Where do superstitions come from?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

By 'the Catholics' I mean the church establishment of said sect.

Oh, okay! And when were they kicked out exactly?

Here's a bit on majorities in 1610:

http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/germany_1610.htm

Pete

Pretty much confirms that, about a century after Luther broke with Rome, the Lutherans were a small component of the total picture in 1610 too, mostly in Saxony and dominant only there and in Wurtemberg.

John