Window beer washer
As a window Beer discs are called small-scale, often consisting of only one piece of glass panes which are sometimes painted with the coat of arms, a house brand name only with a scenic view and were originally mounted with lead cames as part of a larger window. The name is due to a custom in northern Germany that friends and neighbors worshiped such panes of glass for the client to complete a building or to install new windows and to expect extensive hospitality, the so-called window beer. The custom of giving away coats of arms and windows was probably widespread throughout the German-speaking area, the southern German and Swiss panes have a similar origin. In Bremen by the middle of the 16th century the giving away of windows had reached such an extent that the council considered it necessary to control such waste. On the other hand, the council regularly gave gifts of honor in the form of glass council coats of arms to deserving citizens, mostly in connection with a new building or renovation. The merchant's elderly people felt the same way . The unspoken rule was that donations were only made to equals or subordinate persons and corporations. Elsewhere, the prohibition of luxury was only directed against the prevailing diners on the occasion of window gifts, such as in Hildesheim in 1665. According to the medieval time since high state of stained glass art had both the enamel colors as well as with Schwarzlot be baked plotted lines and writings on the window panes of beer in special ovens, to be weatherproof. In addition to technical knowledge, the glaziers, who in some places formed a guild unit with the painters, also had extensive heraldic knowledge.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The historical terms window beer and window food for these inns have so far only been proven for northern Dithmarschen ( Landesmuseum Dithmarschen ). However, the name window beer discs is used today for corresponding objects from all over northern and eastern Germany.
- ↑ Focke, p. 50
- ↑ The practice continued from 1577 until the 18th century, often with sets of 28 coats of arms, one for each councilor.
- ↑ Focke, p. 64.
- ↑ Hildesheim Window Beer Ordinance of 1665
literature
- Johann Focke : The custom of giving windows in Bremen . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch, ISSN 0341-9622, Vol. 18 (1896), pp. 49-76 ( online ).
- Kai Reinbold: Window beer glasses from Warendorf . In: open air magazine. Messages from the LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold (issue 4, 2009), Detmold 2009, pp. 50–55, ISSN 1863-8740 ( online ).
- Otto Lauffer: Low German peasant life in glass pictures of the recent centuries . Berlin, Leipzig 1936.
- Franz Carl Lipp: Painted glasses. Folk world of images on old glass. History and technology . Munich 1973.
- Elisabeth von Witzleben: Painted panes of glass. Folk life on cabinet and beer slices . Munich 1977.