SOUTHERN GERMANY:
Trier:
1581-93
Johann VII von Schonenberg
Encourages by new Jesuit college
On border
1580s poor harvests
350 victims
Decline when accusations reach elite
1592 Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II called for trials to stop
Würzburg:
1626-31
Phillip Adolf von Ehrenberg
Grape crops destroyed
900 executed
Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld, a Jesuit who condemned witches wrote the book
Cautio Criminalis which was printed anonymously in 1631 in protestant city and
helped end witchcraft persecution in Germany
Prince Bishop dies 1631
Taken over by King Adolphus of Sweden
Bamberg:
1626-31
Georg II Fuchs von Dornheim
Nicknamed ‘Witch Bishop’
1,000 executed
Frost destroys wine crop in 1629
On border
Death of bishop forner in 1630 (supporting Bishop)
Swedish troops occupied Bamberg in 1632 forcing von Dornheim to flee, dying in
1633
Dorothea Flock help contribute to decline- member of well-known merchant family
Frau Anna Hasen- arrested 17 June 1629 executed 7 July
Cologne:
1626-34
Catholic Prince-Elector Ferdinand (educated in Trier during trials)
First years of his reign there were few prosecutions
Behringer, in 1999, noted that in 1626 the winter was particularly harsh, with snow
coming even in May
Katharina Henot was a victim and was a powerful widow
2000 executed
Average age of accused 50
Trier:
1581-93
Johann VII von Schonenberg
Encourages by new Jesuit college
On border
1580s poor harvests
350 victims
Decline when accusations reach elite
1592 Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II called for trials to stop
Würzburg:
1626-31
Phillip Adolf von Ehrenberg
Grape crops destroyed
900 executed
Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld, a Jesuit who condemned witches wrote the book
Cautio Criminalis which was printed anonymously in 1631 in protestant city and
helped end witchcraft persecution in Germany
Prince Bishop dies 1631
Taken over by King Adolphus of Sweden
Bamberg:
1626-31
Georg II Fuchs von Dornheim
Nicknamed ‘Witch Bishop’
1,000 executed
Frost destroys wine crop in 1629
On border
Death of bishop forner in 1630 (supporting Bishop)
Swedish troops occupied Bamberg in 1632 forcing von Dornheim to flee, dying in
1633
Dorothea Flock help contribute to decline- member of well-known merchant family
Frau Anna Hasen- arrested 17 June 1629 executed 7 July
Cologne:
1626-34
Catholic Prince-Elector Ferdinand (educated in Trier during trials)
First years of his reign there were few prosecutions
Behringer, in 1999, noted that in 1626 the winter was particularly harsh, with snow
coming even in May
Katharina Henot was a victim and was a powerful widow
2000 executed
Average age of accused 50
