Sauvegarde
The Sauvegarde (French for protection guard, also Italian Salvaguardia ) was called a protection guard until the beginning of the 20th century , which a troop leader granted individual persons, houses, corporations and other institutions in enemy territory in order to protect them against looting and abuse by his soldiers. The Sauvegarde was seen as inviolable, an offense against them was punished with increased punishment. Members of a Sauvegarde were not allowed to be made prisoners of war .
"Sauvegarde" was also the name of the letter of protection issued for this purpose, similar to a letter of protection .
Sauvegarden became superfluous due to the provisions of the Hague Land Warfare Regulations .
A Salvaguardia , which was supposed to protect the post offices of the Imperial Post Office from enemy attacks in times of war , was often issued on the orders of the Emperor.
During the Thirty Years' War , the expression salva guardia was also used for passes that were supposed to guide merchants through the front lines.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on contemporary reference works on the Sauvegarde at Zeno.org
- ↑ See for example Martin Dallmeier, Sources for the history of the European postal system 1501-1806, Part II, Urkunden-Regesten , Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1977, p. 117.
- ↑ http://www.adelsrecht.de/Lexikon/S/Salva_Guardia/salva_guardia.html