Leijn Weckx the Well Witch

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In 1725 Leijn Weckx was convicted as a witch. She was charged with arson and enchanting horses, beasts, children and other persons. The verdict read: "cutting off the right hand, followed by strangulation and body burning." On the way to the execution site, however, she managed to escape. She wandered around on the heath for some time and then suddenly disappeared. According to legend, she disappeared into the ground. Later this was interpreted as 'in the subsoil of the mine' and was given the name Putheks. In the miners' environment there is a belief that she was the cause of everything that went wrong in the mine.

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Source: Lannoo

Lannoo

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