Geshe Meiburgias

One of a collection of illustrations of Austrian soldiers. Woman with helmet, halberd, musket on wall of fort with cannons, poem below. One of a collection of illustrations of Austrian soldiers. Woman with helmet, halberd, musket on wall of fort with cannons, poem below. Geshe Meiburg became known by the fact that at the heaviest siege in the history of the city of Brunswick by the troops of Duke Friedrich Ulrichs of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, in the early morning of 14 September 1615, together with several other Brunswick women, she actively participated in the fight against the besiegers and thus helped advance the city to preserve the conquest.