Afra Schick
Afra Schickh (also Affra Schickin , Afra Schick ; * around 1610 ; † December 11, 1671 in Wiener Neustadt ) was a herbalist and healer who fell victim to the witch craze of the 17th century.
She came from Mariazell , lived in Schlatten near Bromberg and had nine children. The sixty-year-old Kleinhäusler widow was executed in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria) in 1671.
“In August 1671, the 60-year-old Afra Schickh from the Kirchschlag rule was handed over to the district court of Wiener Neustadt for witchcraft. She was charged with laying on hands and using herbs to help around 100 people. Afra Schickh was sentenced to death at the stake. "
Michael Gsöller, over 70 years old, was sentenced to death with her for sorcery.
Literature and web links
- Ferdinand Carl Böheim: Chronicle of Wiener Neustadt. Vienna 1830, p. 93 ( digitized in the Google book search)
- Karl Flanner: WIENER NEUSTADT 1671: The painful death of the witch Afra Schick.
- Bromberger Hexenweg , market town of Bromberg
- Caroline Mempör: Did you know ... where in Wiener Neustadt "witches" were tortured? (PDF; 256 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Memory of the country - people: Afra Schick (Schickh). Retrieved December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Memory of the Land: Chronicle. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Memory of the country - people: Michael Gsöller. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chic, Afra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schickh, Afra; Schickin, Affra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Herbalist and healer, victim of the witch hunt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1610 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1671 |
| Place of death | Wiener Neustadt |