Turko Graves

In the Turkogräbern are buried five French colonial soldiers who fell in 1870 at the Battle of Weissenburg.
A fence marks the graves.
See also: pwv-schaidt.de/wanderwege/kleiner-westwallrundweg/turkograeber/index.html

Here are five Turkos, members of colonial troops from North Africa, who were killed by the French in the war of 1870/71. The PWV Schaidt maintains this memorial.

The first battle took place nearby when the Prussians, with allies and around 50,000 soldiers, moved against France and only met 7,500 French who fought for half a day. Mercenaries from Africa were also injured. Since nobody in the area felt responsible for a funeral, the corpses were buried here in a night-and-fog operation by the people responsible for the hospital. Long later, the community of Schaidt resisted moving the fallen and showing a little decency. After a long discussion, the community finally agreed to at least take care of the graves. According to Marianne, that was probably handed over to the PWV.
A magical and thought-provoking place. Of the two people from Africa known by name, one was allowed to be 20 years old, the other only 19 years old.