Farmer's stick
The farmer Stock is a Altdithmarscher landmark . It is also called the peasant staff. The function was the transmission of messages in the village, especially the invitations to the meeting, also known earlier as the farmers' meeting. The notices / messages were put in a leather bag attached to the cane and so on. In Agethorst a stick, “De Burstock”, from 1757 is kept.
In the crest of Offenbüttel this for centuries in is farmers BEEN in use pieces displayed. He's a mean figure in heraldry .
The farmer's stick has been honored in the city of Marne . It has been used as a badge for high school graduates since 1930 . The female high school graduates as a pendant on a chain, and the male high school graduates as a pin, receive this endowment from the Mayor of Marn for the graduation ceremony.
An old peasant staff is kept in the city museum of Marne in Dithmarschen.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Otto Müller: A trademark protection process around 1500. In: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for legal history . German Department. Vol. 55, 1935, pp. 244-262, here p. 245.