Sombor

Settlement

The Three “Witches” of Sombor, 1758; Simeon Stojadinović and Four Witches

2 Legends

About the place

Sombor anchors two separate narratives in this research: The Three “Witches” of Sombor, 1758; Simeon Stojadinović and Four Witches. The point marks the settlement, not an invented exact scene.

Legends from this place

The Three “Witches” of Sombor, 17581758Three named healers faced the town magistrate beside an inventory of forty-six seized objects.No source citedRead the legend →
Simeon Stojadinović and Four Witches1764A twenty-six-year-old man claimed he could recognise fairies and women flying above Sombor.No source citedRead the legend →

History

Historical and alternative names used in searches: Zombor; Czoborszentmihály. Serbian, Hungarian, German, Croatian and Russian queries were compared, keeping documents, oral traditions and modern retellings separate.

The place today

Today Sombor serves as an honest geographic anchor when a source gives no street, house or microtoponym.

Visitor information

Use public roads and spaces. A settlement-centre marker is not permission to enter private property, unsafe ruins or closed religious buildings.