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Grete Minde Memorial

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Grete Minde Memorial

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  • Location: Tangermünde, Stendal, Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    July 16, 2022

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    The devastating city fire of 1617 was probably the most terrible event in the Hanseatic city of Tangermünde. Closely connected to this is the name of the unfortunate Grete Milde, who despite her innocence was sentenced to death at the stake and despised as a revengeful woman and arsonist.
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    September 25, 2023

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    The novella "Grete Minde" by Theodor Fontane is based on true events.
    A Grete Minde actually lived there, there was also an inheritance process, and in 1617 there was a …
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    October 14, 2022

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    Grete Minde (Margarete von Minden 1593-1619), resident of the city of Tangermünde, who was probably tortured to confess that she was responsible for the city fire in 1617.
    She was sentenced to death at the stake and executed in 1619. However, her guilt is questioned by historians.

    Theodor Fontane processed the life of Margarete von Minden in the novella "Grete Minde" from 1879.
    Here too she dies, but under different circumstances.
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    Location: Tangermünde, Stendal, Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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