Person: Anna Maria VON LUDWIG

Birthday: 1594
Birthplace: Lowenstein-Werth, Bavaria, GERMANY
Sex: female

• Burkhardt CONRAD (2) born 4 June 1618 at Lowenstein-Werth, Bavaria, GERMANY

Dave Conrad info:
Birthday: 1594
Birthplace: Lowenstein-Werth, Bavaria, GERMANY
Sex: female

* Married to Johann George CONRAD (3), 1614 at Lowenstein-Werth, Bavaria, GERMANY

* Burkhardt CONRAD (2) born 4 June 1618 at Lowenstein-Werth, Bavaria, GERMANY

* Died 25 December 1646 at Lowenstein-Werth, Bavaria, GERMANY

April Zinck info:

At this point in their history tragedy struck the family! Anna Maria, wife
of Georg The Elder, became openly sympathetic to Luther's Teachings. Luther
was associated with the devil.Rumor quickly spread through the village that
Maria Conrad was a witch! You can image what Maria's reaction to this
accusation was. During the great witch trials of Europe, Maria, like so many
other innocent women was given a trial and found guilty of being a witch!
Many people gathered in the community to witness the great event, which
would take place next.
During the Jesuit Persecurions, under the assumption that Maria was a
witch, she was tied up in the village and burned at the stake! It was
believed that a mortal could not. Well, Maria did just that! She survived
the burning, much to the shock of the villagers, but records show it would
have been better for her had she died. Maria was placed in custody under
guards and locked away in a cell. So was Maria a real witch? It is believed
that Georg The Elder bribed the guards, because Maria mysteriously escaped
from her cell and fled to the village of Grosheubach where she could not be
tried since it was a different principality, under different kings. Maria
would never visit Kleinheubach again. She was the last woman of the village
to be accused of witchcraft in Kleinheubach. Ironically she died on
Christ's birthday, 1646! Her son Burkhardt became the sexton of the village.
In English that means he was the bell ringer.

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