Witch trial of Fuersteneck
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The town of Fuersteneck, near Grafenau
Grafenau
Grafenau is the name of two German towns* Grafenau, Bavaria, a city in the district Freyung-Grafenau* Grafenau, Württemberg, a municipality in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg...

 in Bavaria, Germany, was the location of a witch trial in 1703. A record of the trial was obtained from the parsonage of Röhrnbach
Röhrnbach
Röhrnbach is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany....

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Accusation

Afra Dickh (also written Afra Dick) was a serving girl at the Frueth farm in Wittersitt, part of the modern-day parish of Ringelai
Ringelai
Ringelai is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany....

. The accusation made was of poisoning, bedevilment of humans and animals, associating with other witches and dealings with the devil. Co-accused were the 13 year old shepherdess Maria, who was also in service at the same farm and the widowed farmer Maria Kölbl, a mother of 15 from Neidberg near Ringelai.

Judgement

On account of magic and arsony (in puncto veneficii et incendii), Afra Dickh was hanged by executioner Sebastian Fleischmann of Passau on 1 June 1703, at the place of execution in Fürsteneck near Perlesreut, and afterward burnt to ashes at the stake with 30 blocks of wood and 40 pounds of pitch.
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