Shaman of Oberstdorf tells the fascinating story of a sixteenth-century mountain village caught in a panic of its own making. Four hundred years ago the Bavarian alpine town of Oberstdorf, surrounded by the towering peaks of the Vorarlberg, was awash in legends and rumors of prophets and healers, of spirits and specters, of witches and soothsayers. The book focuses on the life of a horse wrangler named Chonrad Stoeckhlin [1549-1587], whose extraordinary visions of the afterlife and enthusiastic practice of the occult eventually led to his death-and to the death of a number of village women-for crimes of witchcraft. Wolfgang Behringer is one of the premier historians of German witchcraft, not only because of his mastery of the subject at the regional level, but because he also writes movingly, forcefully, and with an eye for the telling anecdote.
Shaman of Oberstdorf tells the fascinating story of a sixteenth-century mountain village caught in a panic of its own making. Four hundred years ago the Bavarian alpine town of Oberstdorf, surrounded by the towering peaks of the Vorarlberg, was awash in legends and rumors of prophets and healers, of spirits and specters, of witches and soothsayers. The book focuses on the life of a horse wrangler named Chonrad Stoeckhlin [1549-1587], whose extraordinary visions of the afterlife and enthusiastic practice of the occult eventually led to his death-and to the death of a number of village women-for crimes of witchcraft. Wolfgang Behringer is one of the premier historians of German witchcraft, not only because of his mastery of the subject at the regional level, but because he also writes movingly, forcefully, and with an eye for the telling anecdote.
Der E5 boomt. Was einerseits eine erfreuliche Zunahme der Begeisterung für Natur und Berge dokumentiert, führt andererseits zur hohen Frequentierung der Wegstrecken und zur Überbelegung der...
Der Band Fototouren beschreibt ausführlich drei Wanderstrecken mit etwa 100 Bildern. Die Touren befinden sich überwiegend im Bezirk Oberstdorf.Die erste Tour zu den Sonnenköpfen schenkt viele...
This comprehensive guidebook offers a detailed overview of the Algäuer Alps, a stunning mountain range situated in southern Germany. From the world-famous ski resorts of Oberstdorf and Sonthofen to...
Der Autor beschreibt seine Jugendzeit vom 12.bis 18. Lebensjahr bis zum Abitur mit dem Umzug 1946 von Österreich nach Deutschland und die Schwierigkeiten für die Familie in der Nachkriegszeit 1946-52...
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