In the winter of 1140, the fortress of Weinsberg in Germany was forced to surrender. King Conrad, who had laid siege to the castle, decreed that the women might leave freely, but only with what they could carry upon their shoulders.
When the gates opened, the king’s soldiers expected them to bear gold, silver, and treasures. Instead, each woman carried her husband or a man of the town upon her back.
Moved by their loyalty and wisdom, the king allowed it. Thus the men of Weinsberg were saved—not by armies or weapons, but by the love and devotion of their wives.
"Faithfulness is the cornerstone of love, without which it cannot endure.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
PS this legend appears to have emerged decades after the actual real siege took place, but it lifts my heart so I include the tale to raise your spirit too!
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