True crime · 02.05.1640
Kongla Ann, the Pada witch buried outside the churchyard
Kongla Ann, Pada nõid, kes maeti kirikaia taha
In 1640 Hermann Billingshausen, lord of Pada manor, accused Kongla Ann of killing his small child by witchcraft: her daughter was the baby's nurse, Ann visited one evening, and by morning the child was dead. On 2 May a court sent by the governor questioned her at Pada. Ann confessed to returning as an invisible dog, to roaming as a werewolf and to setting Varudi manor alight as a whirlwind. She was sentenced to death, and because a witch could not lie in consecrated ground she was buried beyond the churchyard wall. A memorial stone was unveiled there behind Viru-Nigula churchyard in 1990.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1640. aastal süüdistas Pada mõisnik Hermann Billingshausen Kongla Anni oma väikese lapse surmanõidumises: Anni tütar oli lapse amm, Ann käis õhtul tütart vaatamas ja hommikuks oli laps surnud. 2. mail tuli kuberneri saadetud kohus Pada mõisa teda üle kuulama. Ann tunnistas, et oli naasnud nähtamatu koerana, käinud libahundiks ja süüdanud tuulispasana Varudi mõisa. Ta mõisteti surma ning kuna nõida ei tohtinud kirikaeda matta, maeti ta aia taha. 1990. aastal avati Viru-Nigula kirikaia taga tema mälestuskivi.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Kongla Ann (after O. W. Masing, Marahwa Näddala-Leht, 1825) ↗