Beware of the witch by iaacf

Photography • Urban/Cityscape • posted on Feb 03, 2008

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Thank you for your comments on my also very white posting. This is the city of Oudewater. The building on the left is called Heksenwaag.. which means something like 'place were witches are to be measured'. In fact from the 16th till the 18th Century the building was used for this purpose. The weight of the women discovered their ideentity. 'To light' meant this could be a witch. To be very sure on this point lots of women were bound after they had been measured. Than they had to be thrown in the water in front of the building. When they drawned it was clear that they were no witch.. but when they floated on the water it was very clear they had to be a witch. No need to say what the result of this treatment usually was. Also very white

Comments (20)

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danob

4:31PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

A great shot of this old place Oskar the Netherlands own version of a leaning tower

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durleybeachbum

4:33PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

We have the same tradition, the 'Ducking Stool'. Victoria Beckham would be unlucky if we still did it!

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helanker

4:34PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

Yes it is indeed a beautiful place. Lovely colors and light there :)))

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tennesseecowgirl

5:15PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

interesting history.. and nice photo

vlaaitje

6:01PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

wat een prachtig plaatje, echt Hollands

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afugatt

6:55PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

Beautiful!

MrsLubner

7:23PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

A sad place to be sure. The test for a witch varied in different places but the drowning test was pretty standard.

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hotracer2

10:05PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

Looks to be a nice place to live, nice compo:):):)

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toddaking

10:20PM | Sun, 03 February 2008

Excellent picture. Todd

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niek

1:17AM | Mon, 04 February 2008

Ik ben er , een tijd geleden ook gewogen!......geen heks!! groet, Niek

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kgb224

7:08AM | Mon, 04 February 2008

Excellent capture.

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CavalierLady

7:50AM | Mon, 04 February 2008

Very beautiful architecture and fascinating history. Looks like there were witch hunts all over the world during that period of history. Nicely done and thanks for the narrative.

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