Poor swallower
The phrase Poor Schlucker possibly refers to the meaning of Schlucker in the 15th and 16th centuries. Century back in the sense of the Schlemmer : If he has nothing more to feast on, he is poor .
The phrase already existed at Hans Sachs :
- I walk across the felt
- the winter cold I have no luck,
- where should I go, poor sucker
- keep the after winter home.
In Austria , however, this play on words is attributed to the Allander Waldamt master builder Philipp Schlucker (1748–1820).
In the reign of Emperor Joseph II from 1782 to 1787, he built the 22-kilometer wall around the Lainzer Tiergarten at a sixth of the price of the competition from the City of Vienna - following a public tender . The Viennese population, influenced by the inferior competition, feared because of this alleged dumping price that he would go bankrupt . One therefore spoke of the poor swallower . But he completed the wall properly after five years of construction. The imperial family is said to have been so satisfied that it was awarded the title of “Forest Authority Builder”.
A legend tells that the builder Schlucker forgot to build some entrances to the zoo out of thrift. This led to a heavy fine on the part of the builder (emperor), which meant that Schlucker had to have the entrances rebuilt and was thus driven into ruin.
Around 1800 was by Philip eaters bell tower of the parish church Alland , who had inclined newly built and 1802 in Hafnerberg that still used road into Triestingtal built into the mountain, which - because of its serpentine which - as the local inn Small Semmering is called .
A street in the 13th district of Vienna is named after him.
Web links
- Lainzer Tiergarten in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
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- ↑ The Hans Sachs quote and the story of Philipp Schlucker are mentioned in the book "Wiener Spurensuche" by Thomas Mally and Robert Schediwy on page 101. Here: Viennese search for traces: disappeared… - Google books .