Witch hunt in the city of Baden AG
The persecution of witches is a dark chapter in the history of the city of Baden in Switzerland . In the 16th century, over 30 witch trials were conducted by the jurisdiction of the County of Baden . The files are in the city archive of Baden . Johann Jakob Wick depicts the burning of three witches on November 4, 1585 in Baden.
There was rivalry between the county of Baden and the city of Baden over jurisdiction. There is no record of any trial conducted by the city's judicial authorities prior to 1608.
Witch hunt in the city of Baden AG
At the beginning of the 17th century, the mayor and the small council and large council of the city of Baden tried to obtain a judicial monopoly for the persecution of witches.
The court files and interrogation protocols and the death and original feud books in the archives of the city of Baden give an overview of the number and period of the witch trials. All women accused were sentenced to death. The identity of the defendant, their social position, but also their age usually remain in the dark. A family name and / or place of residence are not always found. The logs do not reveal whether the women were married or whether they had children. In the Baden sources there is no evidence of witch trials against men.
Names of the victims of the witch trials in the 17th century
For the city of Baden, there are references to the names of 17 victims of the witch trials for the 17th century.
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- 1600 to 1614 NN
- 1615 Barbara Zieglerin von Ennetbaden was sentenced to death
- 1615 Verena Brunner's death sentence
- 1615 Anna Peyer death sentence
- 1615 Elsbeth von Ennetbaden is sentenced to death
- 1615 Barbel von Schneisingen death sentence
- 1623 Judith Zoller death sentence
- 1631 Kumpold Faber (male name, but the interrogation protocol speaks of a woman)
- 1640 Ursula Fröhlich sentenced by Rieden
- 1640 Maria Meier von Heitersheim convicted
- 1640 Ursula von Ennetbaden condemned
- 1640 Ursula Hüeberlin sentenced
- In 1640 the seamstress of Ennetbaden was sentenced
- 1640 Dorothe Ehrsam von Killwangen convicted
- In 1640 Ursula Küng vonhabenstorf was sentenced
- 1642 Maria Bodmer von Baden convicted. She is said to have belonged to one of the first bourgeois families of the city, that this poor person was indeed a Bodmerin by slaughter, but of illegitimate status and a priest. Ne familiae clarae apud posteros aliqua infamiae nota adhaerescat. (May there be no disgrace to the family in the offspring.)
- In 1642 Barbel Zingin von Schneisingen was sentenced. Judgment against Barbel Zingin from Schneisingen: The mayor, the little one and the big council ruled that the defendant Barbel should be ordered into the hands of the executioner, who should tie her hands on the ruggen and lead her out to the usual place of execution, her best there knock the head off the body so that a wagon wheel may go between them. When the body then rubs along with the head in a for and burns to ashes, the ashes probably buried in the ground so that neither Leudt nor Viech is damaged by it. The verdict closes with the hope that the defendant has atoned for her actions and that others would be deterred from following in her footsteps . The scribe closes the document with the formula: help you God .
literature
- Stadtarchiv Baden, A 38.1, Death and Urfehdebuch 1539–1762
- Baden City Archives, A 38.22.
- StAAG, No. 2575
- Landvogtei-Rechungen I 1555-1600 No. 2602 Criminal Acts and Exams of the Prisoners
- Barth Fricker: History of the city and baths of Baden , Aarau 1880, 598
- Karl Zimmermann: Witchcraft and witch persecution in the county of Baden from 1574–1600 , in: Badener Neujahrsblätter 1950, pp. 40–55
- Eduard Spiegelberg: The judicial system of the county of Baden , in: Badener Neujahrsblätter 1943, pp. 32–43
Web links
- Hansjörg Frank: So help you God !: on the persecution of witches in the city of Baden in the 17th century , in: Badener Neujahrsblätter 89 (2014), pp. 42–50, doi : 10.5169 / seals-391529 .
- Data on Baden's history (PDF; 64 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hansjörg Frank: So hälff dir Gott !: on the persecution of witches in the city of Baden in the 17th century , in: Badener Neujahrsblätter 89 (2014), pp. 42–50, doi : 10.5169 / seals-391529 .
- ↑ Baden-Baden is his subject. In: Rendezvous magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Interrogation protocol of July 3, 1640 from the trial against Ursula von Ennetbaden, 1640. Baden City Archives A.38.22.
- ^ Stadtarchiv Baden, A 38.1, Death and Urfehdebuch 1539–1762
- ↑ Barth Fricker: History of the City and Baths of Baden , Aarau 1880, p. 598. Cf. https://www.myheritage.de/names/maria_bodmer Maria Bodmer was born around 1598.