The Lemgo witch trials

Lemgo in Westphalia held waves of witch trials from 1583 to 1681; under 'witch mayor' Hermann Cothmann in the 1660s, about 90 people were killed.

1628 CE · 52.03, 8.90 · status: official

The account

Lemgo was nicknamed the 'witch nest' (Hexennest). Cothmann's house still stands.

Sources

1. Wikipedia (German): Hexenverfolgung in Lemgo