Sachsengrab (Saxons’ Grave)

Nr. on the small map: 6 (Miltenberg)
On April 12th, 1814, 62 soldiers of the light infantry „Banner der freiwilligen Sachsen” (Banner of Voluntary Saxons) and three local ferrymen died when the overloaded ferry capsized. The soldiers were on their way to France to fight Napoleon, but were delayed – not only due to the accident.

The disaster is one of the most serious naval accidents on German rivers.

Count Emich Carl of Leiningen donated the memorial. (His wife was a Princess of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld).