Idiot
The Faulhaberin was a member of the noble family Faulhaber, who was born in Wächtersbach in the 16th century . Her first name is not recorded in the known sources; in it she is only called the idiot . She was accused of being a witch in Büdingen in 1564 . From Count Georg von Isenburg-Büdingen the order was issued to torture her. This process was described by a process observer, Johann Beyer, in a letter to the count.
The Faulhaber was tortured twelve times. Her hands were cuffed behind her back and then pulled up to the ceiling of the town hall hall (this torture, in which the shoulder joints dislocate, was also called " winding up "). When she was tortured, "it was chuckling that it was really not fun to look at." She was also tortured with leg screws on her shins.
During the torture, the judge repeatedly urged her to confess to a conspiracy with the devil, but did not get the confession she requested. In the end, the court pardoned her. She was flogged again, but was then allowed to return to her family, severely damaged by the torture. Before that, she had to " swear primal feud " and promise never to seek revenge.
literature
- Ilse Werder : Wächtersbach. Die Faulhaberin , in: Archiv Frauenleben in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis: Hexenwahn und Teufelswerk , Hanau 2003, p. 94.
- Jürgen Ackermann: Noblemen of the Church and the Nobility , in: Bulletin of the Center for Regional History, Gelnhausen 2002
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Ackermann, The Faulhaber von Wächtersbach and Orb, Sammlg. Business Wächtersbach, 41. L., January 2003, No. 266 ISSN 0931-2641, p. 7
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| SURNAME | Idiot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German woman accused of being a witch |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |