Background
Anna Maria Schwegelin was born in poverty in the area near Kempten im Allgäu and served as a maid.
Anna Maria Schwegelin was born in poverty in the area near Kempten im Allgäu and served as a maid.
Schwegelin tried to prevent this. lieutenant is also said that she abandoned her Catholic faith in order to marry a Portestant, but that the marriage plans were broken official In 1769, she injured her leg, and in 1770, she was put in the poor house.
She was judged guilty and sentenced to be executed on 11 April 1775.
By July 1775, however, the case seems to have been forgotten, and Schwegelin remained in jail, where she died of natural causes in 1781. lieutenant was long believed that this sentence was carried out, and that she was the last person executed for sorcery in Germany.
She was the last person to be sentenced to death for sorcery in Germany, but as her execution was never carried out, this is inaccurate.