One of the many steps which King Griedrich took in the interest of safety and order in his country, was the installation of a regiment of cavalry. Johann Georg paid the expenses for the two troopers. stationed in Weinsberg-44 Gulden per trooper. During the Napoleon Wars, which brought so much distress for the people in Wuettemberg, many soldiers of different nations were quartered in johann Georg`s house. A grandson of Johann George, Fritz (IX,23) says: "My grandfather often told us about this time." The French soldiers were quite ' civil, but when the Russians came in 1813 the girls and ladies could not walk in the streets safely anymore. When they left again, people said "Leave, leave, you dogs, and travel 100 hours today, don't forget your swords, but also don't forget your lice'." No wonder that grandfather Johann Georg did not like them, his own wife could barely rescue herself into a house one time when a Cossack followed her.

In the following decades Weinsberg became a meeting place of many famous men and women. This was due to its new doctor, the Romantic poet Justinus Kerner, who had built his house at the foot of the Weibertreu (famous castle in Weinsberg). He was also the doctor of our family. The youngest of the family especially remembers a tame stork, which was often in the doctor's garden. A member of the younger generation, Fiederike Kreeb (IX,22) told her children many stories about the Kerner family and their guests. Among the guests Count Alexander of Wuettemberg had always made the strongest impression von the girl. As a girl, she and her friend had often sat on a bench near Kerner's house and had practiced songs. One time the poet had asked them in and they sang for his guests. To thank them he had invited the girls for hot chocolate and cake on the next day. Rosa Laiblin (X,57) of Hermannswerder, who told us these memories of her mother, had often been allowed to spend her vacations with her grandmother in Weinsberg.