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Deutsch: Hexenhinrichtung: Jacob Truchsess von der Scheer zu Waldsee (?) liess am 10. Juni 1587 21 Hexen, am 11. Juni 9 und tags darauf nochmals 8 Hexen in "einem Brand" hinrichten.

Abbildung aus der Wickiana (Sammlung des Johann Jakob Wick, Zentralbibliothek Zürich)

Source: Dietegen Guggenbühl: Hexen. In: Sandoz-Bulletin 24 (1971), S. 27-40, hier S. 36

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