Anna Schnidenwind (née Trutt; 1688 in Wyhl – 24 April 1751 in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl)[1] was one of the last people in Germany and in Europe confirmed to have been executed in public for witchcraft.
It was for the devastating fire of Wyhl on 7 March 1751 which became the trigger of the witch trial.
The 63-year-old peasant was accused of having caused arson through a Devil's pact.
Schnidenwind was judged guilty and sentenced to death.
She was burned on 24 April 1751 in Endingen in Breisgau, after strangulation.