Christina Rauscher (c. 1570–1618) was a German official and critic of witchcraft persecutions.
[1] Christina Rauscher was the daughter of the rich textile merchant and brewer Martin Gerber of Horb and Anna Kurner, and the rich hotelier Horber Johann Rauscher of Innsbruck.
Her spouse and family protested against her arrest, and eventually managed to secure her release.
She was given the support of Archduke Maximilian Ernest of Austria, who in 1609 appointed her special independent government commissionaire ('Regierungskommissarin') with the authority to intervene in any legal crime made during the witchcraft persecutions.
She used her authority to intervene in the ongoing witch hunt of the County of Hohenberg, which she managed to stop.