Sentinel
Schildwache (Middle High German: Schiltwache ( -waht (e) ), Schildwacht, Posten , French Sentinelle, Factionnaire), actually the guard standing in front of each guard in front of the rifle, who formerly had to guard the shields and weapons hung here ; in the broader sense, every single item posted in garrison and camp service.
The sentinels are inviolable because they represent the authority of the state and can use their weapons against anyone who assaults them or who defies their orders, if they have no other means of enforcing obedience. A sentry guard may never let go of the weapon, move further from the post than is expressly ordered, talk to anyone, do not sit down, eat, drink, accept presents or with anyone unless required by duty so on.
Street names
In Frankfurt-Griesheim there is In der Schildwacht , in Hilpoltstein- Hofstetten the name An der Schildwacht , a Schildwachtstrasse in Bad Rappenau , a Schildwachtweg in Geislingen an der Steige and the river Schildwachtbach in Mannebach ; all in Germany.
