Dietrich Flade (died 1589) was a German lawyer, judge and educator. He was one of the most known victims of the

Trier witch trials The Witch Trials of Trier took place in the independent Catholic diocese of Trier in the Holy Roman Empire in present day Germany between 1581 and 1593, and were perhaps the largest documented witch trial in history in view of the executions. ...

.Der Fall des Trier Stadtschultheißen Dr. Dietrich Flade: Vom Hexenrichter zum Hexenmeister. In: Damals. Das Magazin für Geschichte und Kultur 6, 2002 He was active as a judge during the Trier witch trials until he himself was arrested and executed for sorcery.

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* {{Authority control 1589 deaths 16th-century executions in the Holy Roman Empire People executed by strangulation German people executed for witchcraft