Mountain blacksmith

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Hut house, mountain blacksmiths and horse pegs from the former Markus-Röhling-Stolln mine in Frohnau

The mountain blacksmith was a craftsman who forged the tools required for mining out of iron. He was subject to mountain jurisdiction , which earned him special privileges, but also special duties.

Duties and privileges

The duties and privileges of the mountain blacksmith were regulated in the Bergschmiedeordnung. If a mountain blacksmith wanted to take the master's examination, he had to make either a scraper or a wedge as an examination piece . He also had to fog a mountain bucket and a water jug. After passing the master's examination of Bergschmied before had Bergamt the Bergschmiedeeid speak. With the oath he solemnly vowed that he would deliver the mining equipment in the best condition and would not misappropriate old or new iron. If a mine had a lot of blacksmithing to do, it could rent its own blacksmithing from the mining authority. The mountain blacksmith's place was the workshop in which the mountain blacksmith brought the necessary mining equipment, such as B. the tough , forged. The Bergschmiede shelter like all mining houses and Huthäuser the mountain jurisdiction. The mountain blacksmith also had certain tax exemptions and as a special privilege he had a limited license to drink in some countries. He was allowed to serve the miners and the carters with beer and brandy as a “refreshment drink”.

pay

The miner's wages were usually set by the mining authority. However, the payment was regulated quite differently. In some countries the mountain blacksmith got a fixed wage for his work, which corresponded to the thing of a double hunter. But there were also countries in which the pay of the mountain blacksmith was regulated differently. He was there for forging, sharpening and hardening the Gezähes a certain week charge that it was dependent on how many Häuer were working in the mine. Newly manufactured recovery irons or fists were specially remunerated.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Christoph Stößel (Ed.): Mining dictionary. Chemnitz 1778.
  2. ↑ a b c Johann Samuel Schröter: Mineral and mining dictionary on frames, words and things from mineralogy and mining science. First volume, by Barrentrapp and Wenner, Frankfurt am Main 1789.
  3. ^ HA Pierer (ed.): Universal - Lexikon or complete encyclopedic dictionary. Third volume, Altenburg 1835.
  4. ^ A b c Carl Friedrich Richter: Latest mountain and hut lexicon. First volume, Kleefeldsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1805.
  5. ↑ a b Swen Rinmann: General mining dictionary . First part, Fr. Chr. W. Vogel, Leipzig 1808, pp. 719–723.
  6. ^ Heinrich Veith: German mountain dictionary with evidence. Published by Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau 1871.
  7. ^ Carl Langheld: The conditions of the miners in the Saxon shelf mining. Published by JG Engelhardt, Freiberg 1855, p. 34.

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