Witchcraft in Germany

Germanic festival celebrating the start of summer

Brocken (), also sometimes referred to as Blocksberg, is a mountain near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, between the rivers Weser and Elbe. The highest peak in the Harz mountain range, and in Northern Germany, it is subalpine, yet has a microclimate resembling that of mountains nearly higher. The elevation above its tree line tends to have snowcover from September to May, and mists and fogs shroud it up to 300 days a year. The mean annual temperature is only . It is the easternmost mountain in northern Germany; the next prominent elevation directly to its east would be in the Ur

German pastor

Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis

German physician and chemist (1660–1742)

German theologian

German witch hunter

German jurist (1559-1611)

German physician (c. 1500 – 1569)

The Hexenkartothek (known as the "H-special order" project) was an investigation into witch trials led by SS-Untersturmführer Rudolf Levin under the orders of Heinrich Himmler.