From the history of the Dornesslerin
The story begins in the late 16th century and takes place at a time characterized by confessional confusion and plague epidemics. - The Dornesslerin was a simple and yet extraordinary woman:
Above a rock, in the open air
sees Agatha Roner as an illegitimate child of the
Beth Roner the light of the world. By early
Death of her mother and the death of the grand
During the plague period, she becomes an orphan. they
must stand on its own feet early on.
Agatha is a bright girl, gathers knowledge and experience, experiences happiness and deep suffering in equal measure. Her independence and in-depth knowledge of the context of life brings her into contact with people who are looking for help in times of plague and other evils. Agatha succeeds in relieving many people from their suffering and bringing healing. This slowly gets her into the local political and religious turmoil of the time. Agatha, who has always lived the reformed, the Catholic and the old animistic popular beliefs, is turned witch in the grind of an uncanny torture judiciary and as the victim of an unholy alliance, by the right-wing and power-obsessed officials of church and state to become witches stamped, martyred and tortured to death.
[Excerpts from the novel “Die Dornesslerin”, with historically documented content, by Walter Züst]