Johannes Junius
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In Entry IX, the Archivist separates the Bamberg witch trials of the 1620s from Trier’s earlier persecution, examining Prince-Bishop Fuchs von Dornheim, the Witch Burner, his purpose-built Drudenhaus with its Vergilian inscription, and the deaths of Georg Haan, Johannes Junius, and Dorothea Flock, while warning against the blended popular retellings.
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Between 1626 and 1631, Prince-Bishop Fuchs von Dornheim of Bamberg executed hundreds of accused witches, confining them in the purpose-built Drudenhaus. This companion to Journal Entry IX traces the frost that sparked the trials, the machinery of torture and naming, the deaths of Haan, Junius, and Flock, and imperial intervention.