Doruchów witch trial
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The Doruchów witch trial was a witch trial which took place in the village of Doruchów in Poland in the 18th century.[1] It was the last mass trial of sorcery and witchcraft in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The trial allegedly resulted in the execution of 14 women in 1775, and led to the ban on witch burning in Poland.[1][2] However, a reassessment of the original documentation places the trial in 1783, with 6 victims, and having no effect on any of the laws concerning witch burning.[3]