Skin iron

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A fur iron is a mostly leather rucksack , as it used to be carried by craftsmen on the sturgeon .

Postman with large fur iron (Paris Museum)

etymology

In the economic encyclopedia of Krünitz from the years 1773-1858 it is already stated about the origin of the word Felleisen:

Many have believed that this word is composed of fur and iron, because this kind of sack is now not only made from fur, but is actually kept with iron. But since this word in Ital. Valigia, in French. Valise, in Old France. Fouillouse, and in middle lat. Vallegia reads, so others have directed it with more rights, regardless of the origin of these words, too, is still obscure.

Even more recent lexicons confirm that the Middle High German derivation of the term does not come from fur , but from French valise (= suitcase).

The pronunciation of "Felleisen" in Middle High German and still today in the Alemannic-speaking area is vel – īsä .

Nature and use

The skin iron was mainly used by the wandering craftspeople while they were traveling. It was a kind of travel sack or knapsack that was laced and often had straps so that it could be fastened to the back. It contained all the essentials that the porter needed and couldn't fit in the bread bag (bread bag).

According to Krünitz's encyclopedia, it was a satchel, satchel, ... a riding bag, or a small sack, to hang over the shoulders, mostly covered with smoked leather or furs, and locked with an iron rod or a chain, all sorts of utensils on the To keep travel in it.

The craftsmen's skin irons were replaced by the Charlottenburger , a square cloth. Over time, the journeymen were no longer allowed to enter certain cities with the fur-covered knapsack, as the fur iron, so the reasoning, usually offered ideal conditions for lice and diseases.

Felleisen the mail rider

Mail rider with fur iron as herald of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648

At the post office, a skin iron was the name given to the container in which the letters were placed. It was locked, covered with iron and handed over to a mail rider for transportation to the nearest horse changing station . At the destination, the skin iron was opened and the letters inside were forwarded to the recipients. This makes the Postfelleisen a forerunner of the later mailbag .

Quote

In the folk song Auf du young Wanderer ... about the customs of journeyman journeys it says in the fourth stanza :

If it carries Felleisen on its back, it
carries it over a thousand bridges;

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: Felleisen  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Keyword: Felleisen
  2. ↑ dtv-Lexikon from 1976, Volume 8, page 99
  3. ↑ Keyword: Felleisen
  4. ^ "Felleisen" (from Mittellat. Valisia, ital. Valigia, French. Valise), a kind of travel sack or satchel, especially that of the wandering craft boys in earlier times, In: Peter-Hug.ch (Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1888)