page_title: Katharine Weißgerber
section_title: Battle of Spichern
hierarchical_section_title: Katharine Weißgerber / Battle of Spichern
caption_attribution_description: English: The Arrival of King Wilhelm I in Saarbrücken on 9th August 1870 Deutsch: Ankunft König Wilhelms I. in Saarbrücken am 9. August 1870. Saarbrücken war zu Anfang des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges von den Franzosen besetzt worden. Drei Tage nach der Erstürmung der Spicherer Höhen zog der preußische König siegreich in Saarbrücken ein.
context_page_description: Katharine Weissgerber, also known as Schultze Kathrin and the Good Samaritan of the Battle of Spichern, was a 19th-century German humanitarian.
  Katharine Weißgerber for her courage and their commitment during the Battle of Spichern on the Spicher Heights was awarded in Saarbrücken the Cross of Merit for women and virgins.
context_section_description: France declared war on Prussia on July 19, 1870, French troops crossed the border near Saarbrucken the same day and bombarded the city on July 28. On 2 August, the French troops invaded the city of Schwarenholz. Katharine Weißgerber brought an injured person to safety and sought a priest for the dying in a hail of bullets.
  Prussian troops arrived and began the counter-offensive on 6 August. In the middle of the fray, Katharine Weißgerber took care of the wounded soldiers of both nations. Her work was reported to the Prussian King Wilhelm, who awarded her the Cross of Merit for women and virgins (i.e. unmarried women).
caption: Farbskizze zu „The arrival of King Wilhelms I. in Saarbrücken on 9. August 1870“ (Deutsches Historisches Museum)
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