Yellow-footed
Gelbfüssler is a Neckname , with the Baden of Schwaben or partially of Palatine or Kurpfälzern be referred to. Depending on the dialect here the names are Gälfießler , Gälfiaßler , Gälfiäßler , Gelbfiaßler , Geelfiaßler , Gealfüaßler so common. It is not to be confused with "yellow-footed" as a nickname for the Burgenlanders . The inhabitants of Würselen - Bardenberg have the local name "Jeel Puete" (yellow feet).
History of origin
Historically, the term was for the tribe of the Swabians used. Even if the term "Swabia" is mostly used today for the inhabitants of Württemberg , it must be taken into account that the Swabian tribe settles in the Württemberg, Bavarian and Baden dominions. It can therefore be assumed that the name was used earlier for both Baden and Württemberg residents.
Yellow-footed as a name for Swabians
Already in Johann Fischart's work Affentheurlich Naupengeheurliche Geschichtklitterung the statement appeared in 1575 that the Swabians have “yellow feet”. It is possible that the Swabians were traditionally said to have yellow feet because they walked barefoot because of their poverty and their feet had therefore taken on a brown-yellow color.
Also in Sebastian Sailer's Schwank The Seven Swabians (around 1756) there is the designation yellow-footed or Geal-footed for a Swabian. In the campaign of the Seven Swabians (1827), one of the seven is called a Bopfinger yellow-footed , because the Bopfinger, in order to save space in a basket, squeezed the eggs in it with their feet.
The Swabian dictionary of 1831 describes the Swabian winegrowers and the Swabian court servants as yellow-footed; the former because of their yellow deerskin trousers, the latter because of their yellow livery . In the 'German dictionary' of the Brothers Grimm from 1897, under the heading “Gelbfüßler”, it says: “Before times a mocking name for the Swabians among their neighbors”.
After the Napoleonic reorganization from 1803 to 1810, there was an increasing ideological separation between the Swabians of Baden and Württemberg, which led to the fact that Badeners no longer see themselves as Swabians today. The term “Schwabe” is therefore often used today to coincide with “Württemberger”.
Yellow-footed as a name for people from Baden
From around 1900 the term was transferred to the residents of Baden. This is possibly due to the griffin as a shield holder in the Baden coat of arms, which was previously provided with yellow claws. The yellow gaiters worn by the Baden regiment in the 18th century could also be the cause . The term is derogatory from Baden's point of view, as is the term " Badenser ", which Swabians mean negatively , from Latin = badensis, which is derived from the language used in Holy Roman. Reich derives, the "Dux Badensis" as the title of the margrave. In French there is the declaration of the "Badener" with the title "Duc badenois", the Margrave Carl Friedrich, after the end of the Holy Roman. Empire, assumed under Napoleon.
literature
- David Depenau: The local niche names in the city and district of Rastatt and the urban district of Baden-Baden. From Gälfießler, Käschdeigel and Schdaffelschnatzer . Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2003, ISBN 3-89735-247-8 .
