Katharina Henot

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Katharina Henot, (1570-1627), was an alleged German witch, burned at the stake for sorcery in Cologne in Germany. She is one of the more known German victims of the witch hunt.

Katharina Henot was a known and influential citizen in Cologne. Together with her brother, Harger Henot, she had inherited the postal office from her father and worked as the perhaps first female postmaster in Germany.

In 1627, a nun in the convent in the city had become "obsessed". Rumors pointed out Henot, and the commission of the archbishop arrested both Henot and her brother and accused them of having caused several cases of death and sickness in the convent by use of magic.

Henot refused to admit anything even under torture, but was in spite of this judged guilty and sentenced to be burned alive at the stake for sorcery. Later research has established the opinion that Henot was the victim of a conspiracy from the authorities of the city.

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