Anna Göldi (also Anna Göldin, ca. 1740–1782) is known as the "last witch" in Switzerland. Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation She was executed for murder in June 1782 in Glarus. Glarus (German) is the capital of the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765 CE. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For seventeen years, she worked as a maidservant for Jakob Tschudi, a Glarus physician, who reportedly had an affair with her. Before she could report Tschudi for adultery, which would have led to his sacking as a physician, he reported her for having put needles in the bread and milk of one of his daughters, apparently through supernatural means. Adultery is the voluntary Sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her Spouse, though in many places it is Göldi at first avoided arrest and the authorities of the Canton of Glarus advertised a reward for her capture in the Zürcher Zeitung on 9 February, 1782. The Canton of Glarus ( German:) is a canton in east central Switzerland. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung ( NZZ) is a major German language Swiss daily newspaper based in Zürich. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Göldi was arrested and under torture admitted to being in a pact with the Devil, which had appeared to her as a black dog. Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally The Devil is the She withdrew her confession after the torture ended, but was sentenced on June 18, 1782 to execution by decapitation. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Göldi's official sentence was for the murder of her second child which had died shortly after its birth, which may have been that of Jakob Tschudi. During her trial, official allegations of witchcraft were avoided, and the court protocols were destroyed. The sentence does therefore not strictly qualify as that of a witch trial. Still, because of the apparent witchhunt that led to the sentence, the execution sparked outrage throughout Switzerland and the Holy Roman Empire. "Witch trial" redirects here For the song by Rush, see Fear series. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in
Anna Göldi's Exoneration
On 20th September 2007, the Swiss parliament decided to acknowledge Anna Göldi's case as a miscarriage of justice. Fritz Schiesser, as representative for Glarus in the Swiss parliament, called for Anna Göldi's exoneration. A museum is open in Glarus dedicated to her[1].
References
- ^ Anna Goeldi's story and exoneration. Online edition of the BBC News. Retrieved on 2007-09-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France.
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