Casino company

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Casino companies were founded as social associations after the bourgeois revolution in France . The name is derived from the Italian word casinó , which means "venue". Mostly they represented an association of male representatives of the bourgeois upper class ( civil servants , officers , clergy , landowners , manufacturers , doctors , business people ) in a city and were used for leisure activities . Mostly people gathered around a pool table in a local pub . In addition to billiards and card games, the latest news was discussed. Casino companies thus became important centers of communication for the emerging middle class in the 19th century. Quite often the discussions also ended in initiatives to improve the living environment. Ballrooms, sports facilities , parks and open-air swimming pools can also be traced back to the activities of casino companies. The "Casino Cologne, an association of educated and agreeable men" was founded in 1809 under the name "Societé". Members of the Cologne Casino Society were among the co-founders and leading members of the Rose Monday Society , to which the Cologne Carnival goes back. Today, the name “casino company” is often synonymous with a building in which such a company once operated. With the DC circuit during National Socialism , most casino companies took first on. In many cities, the historic casino buildings were regained after being re-established. The societies have evolved and are in the process of regaining their old importance on a national scale.

Well-known casino companies

(sorted by place)

  • Club Aachener Casino (since 1805)
  • Casino Society Basel (since 1808)
  • Casino company in Berlin from 1786
  • Casino-Gesellschaft Birkenfeld (re-established 1961)
  • Casino zu Coblenz (since 1808)
  • Casino zu Dortmund company (founded in 1812)
  • Casino Duisburg company (since 1858)
  • Casino Elberfeld company, today Wuppertal (since 1805)
  • Casinogesellschaft Urlaubregion Freinsheim 2000 eV
  • Frankfurt Casino Society (founded 1802)
  • Casino company Herisau (founded 1837)
  • Casino Society Idar eV (founded on November 29, 1856)
  • Casino Society Cologne 1809
  • Casino Society Leverkusen eV (since 1901)
  • Casino company Melsungen (since 1838)
  • Gesellschaft Casino eV Mülheim an der Ruhr (verifiable since 1816, probably founded in 1792)
Blankette of a share of 25 thalers in the Neuwied casino company dated March 1, 1851
  • Casino company Neuwied since 1799
  • Obersteiner Citizen Casino
  • Casino Society Oldenburg (since 1785)
  • Saarbrücken Casino Society (since 1796)
  • Casino company Solingen (since 1840)
  • Casino zu Trarbach 1810 eV
  • Casinogesellschaft eV Trier (since 1818)
  • Casinogesellschaft Weinheim 1812 eV (since 1812)
  • Wiesbaden Casino Society (since 1816)
  • Casino Society Warburg eV (founded 1839)
  • Casino Witten company (founded 1864)
  • Casino Society Wittlich 1858 eV
  • Casino Company Zweibrücken (founded 1813)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Italian for mathematicians: 3rd False Friends , May 2006
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Quante: Casinogesellschaft vacation region Freinsheim April 2006
  3. ↑ quoted from: The Rhine journey from Mainz to Cologne. Historically, topographically, painterly edit. v. Joh. August Klein, Koblenz 1828, as well as Schnabel's report by v. February 21, 1833 to Interior Minister von Brenn, in: GStA PK, I. HA Rep. 77, Tit. 499, No. 6, Vol. 1, p. 69, quoted from Christina Frohn, “A great striving becomes commendable, if it is short and meaningful ”- CARNIVAL IN COLOGNE, DÜSSELDORF AND AACHEN 1823 - 1914 pp. 50, 258
  4. ↑ Wiesbadener Casino-Gesellschaft: Wiesbadener Casino-Gesellschaft ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.casino-gesellschaft.de
  5. ^ Casino Gesellschaft Radeburg , 1825 - 1934, files in the Radeburg city archive, last entry v. October 28, 1934 - Theodor Schubert, Secretary
  6. ↑ Bernd Brinkmann: The casino society is older. Old documents lead to new knowledge, in: Mülheimer Jahrbuch 2007, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2006 . ( academia.edu [accessed February 1, 2019]).