By the year 1627, the European Witch Trials had come to their peak when the Prince Bishop of Bamberg , initiated the construction of the Malefitzhaus; the largest and most well known Prison in Germany to house those accused of witchcraft. This building became the most brutal witch prison to be erected during the ongoing witch frenzies that spread across Europe between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. There would be tales of false accusations leading to the most horrific torture and public deaths recorded in those times outside of war. The most chilling part about this tale from the past is that the Bamberg Witch Commission was the most ruthless of them all, and almost no one was safe from being accused of being in a league with the Devil. By the time the third wave of witch trials had ended in the town of Bamberg, Germany, over 40% of the men, women and children where accused of black magic, tortured, and burned at the stake. In Part 1 of my 2 part exploration of the Bamberg Witch trials, I will cover what lead to the most horrific witch trials and executions that Europe has witness in the Holy Roman Empire of medieval Europe.LINKS TO CONSIDER:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drudenhaus_(prison)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamberg_witch_trialsBamberg Witch Trials (Germany, 1626 - 1631) - Witchcraft (witchcraftandwitches.com)Hanover Historical Texts ProjectBamberg Witches – Occult World (occult-world.com)Germany And Its Cities Are Unique And Vibrant (mygermancity.com)A Timeline of Witch Hunts in Europe (thoughtco.com)Bamberg Witch Trials - YouTubeThe secret "Witch-Prison" of the catholic inquisition - Architecture & function.mov - YouTubeWorst Torture Site of the Catholic Inquisition - the MALEFIZ HOUSE of Bamberg (1627-1635) - YouTubeWitches and Witchcraft, Mysteries of the Unknown book series by Time Life, this book had the most information available to me. 

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