The Heilbronn ensign deploys, German Peasants' War, woodcut, published 1891 - Stockillustratie

The Heilbronn ensign (troop) deploys: On April 18, 1525, the city council voluntarily surrendered the city of Heilbronn to the rebellious peasants. After plundering the Deutschhof and demanding money from ecclesiastical bodies, the peasants left the city again on April 20. A band of Heilbronn citizens joined the peasant army as a free flag. The fact that it marched through the countryside with the peasants without the city's colors and coat of arms later gave the council the opportunity to shift all responsibility for this ensign away from itself. Wood engraving based on a drawing by Victor Schivert Romanian-German painter, 1863 - 1929), published in 1891.