A Summary of Facts of The Witchcraze In Southern Germany OCR A Level History

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