Marigje Arriens

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Marigje Arriens (born in Poederoijen in ca. 1520 - died in Schoonhoven, 18 December 1591), was an alleged Dutch witch and one of the more known victims of the witch hunt in the Netherlands.

Arriens was judged gulity of sorcery and sentenced to be burned alive at the stake, often mentioned as one of the last people executed for sorcery in the Netherlands, a country where the witch hunt ended earlier than in many other European countries. One of the reasons for this misconception was, that the year of her death had long been confused and believed to be 1597 instead of 1591. In reality, there were several people in the Netherlands executed for sorcery after her; the last people executed for sorcery in the Netherlands were Anna Muggen, burned at the stake in Gorinchem in 1608, and Triene Lancheldes in 1613.