Case file · Witch trials
Trasmoz, the excommunicated village
Around 1255 the abbot of Veruela had the Moncayo village of Trasmoz excommunicated in a dispute over wood and water; in 1511 a solemn curse followed, and the village became known as a place of witches.
1255 CE · 41.82, -1.72 · status: disputed
The sceptical view
The documented conflict was economic; the witch reputation grew later, helped by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer's letters written at Veruela in 1864.