Anna Schnidenwind, née

NEE

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 Trutt (1688 in Wyhl

Wyhl

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 - April 24, 1751 in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl, Germany

Germany

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) was one of the last people in Germany and in Europe confirmed to have been executed in public for witch craft.

It was for the devastating fire of Wyhlen on 7 March 1751 which became the trigger of the witch trial. The fire destroyed most of the village. The 63-year-old peasant was accused of having caused arson through a devil's pact.

She was judged guilty and sentenced to death. She was burned on 24 April 1751 Endingen, Germany in Breisgau

Breisgau

Breisgau is the name of an area in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, which partly consists of the Breisgau, is named after that area...

after strangulation.

Literature

• Anna Schnidenwind geborene Trutt (brochure), Endicott, (2001)