Background
Christian was the son of Count Josias I of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1554-1588) and his wife Marie of Barby (1563-1619).
Christian was the son of Count Josias I of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1554-1588) and his wife Marie of Barby (1563-1619).
He loved the arts and sciences, and was kind to all scholars. But after all, he could not resist the insistence of the clergy, and in 1630 he gave the order to apply extreme measures eradicate the "vice that is magic" Christian I, Count of Waldeck was responsible for the particularly violent series of witch trials in Wildungen, which began in 1629. Until 1632, the trials cost the lives of 29 victims, including Elisabeth Kotzenberg, the wife of Günther Samuel, who was Christian"s secretary.
She was tortured and died at City Hall on 3 July 1630.