Background
Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim was born in Wiesentheid on April 23, 1586.
Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim was born in Wiesentheid on April 23, 1586.
He was elected Prince-Bishop of Bamberg on February 13, 1623. From 1626 to 1631, he presided over the Bamberg witch trials, which saw the execution of 300-600 individuals, the most notable of which was Bamberg mayor Johannes Junius. In the midst of the Thirty Years" War, troops under Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and John George I, Elector of Saxony occupied the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg on February 11, 1632, forcing Fuchs von Dornheim to flee.
He died in exile in Spital am Pyhrn on March 29, 1633.
