13th–14th centuries
Black Death massacres in Switzerland
1349·Winterthour
Toll
inconnu
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
the community burned
The community of Winterthur was burned during the Black Death.
As in Zurich, Saint-Gall, and Schaffhausen, the massacre was preceded by interrogations under torture, whose transcripts were copied and sent to neighboring towns to serve as evidence.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Suisse
Sources
Actes des procès suisses ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.