Case file · Witch trials

The Roermond witch trial

In 1613, more than 60 people were executed in and around Roermond, then in Spanish Upper Guelders, in one of the largest witch hunts of the Low Countries.

1613 CE · 51.19, 5.99 · status: official

The account

A broadsheet published in Germany claimed the accused had killed hundreds of people and animals by sorcery.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Roermond witch trial
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