The most intense period of witch hunt in Hungary took place in the 18th-century, at a time when they were rare in the rest of Europe except Poland.
The trials finally stopped in 1768 by abolition of the death penalty for witchcraft by Austria, which controlled Hungary at the time.
[1] King Coloman of Hungary (reign 1095–1116), prohibited in decrees the persecution of strigae – vampires or mares – because they "do not exist".
[2][3][4] While witch trials were generally uncommon in Europe during the Middle Ages, at least fifteen executions by burning for witchcraft are documented between 1360 and 1437, most of which in present-day Croatia.
Among common victims of the witch trials were the folk healers (tudos), as was the Táltos, men and women who functioned as shamans, a position which still existed in Hungary from the pre-Christian Pagan Hungarian religion.
[1] In the mid 18th-century witch trials were commonly considered outdated in most of Europe except Poland, but in Hungary, they had reached their most intense stage.