Case file · Witch trials
Magda Logomer and the end of Croatian witch trials
In 1758 the herbalist Magda Logomer, known as Herucina, was sentenced to death for witchcraft at Križevci after confessing under torture; Empress Maria Theresa had her brought to Vienna and acquitted.
1758 CE · 46.02, 16.54 · status: official
The account
The empress's physicians, including Gerard van Swieten, examined her and reported on the torture she had suffered, and an imperial decree set her free. The case is taken to mark the end of witch persecution in Croatia.