Broad stone
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The broad stone describes the narrow stone surface in the middle of the streets that were not yet paved at the beginning of the 19th century, which should make the street reasonably passable in bad weather. In Halle in particular , it was a privilege claimed and recognized by the boys over the citizens and foxes to walk on the wide stone while the others had to evade ( Gossenrecht ).
The question of the behavior of two fellow boys was a problem discussed in many comments around 1830 . This is what the line from the well-known student song " O old Burschenherrlichkeit " refers to :
- Where are they, those of the broad stone?
- Didn't waver and not give way?
The Halle Seniors' Convent stipulated in the SC Comment of May 12, 1799:
“The student's honor in no way suffers when he leaves the broad stone. No one sets himself in greater esteem by asserting the same. "
literature
- Rudolf Neugebauer: The broad stone . Once and Now, Yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research, Vol. 43 (1998), pp. 307-310.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hall a. S., in: 14 of the oldest SC comments . Once and now, special issue 1967, p. 15.