The Source:
Karen Lambrecht:
"Tabu und Tod - Männer als Opfer frühzeitlicher Verfolgungswellen"
in: Ingrid Ahrendt-Schultze (ed.) "Geschlecht, magie und Hexenverfolgung", 2002
The Case:
"Georg Eichner, ein 1709 gestorbener Wiedergänger aus Reimswaldau (poln. Rybnica Lesna) verging sich bevorzugt an Frauen. Seine eigene Frau wurde verhaftet und verhört. Auch andere Frauen mußten ihre Aussagen machen. Nach zweimaliger Exhumierung wurde er schließlich verbrannt."
This more or less translates into:
"Georg Eichner, a revenant from Reimswaldau (polish Rybnica Lesna) who died in 1709, preferred to bother women. His own wife was arrested and questioned. Other women too had to give their testimony. After he had been exhumed twice, he was finally cremated."
The Date:
The undead man is reported to have died in 1709.
The Place:
Reimswaldau has been renamed to Rybnica Lesna. It can be found South of Lubin close to the border of the Czech Republic.
Possible Follow-Up:
Go read Karen Lambrecht's interesting article and try to trace back and find her sources.
© 2012 by Rob Brautigam - NL - Last changed 17 February 2012
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