1. A marking device for marking containers, said marking device comprising: at least one device for receiving measured feature data of a container and/or one or more container configurations, where said measured feature data is determined by a measuring device, where the measured feature data has been compared with at least one predetermined criterion, and where said received measured feature data relates to at least one criterion of several predetermined criteria that said container and/or said one or more container configurations do not satisfy in that the measured feature fails to satisfy the at least one predetermined criterion; at least one device for creating marking data based on the received measured feature data, where said marking data represents the received measured feature data in order to indicate by said marking data which of said several predetermined criteria said container and/or said one or more container configurations do not satisfy; and at least one device for physically applying at least one marking onto said container, where said at least one marking is based on said marking data, and the at least one applied marking data allows an unambiguous allocation of the received measured feature data; wherein said at least one criterion relates to at least one of: faults regarding bottom side walls and/or sealing surface of said container; surface wear of said container; filling level; placement of the closure; application of the label; and foreign material in said container.