Case file · Witch trials
Barbara Zdunk, burned at Reszel
Barbara Zdunk was burned at the stake at Reszel in Prussian Warmia on 21 August 1811, often called the last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe.
1811 CE · 54.05, 21.15 · status: official
The account
She was convicted of setting a fire that destroyed much of the town in 1807; local people believed she had done it by sorcery. The Prussian courts tried her for arson, but the burning and the popular charge of witchcraft make the case a late echo of the witch trials.
The sceptical view
Legally the conviction was for arson, not witchcraft, so whether she counts as a witch-trial victim depends on definitions.