Bembel
A bellied jug made from Westerwald stoneware , which is used in restaurants in southern Hesse for serving cider , is called a Bembel . Bembels are traditionally made by hand in the Westerwald in the Kannenbäckerland . They have a salt glaze in gray color, mostly with blue patterns, and preferably show certain irregularities in shape and glaze as a result of the manual production. In the past, the bembels were also provided with a tin lid.
History and origin of the word
At the beginning of the 19th century, beer was referred to as beer in the Yenish language . In 1857 Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld believed she recognized the demon Silen in a trumpet in Ragusa Vecchia: “Then we still have the trumpet. It was under this peculiar name that Silenus presided over the Bacchanalia of Epidaurus. ”The Bembel is mentioned as a vessel in 1893 in the book“ Humorous Memoirs of an Old Frankfurter ”by Johann Jacob Frieß.
The origin of his name is not clear. One theory says that the term is derived from the word "bomb" and was given to the vessel because of its rounded shape. Another theory derives the name from the word "bambeln", ie "dangling". Bembels are still hung on hooks by the handle in cider taverns. The digital dictionary of the German language (DWDS) defines "Bembel, Bämpel" as Südwestddt. Expression for "sth. Dangling, bell handle ”. This expression has also been used for wine jugs since the 19th century. The view is also held that the name is derived from the Latin "pampinus" (German: young shoot of the vine), which was the origin of the term "pampel". In the 17th century, students called their wine vessel a pomelo.
The bulbous vessel developed from the Frankfurter Kanne, a traditional vessel in wine taverns, and from the classic jug . The Bembel has taken its bulbous shape from the jug, the neck shape, the spout and the handle from the Frankfurt jug. The Bembel is also used as a flower vase, as confirmed by the still life of the Frankfurt-based painter Erich Grube (1890–1952).
Sizes
General
The different sizes are usually named after their volume, measured on the content as the number of glasses, for example 4, 8, 12 or 24 bembels. In traditional restaurants, the so-called ribbed glass holds 0.3 liters, but nowadays "shit glasses" with a capacity of 0.25 liters are often used, so that a 4-bottle can contain 1 or 1.2 liters of cider, depending on the restaurant.
Special sizes
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the world's largest bembel was made in 2012 in the Westerwald in Höhr-Grenzhausen and the matching pouring device ( loafers ) was made in Offenbach . It holds 670 liters and weighs 300 kilograms. He is 1.69 m high and has a circumference of 3.26 m.
On August 4, 2013, it was transported on a train from the Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum , pulled by the steam locomotive 52 4867 of the Frankfurt Historical Railway , over the Brexbachtalbahn to Frankfurt am Main to the “Äppelwoifest”. In 1908 there was a Bembel in a restaurant in Frankfurt-Bornheim that held 3600 bottles . It had a volume of between 1080 liters when calculating with a bottle size of 0.3 liter glasses or 900 liters with a bottle size of 0.25 liter glasses. This bembel was also a showpiece. However, it was not a real earthenware membrane, but a concrete replica .
properties
Traditional bombs have their thickest point roughly in the middle, not towards the neck, and they have a gentle transition from the belly to the neck so that the contents can be poured out easily without spilling over. The narrow neck does not or only slightly protrudes outwards. Traditional shapes in particular have a visibly delimited, almost cylindrical base. Bembels are painted with stylized apple branches or wreaths, not with floral ornaments. Cracked bembels were previously protected from further breaking with wire ties and used again. The Bembel are often sold by cider presses with their name or labeled with the name of the cider bar.
Larger bembels are occasionally used in “lazy people” in restaurants. These are wrought-iron or wooden frames that make pouring out of the heavy earthenware vessels easier thanks to a tilting mechanism pivoted in the center of gravity.
The Bembel became known beyond Hesse primarily through the television program Zum Blauen Bock with Otto Höpfner and later Heinz Schenk , in which the guests of the show were given a Bembel as a souvenir.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frankfurt interactive: Der Bembel , accessed on November 12, 2012
- ^ DWDS: Bembel
- ↑ The world's largest Bembel is from the Westerwald
- ↑ Videos about the world's largest bembel
- ↑ Steam locomotive 23 042 on the Brex
- ↑ The world's largest Bembel arrived with a steam locomotive
- ↑ We Bernemer had the greatest ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
