Diurnist
Above all in Austria, the title Diurnist referred to a person employed in administration on a daily allowance basis (Diurnum) who, as an official clerk, carried out the office work, kept records , made outgoing letters, so-called expeditions, and made copies of documents. In the Josephine Vienna diurnists were the subordinate officials of the numerous administrative offices, who enjoyed a certain reputation, but received only a modest salary. There were secretaries, registrants, adjuncts, draftspersons, protocolists, ingrossists, registrars, accessists, etc., who punctually every morning in the “ink castles” of the State Chancellery, Reich Chancellery, War Chancellery, Austro-Bohemian Chancellery, Hungarian-Transylvanian Chancellery, Dutch Chancellery, Supreme Judicial Office , Münze, Oberst-Rechenkammer, Religious Commission, Study Commission and in the town hall did their work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden online: "Diurnum"
- ↑ Community of Wald: 800 Years of Wald , Meßkirch 2008.
- ↑ Rudi Palla : The lexicon of the lost professions From skinner to Zokelmacher. Eichborn GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt am Main 1994