Raft hook
The raft hook ( raft hook ) is a tool used in wood rafting (wood drift) . It was the raftsman's universal tool. It is known in shipping as a boat hook .
Form and use
It is a piece of iron placed on a pole . This usually has a point and a barb.
The raftsman's hook was used to manipulate the floating logs, to build rafts, to steer the raft, to hold on to weir passages, to drive blocks, as well as to push, turn, turn, roll and lift the blocks . It was also used to keep balance when walking on the rafts.
The point is used to push away, the barb - similar to the sapie of the forest workers - to bring it closer; For turning on land, the turning hook is used , with the hook pointing in the other direction. In the river strip it was heavy and stable, 1½ to 4 meters long, the raft trees for rafting on the Main were even 3½ to 8 m long. In the Klaustrift, too, the tool bar was several meters long: weirs ( Klausen ) were built in smaller backwaters and the wood was collected in their backwaters. Then the weir was opened and the torrent carried the logs downstream. To the resulting Verklausungen (located verspreizende strains) to solve and must not be too deep descend into a gorge, we extended the rod. Working with the rafts hook was considered extremely dangerous.
Raft hooks are already documented from Roman times. In Bavaria it was known as Kronacher Haken , in other regions of Germany as Hinterhermsdorfer Flusshaken .
The use of the rafting hooks can still be seen today at demonstrations by rafting clubs, for example on the Ägerisee , canton Zug, drifting demonstrations in wild water, for example in the adventure world on the wood path in the Styrian Mendlingtal (near Lassing and Palfau in the Hochkar area), or in the wood drift and forest museum Schöpflklause near Vienna. Historical objects are exhibited in many rafting museums .
Finland, 1918: here small-pointed hooks
Break, Finland, 1930s
Stack of wood, Sweden, 1947
Coat of arms with the raftsman hook
In heraldry , the raftsman's hook is a mean figure . Often combined with other heraldic figures, the hook is possible with all heraldic possible colors in the coat of arms. The coats of arms show the local construction forms.
Fet NO
Marktrodach DE
Mürzsteg AT
Nordre Land NO
Orpund CH (with raftsman paddle)
Schwäbisch Hall, LKr. DE (with kettle hooks of the saline)
Sinningen DE
Further:
See also
- Storm hook (tool) , tear hook, fire hook or storm hook
- Grappling hook
- Releasing hook
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Various - From the creation of a raft to the “wood magazine” , kulturundheimatverein-sulz.de
- ↑ Wood flowed across the Ägerisee ( memento of the original from April 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , aegerital-sattel.ch; Flössen auf dem Ägerisee ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , zug-tourismus.ch, 2008 (pdf)
- ↑ Offers & Programs , mendlingtal.at
- ↑ Events ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , holztriftmuseum.at
- ↑ Coat of arms , Unterrodach rafting museum
