Augsburg

Question 1

how many inhabitants

Answer 1

45,000

Question 2

how was Augsburg bi-confessional

Answer 2

had a catholic minority but the government was shared between catholics and lutherans so men of opposing faith had to work together

Question 3

when did they execute someone for witchcraft

Answer 3

not until 1625
and almost all cases took places after 1650 as the city was recovering from the 30 years war as it had lost 1/3 of its populations but surrounding regions saw trials at the beginning of 1586

Question 4

example of a witch in Augsburg

Answer 4

Regina Bartholme 1670 at 21 confessed she had been living with the devil since she was 16
regina had signed a pact with the devil for 7 years
regina fell passionately in love with her fathers new lodger but it was unrequited and threatened to publicly kill his wife
she accused a jewish man of having intercourse with her and was lucky to only be found guilt of perjury
she wasn’t believed to be a witch
the council had her medically examined she was interrogated over 8 times with torture and threat of torture