From March to the end of April 1648, the French army camped on the Hefte (pasture area on a plateau).
According to estimates, there were 5,000 infantry, 5,000 horsemen and 5,000 horses. In addition, there were a few 100 supply vehicles with personnel.
With a notebook area of approx. 3 square kilometers, approx. 16 square meters (4x4m) were available per person.
One had learned from the mistakes of May 1645 at Herbsthausen.
The new camp site had only 4 access routes that were easily controlled.
Marshal Turenne and his officers' staff billeted at Markelsheim. Obviously the French loved the Tauber Valley.
Probably the lovely wine, the good food and the Taubertal girls. Already from March to the end of April 1645 they had been billeted in Mergentheim.
After the French left, the Wildentierbach complained that the place had been plundered and the cattle requisitioned.
If you consider that 250g of meat/sausage was required per person per day, then 10 cattle had to be slaughtered per day.
With a storage time of 60 days (March+April) this was about 600 cattle.
This means that not only the cattle in Wildentierbach, but also in many surrounding villages were confiscated.
At the end of April, the army moved to Zusmarshausen (the last major battle of the Thirty Years' War in Germany).
At the same time, the allied Swedish army was camped in the Windsheimer Gau.