Maria Renata Singer von Mossau

In 1749, Maria Renata Singer, a nun in a convent near Würzburg, was beheaded and burned as a witch after other nuns showed signs of possession.

1749 CE · 49.79, 9.92 · status: official

The account

The case caused a scandal in Enlightenment Europe and is one of the last witch executions in Germany.

Connections in the atlas

• Würzburg witch trials

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Maria Renata Singer von Mossau