Witch trial of Fuersteneck
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The town of Fuersteneck, near Grafenau
in Bavaria, Germany, was the location of a witch trial in 1703. A record of the trial was obtained from the parsonage of Röhrnbach
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. The accusation made was of poisoning, bedevilment of humans and animals, associating with other witches and dealings with the devil. Co-accused were the 13 year old shepherdess Maria, who was also in service at the same farm and the widowed farmer Maria Kölbl, a mother of 15 from Neidberg near Ringelai.
Grafenau
Grafenau is the name of two German towns* Grafenau, Bavaria, a city in the district Freyung-Grafenau* Grafenau, Württemberg, a municipality in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg...
in Bavaria, Germany, was the location of a witch trial in 1703. A record of the trial was obtained from the parsonage of Röhrnbach
Röhrnbach
Röhrnbach is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany....
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Accusation
Afra Dickh (also written Afra Dick) was a serving girl at the Frueth farm in Wittersitt, part of the modern-day parish of RingelaiRingelai
Ringelai is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany....
. The accusation made was of poisoning, bedevilment of humans and animals, associating with other witches and dealings with the devil. Co-accused were the 13 year old shepherdess Maria, who was also in service at the same farm and the widowed farmer Maria Kölbl, a mother of 15 from Neidberg near Ringelai.