Katharina Haan

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Katharina Haan (* unknown; † January 24, 1628 in Bamberg ) was a victim of the witch hunt .

Family and witch trial

Katharina Haan came from Mergentheim and was the wife of Georg Haan , Chancellor of the Bamberg prince-bishop Johann Georg II. Fuchs von Dornheim , whose family belonged to the nobles in Bamberg. Katharina Haan was denounced as a witch by the witch commissioner in Hochstift, Georg Harsee , who wanted to succeed Georg Haan in office. She was arrested and interrogated under torture . She confessed that the devil had seduced her in the form of a hunter. She revoked this confession at the next interrogation. However, the doctors examining them found a birthmark (" witch's mark ") and were certain that they were looking at a real witch. Under the torture, she also accused her eldest son, Adam Haan . The councilors and aldermen of the city of Bamberg sentenced them to death by burning on January 19, 1628 . The sentence by execution by the sword was changed by a pardon from the prince-bishop and carried out on January 24th.

Her husband, her eldest daughter Katharina Röhm and her daughter Ursula Maria Haan were executed from those around Katharina Haan . The son Adam and his wife also died after being tortured by execution.

See also

literature

  • Andrea Renczes: How do you wipe out a family ?: an analysis of the Bamberg witch trials. Centaurus, 1990. 183 pp.
  • Britta Gehm: The witch hunt in the Bamberg monastery and the intervention of the Reichshofrat to end it (=  legal history and civilization process . No. 3 ). 2nd revised edition. Olms, Hildesheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-487-14731-4 , p. 214-243 .

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Haan, Katharina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Victims of the witch hunt
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1628
Place of death Bamberg