), 238; cited In Hansen, Quelien, 530.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1426 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Man detained by secular
authorities to force him to cure bewitched
man and woman; woman
tried by secular court for sorcery.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 53o. Berchtold, Histoire du canton de
Frieburg, 1, 530.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1430 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Trial for
Waidensianism; one woman tried for magic. Ochsenbein,
Aus deni
schweizerischen Volksleben, 258, 302(from MS); Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 417.1;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1434 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
Woman exposed In stocks
by municipal court for sorcery. Knapp,
Das alte Criminalrecht,
274 (from MS); Kunstmann, Zauberwahn, 28
(from MS, with
quotation); cited In Hansen, Quelleni 545.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1435 Germany, Straubing ? ?
?
Charges set forth (in
court?) against Agnes Bernauerin accused of
love magic; subject
drowned. Sigmund von Riezler, 'Agnes
Bemauerin und die
bairischen Herzoge', Sitzungsberichte der
kiniglichen bayerischen
Akademie der Wissenschaften, Historische
Classe, 1885, Heft III,
285-354; Riezler, Geschichte der
Hexenprozesse, 63;
cited In Hansen, Quellen@ 545.1; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1435c Germany, Cologne ? ?
?
Woman (dressed In malee
clothes, In 1mitation of Joan of Arc)
tried by Inquisitor for
magic; excommunicated. (Sources: Nider,
Formicarius, 332f
reprinted In Hansen, Quellen, 458f. Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 42-4.1;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1436 Germany, Osnabruck ? ?
?
Suspicion arose that
bishop of Osnabrfick had been poisoned by
woman or bewitched;
some held a deacon responsible; no record
whether anyone was
tried. C. Stiive, Geschichie des Hochstifts
Osnabrdck bis zum lahre
1So8 (Jena and Osnabrfick, 1853), 34I;
cited In Hansen,
Quellen, 545.1; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1437 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Woman executed by
municipal court, presumably for witchcraft.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quelien, 546. Ochsenbein, Aus dean
schweizerischen
Volkskben, 3@- Calendar of Witch Trials 125;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1437 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Woman burned by
municipal court for sorcery (infliction of
1llness).
(Sources: Hansen, Quelien, 545. Ochsenbein, Aus dem
schweizerischen
Volkskben, 366f; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1438 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Man apprehended by
municipal court for Voudessie; died (evidently
suicide) In jail; woman
burned, presumably for same offense.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 546. Hansen, Zauberwahn, 44i.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1438 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
Woman given penance by
municipal court for sorcery. Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 43 1.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1439 Germny, Gelnhaussen 1 Mazelier,
Hanchemand de m arrested
1440 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
4 women and 2 (or 3)
men tried by municipal court for kfait des
Wodeis; 4 women and 1
man burned. (Sources: Hansen, Quellen,
546.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1442 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
3 men and 5 women
burned as witches (Voudez) by municipal court.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 546. Berchtold, Histoire du canton de
Frieburg, 1) 239.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1444 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Woman burned by
municipal court, presumably for witchcraft.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 547. Hansen, Zauberwahn, 441.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1444 Germany, Hamburg ?
?
?
2women burned by
secular court for divination and Incantation
(i.e., one referred to
as divinatrix, the other as Incantatrix).
Trummer, Vortrdge fiber
Tortur, 1, 1o8; cited In Hansen, Quellen,
547; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 433-; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1444 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
Woman apprehended by
municipal court for acquisition of
potentially magical
substance (piece of executed man's shirt).
(Sources: Chroniken der
deutschen Stadte, X, 162.. Kunsttnann,
Zauberwahn, 29.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1446 Germany, Berlin ?
?
?
2women burned by
municipal court for sorcery and Incantation
(veneficia et
Incantationes); had Inflicted blindness. (Sources:
Hansen, Quellen, 548.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 432.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1446 Germany, Cologne ?
?
?
Woman tried by
municipal court for sorcery; acquitted. (Sources:
Hansen, Quellen, 548.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 432.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1446 Germany, Heidelberg ? ?
?
Several women burned
for sorcery. (Sources: Hartlieb, Buck alkr
verbotewn Kunst, 22;
also In Hansen, Quellen, 132; cited Ibid.,
467.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 424; Riezler, Geschichte der
Hexeqrozesse, 70.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1447-8 Germany, Braunsberg ? ?
?
Woman banished by
secular court for sorcery. J. A. Lilienthal,
Die Hexenprocesse der
beiden Stadte Braunsberg (K6nigsberg, 186i),
114 (from MS); Lea,
History ofthe Inquisition, III, 536; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 433; cited
In Hansen, Que&n, 552.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1448 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
3 men apprehended for
1rreligious deeds, described as zauberliche,
but probably not In
sense of specifically maleeficent magic.
Kunstrnann, Zauberwahn,
29 (from MS).; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1449 Germany, Stade
? ?
?
4 women tried by
municipal court for using sorcery (des divers
konst) to reLease
person from jail; 3 executed. (Sources:
Chroniken der deutschen
Stadte, XXX, 93f; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1450 Germany, Ettenheim ? ?
?
(Sources: Reference in
Midelfort, Witch Hunting, 201, not bome out
In source.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1453c Germany, Regensburg ? ?
?
Woman tried by secular
court for sorcery and procuring. Karl
Theodor Gemeiner,
Reichstadt Regensburgische Chronik (Regensburg,
18oo-24), III, 2o8 n.
385; cited In Hansen, Quelien, 56i; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 430.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1454 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Woman and 3 men burned
by secular court as Voudesez. (Sources:
Hansen, Quelien, 56i.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 44i.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1456 Germany, Breslau 2
?
f
2 women drowned by
secular court for sorcery (love magic,
Infliction of death).
(Sources: Klose, Darstellung, 100.; cited
In Hansen, Quellen,
569. Hansen, Zauberwahn, 433-; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1456 Germany, Cologne ?
?
?
Woman tried by
municipal court for sorcery (weather magic,
destruction) and magic;
associated with witches at Metz who had
confessed diabolism.
(Sources: Mart6ne and Durand, Veterum
scriptorum amplissima
colkctio, V, 49i; reprinted In Hansen,
Quellen, 566-9, with
further materials. Lea, History of the
Inquisition, III, 457;
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 432; Lea, Materials, 1)
253f; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1457 Germany, Breslau 1
?
f
Woman banished by
secular court for frequent use of sorcery;
magical substance found
In her possession. (Sources: Klose,
Darstellung, 1oi;
summarized In Hansen, Quelien, 569. Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 433.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1457 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Man burned by secular
goverrunent for bestiality, diabolism, and
sorcery (weather
magic). (Sources: jean Nicolas E@beth Berchtold,
'Supplement 1
1'histoire de la sorceflerie dans le canton de
Frieburg', Archives de
la Sociiti d'histoire du Canton de
Frieburg, 1 (185O),
494f. Hansen, Quellen, 569; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 44i.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1458 Germany, Dillenburg 2 ?
f
Tried by secular court
for sorcery; 1 burned. (Sources: J. von
Amoldi, Geschichte der
Oranien-Nassauschen Ldnder, III, pt 2
(Hadamar and Coblenz,
1816), 78; Hansen, Quellen, 571; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 433.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1458 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Man tried by secular
court for divination. (Sources: Hansen,
Quelien, 570.1;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1458 Germany, Hamburg ?
?
?
Woman burned by secular
court, presumably for witchcraft.
Trummer, Vortrdge fiber
Tortur, 1, 1og; cited In Hansen, Quelien,
571; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 433. Calendar of Witch Trials 133;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1462 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Man and woman executed
by secular court, presumably witch@ft.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 576. 1 Hansen, Zauberwahn, 44i.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1464 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
2men and woman
1mprisoned by municipal court for familiarity with
sorceress who had
afflicted one ofthese same men; reLeased.
Kunstmann, .Zauberwahn,
29f. (from MS).; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1466 Germany, Siegen ?
?
?
Woman tried by secular
court for sorcery. Heinrich von
Achenbach, Geschichte
der Stadt Siegen (Siegen, 1883), 1, Pt 3, P.
33; cited' In Hansen,
Quellen, 576; Hansen, Zauberwahn, 433.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1466 Germany, Solothurn ? ?
?
Woman tried as witch by
secular court. (Sources: Hansen) Quelien,
577; cf. also Kocher,
'Regesten, 122.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1468 Germany, Breslau 1
?
f
Man and wife banished
by secular court for sorcery performed by
-woman; she had earlier
received mercy from court. (Sources:
Klose, Darstellung,
1oi; cited In Hansen, Quelleni 578; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 433.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1468 Germany, Breslau 1
?
m
Man and wife banished
by secular court for sorcery performed by
-woman; she had earlier
received mercy from court. (Sources:
Klose, Darstellung,
1oi; cited In Hansen, Quelleni 578; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 433.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1468 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
Woman exposed In
public, branded, and banished by secular court
for sorcery.
(Sources: Chroniken der deutschen Stadte, X, 3o6;
reprinted In Hansen,
Quellen, 578. Knapp, Das alte Nsirnberger
Kriminalrecht, 274;
Kunstmann, Zauberwahn, 30 (Partly from MS).;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1469 Germany, Augsburg ? ?
?
Man tried by secular
and ecclesiastical authorities for magic.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quelien, 578f Hansen, Zauberwahn, 43 1 -I;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1471 Germany, Frankfurt ? ?
?
3 women tried by
secular court for beneficent magic and
divination; 1 given
public penance, 2 banished. Grotefend,
'Hexen In Frankfurt',
72; Hansen, Quelien, 579; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 431.1;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1471 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
Woman banished by
municipal court for sorcery (theft and
poisoning).
Kunstinann, Zauberwahn, 30 (from MS).; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1474 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
Woman banished by
municipal court for love magic. Knapp, Das
alte Ntirnberger
Kriminalrecht, 217; summarized In Hansen,
Quellen, 58o; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 43 1 .; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1475 Germany, Braunschweig ?
?
?
Woman banished by
municipal court for sorcery. Jacobs, 'Der
Brocken', 793; cited In
Hansen, Quellen, 58o; Hansen, Zauber-
wahn, 433 (with
erroneous reference to Hildesheim).; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1475c Germny, Heidlberg/Zent ?
?
?
Unspecified -number of
persons burned, presum- ably by
ecclesiastical court,
for sorcery (illness and 1mpotence) and
beneficent magic; 2
burned at Zent In 1475. (Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 235.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 43 1; Riezler, Geschichte der
Hexenprozesse, 72f.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1476 Germany, Diersberg ? ?
?
Date sometimes given
for trial Of 1486. (Source: Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1477 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
2men executed by
secular court, presumably for witchcraft.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 58o. Hansen, Zauberwahn, 44'f.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1477 Germany, Hildesheim ? ?
?
2women burned for
sorcery (poison), evidently by secular court.
(Sources: Ludwig
Haenselmann, ed., Henning Brandis'Diarium
(Hildesheim, 1896), 35;
reprinted In Hansen, Quellen, 58o.
Jacobs, 'Der Brocken',
793-; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1477 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
Man apprehended by
municipal court for knowledge of (and
presumably complicity
In) parents' magical theft of neighbor's
milk; reLeased; mother
then tried and acquitted. Kunstmann,
Zauberwahn, 30f (from
MS).; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1478 Germany, Nordlingen 1 ?
f
Midwife tried for
witchcraft by municipal court; acquitted on @
that accusation arose
from personal enmity. Kunstmann,
Zauberwahn, 23.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1478c Germany, Schlettstadt ?
?
?
Woman burned for
witchcraft, presumably by municipal court; trial
known only from
reference In later -proceedings. Kunstrnann,
Zauberwahn, 23.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1479 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Man and 4 women tried
by municipal court for Voudesie. (Sources:
Hansen, Quellen, 58i.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1481 Germany, Breslau 1
?
w
Woman executed by
municipal court for sorcery (killing). (Sources:
Klose, Darstellung,
101; cited In Hansen, Quellen, 582. Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 433.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1482 Germany, Breslau 1
?
w
Woman banished by
municipal court for theft of money from altars;
her daughter had
likewise used magic, and had obtained money
through its employment.
(Sources: Klose, Darstellung, 1oi; cited
In Hansen, Quelien,
583; Hansen, Zauberwahn, 433.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1482 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Man and woman tried by
municipal court as Vouldez and Vouldese.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 582.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1482 Germany, Hamburg ?
?
?
Woman executed,
presumably by secular court, for magical abuse of
eucharist.
Trummer, Vortrdge fiber Tortur, 1, 1ogf.; cited In
Hansen, Quellen, 582;
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 433.1; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1482 Germany, Solothurn ? ?
?
Woman tried by
municipal court for witchcraft; believed to have
connections with
witches In Luceme. Hoffmann-Krayer, 'Luzemer
Akten', 86; cited In
Hansen, Quellen, 582f; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1483 Germany, Cologne ?
?
?
Woman sentenced to
death by municipal court for sorcery (removal
of person from prison);
died In jail. (Sources: Hansen, Quellen,
583.
Hansen, Zauberwahn, 432.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1484 Germany, Ravensburg ? ?
?
8 women tried by
Inquisitor Henry Institoris for diabolism and
sorcery (harm to men
and animals, weather magic); 2. executed,
some later released.
(Sources: Karl Otto Miillerl, 'Heinrich
Institoris , der
Verfasser des Hexenhanuners, und seine Titigkeit
als Hexeninquisitor In
Ravensburg 1m Herbst 148,e,
Wjirttembergische
Vierteijahrshefte far Landesgeschichte, N.S. XIX
(19IO), 397-4I7 (with
commentary); T. Hafner, Geschichte der Stadt
(Ravensburg, 1887),
414; see also sources given above for 1482-6,
diocese of Constance.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1484 Germany, Ravensburg (8) Various
f
2 Executed. Tried for
Witchcraft by Henry Institoris (Included in
Malleus Maleficarum
numbers; Muller, Karl Otto; Hafner, T.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1485 Germany
1 Hoppo
m
Apprenticed to both
Staufer and Stadlin (Malleus maleficarum,
p.148; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1485 Germany, Breslau 1
?
f
Woman banished by
municipal court for sorcery. Klose,
Darstellung, 1oif (from
MS); cited In Hansen, Quellen, 583;
Hansen, Zauberwahn,
433-; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1485 Germany, Rothenbach ? ?
?
Woman tried by secular
court for hexenwerk (sorcery); acquitted.
(Sources: Sigmund
Riezler, ed., Ftirstenbergisches Urkundenbuch,
IV (Tfibingcn, 1879),
42; summarized In Hanzsen, Quellen, 584.
Riezler, Geschichte der
Hexenprozesse, 78, 102; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 43i; Lea,
Afaterials, 1, 255-; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1486 Germany, Cologne ?
?
?
Man accused of magic;
gave surety that he would appear if summoned
before ecclesiastical
or secular court. (Sources: Pauls,
'Zauberwesen und
Hexenwahn', 237; excerpt In Hansen, Quelien,
584-1; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1486 Germany, Diersberg 2 ?
f
(Tiersberg) 2 women
strangled and burned by secular court for
diabolism and sorcery
(illness and death to men, theft of milk).
(Sources: Felix
Freiherr Reder von Diersburg, 'Mittheilungen aus
dem Freiherrl. v.
Reder'schen Archiv', Freiburger Dio'cesan
4rchiv, XV (i 882),
93-I 00 (with commentary); reprinted (with
significant
abridgements) In Hansen, Quellen, 584-5. F.
Eckstein, 'Zum
Diersburger Hexenprozess vom jahre 1 486',
Zeitschriftflir die
Geschichte des Oberrheins, XL (I927), 635f
(from MS, with
correction of published ed.); Hansen, Zauberwahn,
444; Lea, Materials, 1,
255; Kittredge, Witchcraft, 163.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1486 Germany, Frankfurt ? ?
?
Man drowned by secular
court as sorcerer. Kirchner, Geschichte
der Stadt Frankftirt,
1, 504 (from MS); cited In Hansen, Quelien,
584; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 431.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1486 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
2 women tried by
municipal court for taking potentially magical
pieces of clothing from
people executed on wheel; reLeased.
Kunstmann') Zauberwahn,
33.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1486 Germany, Regensburg
?
?
?
Unspecified number of
'heretics' burned by, episcopal court.
(Sources: Sprenger and
Institoris, maleleus maleficarum, 248
(Summers ed., 229).
Riezler, Geschichte der Hexenprozesse, 63;
Hansen, Zauberwahn,
4-24.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1487 Germany, Cologne ?
?
?
Woman and daughter
buried alive for sorcery. (Sources: Chroniken
der Deutsche Stadte,
XIV, 913; Hansen, Quellen, 586 (not the same
as cited material In
Chroniken der Deutsche Stadte).; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1488 (7/19) Germany, Brieg 3 ????
?
Executed
1488 (6/24) Germany, Chastel 3 ????
?
Exceuted
1488-9 Germany, Cologne ? ?
?
Man threatened with
ecclesiastical censures and fines for
astrology and
necromancy. (Sources: Hansen, Quellen, 502-6.
Hansen, Zauberwahn,
504.1; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1488 (8/19) Germany, Juxney 2 ????
?
Executed
1488 (9/22) Germany, Juxney 2 ????
?
Executed
1488 (6/24) Germany, Mairange 1 ????
?
Exceuted
1488 (6/17) Germany, Mairange 1 ????
?
Exceuted
1488 (9/2) Germany, Metz 1 ????
?
Executed
1488 (7/19) Germany, Salney 3 ????
?
Executed
1488 (7/12) Germany, Salney 2 ????
?
Executed
1488 (7/3) Germany, Salney 1 ????
?
Executed
1488 (8/23) Germany, Thionville 5 ????
?
Executed
1488 (9/15) Germany, Vigey 1 ????
?
Executed
1489 Germany, Nurnberg ? ?
?
Woman tried for
sorcery, presumably by municipal court; exposed
publicly wearing mitre
with picture of devil, then banished.
(Sources: Chroniken der
deutschen Stadte, Xi, 550; excerpt In
Hansen, Quellen, 587.
Lea, Materials, 1, 256; Kunstmann,
Zauberwahn, 34 (Partly
from MS).; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1490 Germany, Solothurn ? ?
?
Woman burned, probably
by secular court, for weather magic and
diabolism.
Kocher, 'Regesten', 122.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1490c Germany, Solothurn ? ?
?
Woman drowned by
secular court for sorcery (theft). (Sources:
Hansen, Quelien, 588.
Kocher, 'Regesten', 122; Lea, Materials,
1, 256.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1491 Germany, Bergheim-Erft ?
?
?
Woman tried by secular
court for witchcraft. (Sources: Pauls,
'Zauberwesen und
Hexenwahn', 237; further material In Hansen,
Quelien, 588f.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1491 Germany, Pforzheim ? ?
?
2 women tried by
municipal court as witches, one of them a
midwife. J.
G. F. Pfldger, Geschichte der Stadt Pforzheim
(Pforzheim, 186i), 2 1
1 (from MS); cited In Hansen, Quellen,
590.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1491 Germany, Veringen 1 ?
?
1 person executed as
witch. (Source: Afidelfort, Witch Hunting,
2oi, from Rolf
Burkarth, Hexenprozesse In Hohenzolkrn (mit den
r8o3 dazuge- kommenen
Gebieten) (unpublished thesis, Pidagogische
Hochschule, Reutlingen,
1965), 14.; Kieckhefer, European Witch
Trials)
1492 Germany, Langendorf ? ?
?
Charge made that all
but 2. women of area were witches;
Investigation made by
secular authorities. Kocher, 'Regesten', 1
22. ,; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1492-4 Germany, Trier 30 ?
f
About 30 women executed
by secular authorities (including
archbishop as secular
lord) for sorcery (killing) and diabolism.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quellen, 592-4. Grotefend, 'Hexen In
Frankfurt', 73; Hansen,
Zauberwahn, 508; Lea, Materials, 1, 257.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1493 Germany, Frieburg ? ?
?
Woman burned by secular
court for diabolism, sorcery (illness .ja
a 1 147
Ferdinando Gabotto, 'Per la storia delta coltura nel
quattrocento', Rassegna
critics delta ktteratura 1taliana, 1I
(1897)s 253.1;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1494 Germany, Coblenz 1
?
f
Woman tried by
ecclesiastical and secular authorities for sorcery;
released.
Hansen, Quellen, 595 (from MS).; Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1495 Germany, Stein am Rhein ? ?
?
Woman imprisoned by
secular court for witchcraft; later released.
(Sources: Hermann
Teichele, Kirchengeschichte Schwabens, II
(Stuttgart, 1954) 307;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1496-7 Germany, Frankfurt 1 ????
m
??? Man tried for
astrology. (Sources: Hansen, Quelien, 506 n.i.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1496 Germany, Hildesheim 2 ?
m
2 men beheaded,
presumably by secular court, for love magic.
(Sources: Hansen,
Quelien, 595. Jacobs, 'Der Brocken', 793;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1497 Germany, Bavaria ?
?
?
Henry Institoris active
against witches; not clear whether trials
ensued. (Sources:
Hansen, Quellen, 506-10. Riezler, Geschichte
der Hexenprozesse,
97-100; Hansen, Zauberwahn, 504; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1497 Germany, Oldenburg ? ?
?
Woman tried by
municipal court for sorcery. (Sources: Dietrich
Kohl and Gustav
Riithning, eds., Oldenburgisches Urkundenbuch, 1
(Oldenburg, l914); 216f
Herbert Schwarzwilder, 'Die Geschichte
des Zauber- und
Hexenglaubens In Bremen, Bremisches jahrbuch, XLVI
(I 959), 189 n. 1 18.;
Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1499 Germany, Angermund ? ?
?
2women tried by secular
court for sorcery (harm to animals).
(Sources: Pauls,
'Zauberwesen und Hexenwahn', 239f (cf Ibid., 2
11); cited In Hansen,
Quelien, 596. Kessell, Geschichte der
Stadt Ratingen, 1I, 1
67.; Kieckhefer, European Witch Trials)
1499 Germany, Breslau 2
?
f
2 women tried by
municipal court for sorcery. Klose,
Darstellung, 102; cited
by Hansen, Quellen, 596.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1499 Germany, Ratingen ? ?
?
Woman tried by secular
court for sorcery. Kessell, Geschichte
der Stadt Ratingen, 1I,
1 67; cited In Hansen, Quelien, 596.;
Kieckhefer, European
Witch Trials)
1499 Germany, Rheinberg ? ?
?
Woman burned by secular
court for sorcery and diabolism. (Sources:
Pauls, 'Zauberwesen und
H"enwahn, 238; cited In Hansen, Quellen,
596.; Kieckhefer,
European Witch Trials)
1510 Germany, Saxony 1
????
?
Burned
1518 Germany, Waldsee 1
Kuhnlin, Elsa f
burned
1518 Germany, Waldsee 1
Paeffin, Elsa f
burned
1518 Germany, Waldsee 1
Thausser (fnu) f
burned
1518 Germany, Waldsee 1
Thausser, Simon m
Executed
1528 Germany, Waldsee 1
Wachin, Ursula f
burned
1531 Germany, Waldsee 1
Mullerin, Elsbet f
burned
1550 (11/4) Germany, Gommern 1 Brose, Elizabeth
f
Tortured to Death
1555 (10/4) Germany, Derneberge 3 ????
?
Burned
1557 Germany, Waldsee 1
Hezensohn, Joachim m
beheaded
1561 (7/6) Germany, Waldsee 1 Rosch, Maria
f
burned
1562 Germany, Sulzdorf 1
Rossin, Elsa
f
10 Nachte im
Gewolb/10 nights in a
cellar? (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und
Hexenverfolgung in und
um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall:
Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in
and around Schwabish
Hall"]. Anhang 1: Hexen im Haller Territorium
(vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19);
via Joan Pontius (joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1570 Germany, Sulzdorf 1
Duttler, Anna f
Verweis
[Reprimanded]
(Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in
und um Schwabisch Hall.
Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches,
Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish
Hall"]. Anhang 1:
Hexen im Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr.
1-19); via Joan Pontius
(joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1571 Germany, Kunzelsau 1 Geiger,
Ursula f
Tochter der
Barbara Hohnbach,
Urteil nicht uberliefert, vermutlich Freispruch;
Mutter Barbara Hohbach
als Hexe angeklagt [Judgement not
delivered, presumably
acquitted; Her mother, Barbara Hohbach, was
also accused.]
(Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in
und um Schwabisch Hall.
Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches,
Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish
Hall"].
Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77)
[Appendix 2: Witchcraft
in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius
(Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1571 Germany, Kunzelsau 1 Hohnbach,
Barbara f Wife of
Sigmund Hohnbach.
Urteil nicht uberliefert, vermutlich
Freispruch; Tochter
Ursula Geiger als Hexe angeklagt. [Judgement
not delivered,
presumably acquitted; Her daughter Ursula Geiger
was also accused.]
(Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung
in und um Schwabisch
Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches,
Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish
Hall"].
Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77)
[Appendix 2: Witchcraft
in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius
(Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1574 Germany, Hall
2 Schlosstein, Katherina f
verh. mit Hans
Stetter, Pranger,
ewiges Gefangnis, nach Ausbruch Tod Durch
Ertanken [Tried with
Hans Stetter of Pranger, perpetual
imprisonment, Killed
while escaping] (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn
und Hexenverfolgung in
und um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall:
Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in
and around Schwabish
Hall"]. Anhang 1: Hexen im Haller Territorium
(vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19);
via Joan Pontius (joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1574 Germany, Pranger 1
Stetter, Hans m
verh. mit Katherina
Schlosstein. Hall, Pranger, ewiges Gefangnis,
nach Ausbruch Tod Durch
Ertanken (Source: Henxen-Hexenwahn und
hexenverfolung in und
um Schwabisch Hall. Anhang 1: Hexen in
Haller Territorium
(vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19)
1576 Germany, Hall
2 (lnu), Barbara
f Die
alt
Kenzlerin verh. mit
Gabriel Meurer keine Strafe (vorbestraft wg.
Diebstahl) [Barbara,
the old Kenzlerin, tried with Gabriel Meurer,
nobody convicted
(previous conviction for petty theft)] (Source:
Hexen, Hexenwahn und
Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch all.
Schwabish Hall:
Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft
and belief in and
around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1: Hexen im
Haller Territorium
(vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius
(joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1578-1605 Germany, Hall ?
fehlen Urfehdbucher [Records book missing]
(Source: Hexen,
Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch
Hall. Schwabish
Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches,
Witchcraft and belief
in and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1:
Hexen im Haller
Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius
(joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1578 (6/12) Germany, Waldsee 1 Fray, Ursula
f
burned
1578 (6/12) Germany, Waldsee 1 Kless, Catharina
f burned
1580 Germany, Hall
1 Wendel Dumpel, Niedernhall, Flucht aus dem
Gefangnis (Source:
Henxen-Hexenwahn und hexenverfolung in und um
Schwabisch Hall. Anhang
1: Hexen in Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat.
Nr. 1-19)
1580 Germny, Neidernhall 1 Dumpel, Wendel
m
Flucht aus
dem Gefangnis [Escaped
from prison] (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und
Hexenverfolgung in und
um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall:
Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in
and around Schwabish
Hall"]. Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl.
Kat. Nr. 66-77)
[Appendix 2: Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan
Pontius
(Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1581 Germany, Waldsee 1
Beuchel, Anna f
burned
1581 Germany, Waldsee 1
Buckh, Appollonia f
burned
1581 (7/6) Germany, Waldsee 1 Einseler, Catharina
f burned
1581 (7/6) Germany, Waldsee 1 Flieger, Catharina
f burned
1581 (7/6) Germany, Waldsee 1 Isolin, Madlen
f
burned
1581 Germany, Waldsee 1
Scharber, Elsbeth f
burned
1581 Germany, Waldsee 1
Schwarz, Eva
f
burned
1581 (7/6) Germany, Waldsee 1 Wuncil, Brigida
f burned
1585 (7/5) Germany, Waldsee 1 Lachenmeyer, Waldburg
f burned
1585 (7/5) Germany, Waldsee 1 Reich, Maria
f
burned
1585 (8/24) Germany, Waldsee 1 Rohrfelder, Margaret
f burned
1585 (8/24) Germany, Waldsee 1 Sailler, Ursula
f burned
1585 (7/5) Germany, Waldsee 1 Treher, Anna
f
burned
1585 (8/24) Germany, Waldsee 1 Uhlmer, Barbara
f burned
1585 (7/5) Germany, Waldsee 1 Wirth, Trauben
m
burned
1586 (11/24)Germany, Waldsee 1 Hoyd, Anna
f
burned
1586 (10/30)Germany, Waldsee 1 Kleiss, Anna
f
burned
1586 (10/9) Germany, Waldsee 1 Dormar, Anna
f
burned
1586 (8/24) Germany, Waldsee 1 Echtinger, Barbara
f
imprisoned for life
1586 (3/9) Germany, Waldsee 1 Erb, Anna
f
burned
1586 (11/7) Germany, Waldsee 1 Isel, Ursula
f
burned
1586 (10/9) Germany, Waldsee 1 Mayer, Christina
f burned
1586 (11/7) Germany, Waldsee 1 Rauffains, Catharina
f burned
1586 (3/9) Germany, Waldsee 1 Schneider, Felicitas
f burned
1586 (3/9) Germany, Waldsee 1 Schultheiss, Ursula
f burned
1586 (11/7) Germany, Waldsee 1 Stadelmann, Ursula
f burned
1586 (10/9) Germany, Waldsee 1 Weiss, Agatha
f
burned
1587 (1/18) - 1593 (11/18)
Germany, Treves
368
Burned
for
witchcraft by the
Archbishop-Elector of Trier (including 133 in 1589 at the Convent of Quendlinberg)
1589 Germany, Cologne 2 ???? ? Burned
1589 Germany, Cologne 1 Stubb, Peter m
Executed for being a Werewolf
1589 Germany, Creisbach 1 Sibylla Dietz Freilassung gegen
Verburgung ihrer und ihres Ehemannes Guter [Freed on the guarantee
of her and her husband?] (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und
Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall:
Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in
and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl.
Kat. Nr. 66-77) [Appendix 2: Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan
Pontius (Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1589 Germany, Quedlinburg 133 ???? ?
Burned in one day (see 1583-1593 above)
1589 (9/11) Germany, Waldsee 1 Huebmeyer, Appela f burned
1589 (9/11) Germany, Waldsee 1 Huebmeyer, Barbara f burned
1589 (9/11) Germany, Waldsee 1 Schnelling, Anna f burned
1589 Germany, Wurttembrg 48 ???? ? Burned
1590 Germany/Franconia 54 ???? ? Burned
1590-1600 Germany, Brunswick "an average of 10 burned daily" (or 36,500)
1592 Germany, Dorrnzmrn 1 Muller, Walburga f
Witwe des Georg Muller page 144. (Source: Henxen-Hexenwahn und
hexenverfolung in und um Schwabisch Hall. Anhang 1: Hexen in
Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19)
1592 Germany, Dorrnzmrn 1 Schleierback, Barbara f
Ehefrau des Hirten Andreas Schleierbach, Dorrenzimmern (Source:
Henxen-Hexenwahn und hexenverfolung in und um Schwabisch Hall.
Anhang 1: Hexen in Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19)
1592 Germany, Dorrnzmrn 1 Schlierbach, Andreas m
Hirte von Dorrenzimmern (Source: Henxen-Hexenwahn und
hexenverfolung in und um Schwabisch Hall. Anhang 1: Hexen in
Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19)
1592 Germany, Ingelfingn 1 Berger, Walburga f wife of Jorg
Berger (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um
Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum
["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"].
Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77) [Appendix 2:
Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius (Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1592 Germany, Ingelfingn 1 Gauger, Apollonia f Widow of
Leonhard Gauger (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in
und um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish
Hall"]. Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77)
[Appendix 2: Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius
(Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1592 Germany, Ingelfingn 1 Lanbeck, Margareta f "Called"
Thomas' Mergelin zu Ingelfingen [Thomas's manure pile in
Ingelfingen?] -- Mutter der Barbara Johan, Verbrennung nach
vorheriger Totung durch Pulver, Tochter Barbara Johan 1593 als
Hexe hingerichtet [Mother of Barbara Johan. Burned after being
killed by means of Gunpowder; Her daughter Babrara Johan was also
accused.] (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um
Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum
["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"].
Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77) [Appendix 2:
Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius (Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1592 Germany, Ingelfingn 1 Schmeid, Barbara f (Source: Hexen,
Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch Hall.
Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft
and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 2: Hexen in
Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77) [Appendix 2: Witchcraft in
Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius (Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1592 Germany, Ingelfingn 1 Schmeid, Margarete f Widow of
Kasper Schmied, Ingelfingen, Verbrennung nach vorheriger Totung
durch Pulver (?); Tochter Grunsfelder als Hese angeklagt [Burned
after being killed by means of Gunpowder; Her daughter Grunsfelder
was also accused.] (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung
in und um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish
Hall"]. Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77)
[Appendix 2: Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius
(Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1592 Germany, Ingelfingn 1 Schmeid, Maria f Widow of
Wendel Schmied (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in
und um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches
Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish
Hall"]. Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77)
[Appendix 2: Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius
(Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1592 Germany, Inglefingn 1 Bauer, Ottilia f Widow of
Batlas Bauer (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und
um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum
["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"].
Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77) [Appendix 2:
Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius (Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1592 Germany, Inglefingn 1 Berger, Walburga
Ehefrau des Jorg Berger, Ingelfingen (Source: Henxen-Hexenwahn und
hexenverfolung in und um Schwabisch Hall. Anhang 1: Hexen in
Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19)
1592 Germany, Inglefingn 1 Gauger, Apollonia f
Witwe des Leonhard Gauger, Ingelfingen (Source: Henxen-Hexenwahn
und hexenverfolung in und um Schwabisch Hall. Anhang 1: Hexen in
Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19)
1592 Germany, Neidernhll 1 Trub, Apollonia f wife of Hans
Trub (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um
Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum
["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"].
Anhang 2: Hexen in Hohenlohe (vgl. Kat. Nr. 66-77) [Appendix 2:
Witchcraft in Hohenlohe] (via Joan Pontius (Joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1594 (6/24) Germany, Waldsee 1 Birenseng, Agata f burned
1594 (6/25) Germany, Waldsee 1 Fray, Margaret f burned
1595 Germany, ? ??? ? unbekannt-
wohl mehere [Several. Records missing]. (Source: Hexen,
Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch Hall.
Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft
and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1: Hexen im
Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius
(joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1599 Germany 1 Hoppo (fnu) m
Executed (Any connection to earlier Hoppo?)
1599 Germany 1 Statlin (fnu) m Executed
1603-1605 Germany, Abbey of Fulda 205 ???? ? Burned by Prince-Abbott Balthazar von Dernback and his assistant Baltazar Ross.
1608 Germany, Hall 1 ??? f
Schwiegermutter Dr. Stattman Widerruf gefordert [Dr. Stattman's
Mother in law. She Recanted] (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und
Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall:
Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in
and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1: Hexen im Haller Territorium
(vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius (joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1610-1840 Germany, Bamberg 22000 ???? ?
Executed (includes 900 from 1627-1631)
1616 Germany, Eckartshsn 2 Schumacher, Apollonia f Apollonia
Schumacher und ihre Tochter Apollonia 2 Nachte Hezennest und je 4
Gulden [Apollonia Schumacher and her daughter Apollonia. 2 nights
(in jail?] and 2 guilders apiece.] (Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und
Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch Hall. Schwabish Hall:
Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft and belief in
and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1: Hexen im Haller Territorium
(vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius (joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1617 Germany, Hall 1 Schlosstein, (fnu) f Hans
Schlossteins Frau Widerruf, ein Pfund Strafe fur beide [Hans
Schlosstein's wife, Recanted, one Pound fine levies for both.]
(Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch
Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches,
Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1:
Hexen im Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius
(joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1623-1633 Germany, Bamberg 600 exacuted by bishop Johann Georg Il von Dernheim, incl. his chancelor and one Burgomeister.
1626-1628 Germany, Burgstadt 77 ???? ? Executed
1626-1628 Germany, Mainz 56 ???? ? Executed
1626-1629 Germany, ??? 8 ???? ?
Executed * at Prozelten and Amorbach
1626-1629 Germany, ??? 40 ???? ?
Executed * at Berndit, Buttan, Ebenheit, Wenchdorf and Heinbach
1626-1629 Germany, Miltenberg 168 ???? ? Executed
1626c Germany, Bamberg 1 Haan (fnu)(Daughter) f Burned
1626c Germany, Bamberg 1 Haan (fnu)(Wife) f Burned
1626c Germany, Bamberg 1 Haan, George m Burned
1627 Germany 1 Hennot, Catherine f Burned
1627 Germany, Dieburg 85 ???? ? Executed
1628 Germany, 3 Brunnenbeckin, Unterlimpurg, Napgurga
(Denunz.) ? 1 Nacht Hezennest. [Napgurga denounced the
other two, but all three were tried. 1 night (*in jail?*)]
(Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch
Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches,
Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1:
Hexen im Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius
(joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1628 (8/6) Germany, Bamberg 1 Johannes Junius m
Burned. Father of Veronica. accused of witchcraft and
dancing on the Haupts-moor, accused by the chancellor's son and
Hoppfen Elss. judged by Dr. Braun, Dr. Kotzendorffer, and two
strange doctors, and was eventually tortured and burned.
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Ancker (fnu) ? beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Babel (fnu) ? beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Babel, Zuickel m beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Bannach (fnu) (Husband) m beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Bannach (fnu) (Wife) f beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Basser, Fredrick m beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Batsch (fnu) ? beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Bebelin, Gabriel m beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Beck (fnu) ? beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Beck, Viertel m beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Bentz (fnu) f Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Bentz (fnu) f Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Berger, Christopher m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Beutler (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Brickmann (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Bugler (fnu) ? Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Bursten-Binderin (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Canzler (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Crots (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Edelfrau (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Eyering (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Fleischbaum (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Gering (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Glaser (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Gobel, Barbara f Burned
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Goldschmidt (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Gutbrod (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Hafner (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Hammellmann, Melchoir m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Hans, David m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Hans, Kilian ? Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Haus (fnu) f Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Hirsch, Nicodemus m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Hoecker (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Hofschmidt (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Hofseiler (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Holtzmann, Stoffel m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Jung (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Knertz (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Knor (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Kramerin, Schelmerey m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Lambrecht, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Liebler, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Lutz, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Mark, Bernhard m burned alive
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Meyer, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Rum, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Rutchser, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Schellhar, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Schenck, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Schickelte, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Schleipner, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Schneider, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Schutz, Babel m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Schwartz, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Schwerdt, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Seiler, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Silberhans, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Steicher, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Steinacher, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Steinbach, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Stier, (fnu) ? Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Stolzberger (fnu) f Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Stolzberger (fnu) f Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Stolzberger (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Stuber, Laurence m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Sturmer (fnu) ? Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Tungerslieber (fnu) ? Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Vaecker, Paul m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Valkenburger (fnu) f Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Wagner, (fnu) ? burnt alive
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Wagner, Michael m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Weydenbusch, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Wirth, Klingen m Beheaded
1628-1629 Germany, Wurzberg 1 Wunth, (fnu) m Beheaded
1628-29 Germany, Bamberg 1 Harfner (fnu) f
Hanged herself in Prison
1629 Germany, Eichstatt 274 ???? ? Executed by Prince-Bishopric of Eichstatt
1629-1659 Germany, Nassau-Dillenburg
231 ??? ?
Tried. 88% Women (Source: Monter, E. William. "Patterns of
Witchcraft in the Jura". in Levack.)
1630 Germany,Gelnhaussen 1 Geissler, Clara f strangled
1630 Germany, Mergentheim 124 ???? ?
Executed by the Teutonic Order
1631 Germany, Lindheim 3 ???? ? Executed
1633 Germany, Lindheim 1 Pomp, Anna f Executed
1640-1651 Germany, Lindheim 30 ???? ? Burned
1644 Germany, Hall 7 It. Grater Soldatenfrauen, bayer. Truppen
in Hall, Tod mit dem Schwert und Verbrennung Haller Hexenbad [7 ?
(Mountain soldier's) Women from the unit stationed in Hall. Done
to death with swords, and being burnt at the Witch's pool in Hall]
(Source: Hexen, Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch
Hall. Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches,
Witchcraft and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1:
Hexen im Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius
(joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1654 Germany, Zuckmantel 102 ???? ? Burned
1663 (2/23) Germany, Lindheim 1 Schuler (fnu) ? Burned
1674 Germany, Sanzenbach 1 Rueger, Ursula f Jos Rueger's
wife., Landesverweisung [repremanded by the court] (Source: Hexen,
Hexenwahn und Hexenverfolgung in und um Schwabisch Hall.
Schwabish Hall: Hallisch-Frankisches Museum ["Witches, Witchcraft
and belief in and around Schwabish Hall"]. Anhang 1: Hexen im
Haller Territorium (vgl. Kat. Nr. 1-19); via Joan Pontius
(joan@ucmb.ulb.ac.be))
1680 (9/27) Germany, Defereggen 1 Pichler (fnu) m
Burned (Son, Aged 12)
1680 (9/27) Germany, Defereggen 1 Pichler (fnu) m
Burned (Son, Aged 14)
1680 (9/25) Germany, Defereggen 1 Pichler, Emerenziana f Burned
1687 Germany, Arendsee 1 Catherine (nln) f Executed
1687 Germany, Arendsee 1 Isle (nln) f Executed
1687 Germany, Arendsee 1 Suzanna (nln) f Executed
1690-1694 Germany, Nordlingen 36 ???? ? Burned
1698 (3/26) Germany, Burghausen 9 ???? ?
burned (all under 16 years of age)
1744 Germany, Karpfen 3 ???? ? burned
1746 Germany, Muhlbach 3 ???? ? burned
1749 (6/21) German, Wurzburg 1 Mossau, Maria Renata von f Beheaded and
burned. (Source: Robbins, Encyclopedia)
1772-9 Germany, Haeck 100+ ???? ?
Executed (including Nathan, Abraham (9/22/1772)
1775 (4/11) Germany, Kempten 1 Schwaegel, Anna Maria f Beheaded
1925 (11/?) Germany, Uttenheim 1 ???? ?
Shot by Policeman on suspicion of being a werewolf
Historical Witches and Witchtrials in the Holy Roman Empire.
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