Wednesday 7. May 2025 to Tuesday 17. June 2025

unschuldig schuldig - Theatertour zum letzten grossen Zuger Hexenprozess

Art & Architecture, Customs & history

röm.-kath Kirche St. Oswald , Zug

  • Date 7/5/2025  19:00 - 20:30
    18/5/2025  13:00 - 14:30
    1/6/2025  13:00 - 14:30
    17/6/2025  19:00 - 20:30
  • Additional time information The tour lasts approx. 80 minutes.
    The tour is possible in all weather conditions except storms.
  • City röm.-kath Kirche St. Oswald , Zug
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  • Price CHF 20.00
  • Ticketing Reservations by email: maria.greco@databaar.ch or 041 760 81 64 (answering machine)
  • Category City tour, History
  • Target groups Admission from 12 years, Also recommended for groups / companys

Theater tour of the last great witch trial of 1737/1738

The canton of Zug has a truly rich historical past.
However, there are always dark chapters that are not so readily opened. One such chapter
are the witch trials, which were carried out in large numbers in the canton of Zug.  
innocent guilty is a theater tour on the trail of the last major witch trial in the
canton of Zug. Katharina Kalbacher, known as "Schlifferlin", a young woman of around 16 years of age, appeared before the
before the Zug magistrate on August 7, 1737 and accused herself of witchcraft. With her
self-incrimination, she triggered the last major witch trial in central Switzerland.

As narrator, the Baar storyteller Maria Greco paints a picture of the trial: The
Katharina Kalbacher and her co-defendants, from prison to the place of execution.
execution site. Various people have their say and describe the situation surrounding the
around the trial, with inserts from the interrogation transcripts: From the defendants,
the judge, the executioner and even Paracelsus and his theory of witchcraft.
witchcraft, it provides an insight into the situations surrounding the trial from various angles
and the persecution of witches in general.
A piece of Zug's forgotten history.  

With registration: maria.greco@databaar.ch or 041 760 81 64


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