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Anna Maria Schwegelin (auch: Schwägele, Schwegele, Schwägelin; * 1729 in Lachen; + 1781 in Gefangenschaft in Kempten) war eine Dienstmagd, die 1775 als letzte "Hexe" in Deutschland zum Tode verurteilt wurde. Es ist inzwischen nachgewiesen, dass entgegen älterer Ansicht das Urteil nicht vollstreckt wurde.
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Anna Maria Schwegelin (or Schwägelin) (1729-1781) was an alleged German (Bavarian) witch, long considered the last person to be executed for witchcraft in Germany.
She was judged guilty and sentenced to be executed on 11 April 1775. By July 1775, however, the case seems to have been forgotten, and Schwegelin remained in jail, where she died of natural causes in 1781.
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