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Thursday, 9 July 2015

Witches And Artists

The church of Saint Sebastian, Friesenhagen . . .

Opposite the church are two more Fachwerkhäuser, or half-timbered houses . . .

On Blumenberg ('hill of flowers') above Friesenhagen lies the chapel of Saint Anna. It looks peaceful enough today, but on this very spot around 400 years ago 200 women were branded as witches and executed . . .

The meadows and forests of Wildenburgerland, at the northern tip of Rheinland-Pfalz . . .

The artist Barbara Weiss stands in front of her mural at an art exhibition in Geisweid, a suburb of Siegen 20 km east of Friesenhagen . . .

The city of Siegen, birthplace of Peter Paul Rubens . . .