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Memorial to the Victims of the Witch Trials in Eichstätt

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Memorial to the Victims of the Witch Trials in Eichstätt

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  • Location: Eichstätt, Landkreis Eichstätt, Altmühltal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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    October 4, 2019

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    During the witch hunt in Eichstätt, at least 249 people, including 219 women (88%) and 30 men (12%) were charged and arrested on suspicion of so-called witchcraft between 1532 and 1723. 224 people (197 women, 27 men) of whom were demonstrably sentenced to death in a witch trial and executed.

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    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexenverfolgung_im_Hochstift_Eichst%C3%A4tt
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    October 16, 2017

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    Place for the victims of the witch hunt in Eichstätt at the place of execution on the high court at the former Galgenberg. And the chapel Hochstift
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    March 27, 2018

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    Did not work. Had to take the "witch" back home 😈😅
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