Burning of witches: Convicted people had to pay for the wood for the pyre
Witches are said to have had special powers on Walpurgis Night on April 30th. People wanted to drive away evil by dancing around fires. How this superstition came about and what consequences it had.
In der Walpurgisnacht am 30. April sollen Hexen besondere KrΓ€fte gehabt haben. Menschen wollten mit TΓ€nzen an Feuern das BΓΆse vertreiben. Wie es zu diesem Aberglauben kam und welche Folgen er hatte.