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Katharina Kepler Memorial Plaque

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Katharina Kepler Memorial Plaque

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Katharina Kepler Memorial Plaque

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Location: Güglingen, Landkreis Heilbronn, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Kristian

August 22, 2025

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Memorial plaque to Katharina Kepler, who was arrested as a witch on August 7, 1620, and brought to Güglingen. The embarrassing trial is dated August 20, 1621. The 73-year-old Katharina spent 14 months in chains. When she was finally shown the instruments of torture to force a confession, she remained steadfast, "and even if they were to pull every vein out of her body, she would still have nothing to confess... she would even die." In October 1621, her son, Johannes Kepler, secured her release, and the trial ended in acquittal.

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Sandsteinklippe

November 21, 2020

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On a house wall on Maulbronner Straße, opposite the Herzogskelter, there is an epitaph commemorating the Güglingen witch trial against Johannes Kepler's mother, Katharina Kepler. The trial lasted six years …

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Anja ex Pago Creichgouue

November 30, 2020

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Katharina Kepler was transferred to Güglingen at the insistence of her son Christoph von Leonberg, who was also suffering from his mother's trial. In Güglingen, Katharina was again transferred from the tower prison to the town servant's room at the children's request, where she was chained and guarded by two guards. Katharina had to cover the costs of the transfer herself. The town servant also charged exorbitant heating costs and meat rations, which an old woman with bad teeth could barely eat.

Source: Katharina Kepler - How to Make a Witch. In: Provocative Women by Dorothea Keuler (2011).

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