Haferlschuh

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Brogue shoes with side lacing; Shod the soles with staples and sole nails
Haferlschuhe to the costume

The Haferlschuh is a traditional shoe model that was and is used as work footwear by the population of the eastern Alpine regions. In Bavaria this shoe model is also called Bundschuh , in Austria Schützenschuh . The Haferlschuh is part of many Alpine traditional costumes , but also a completely normal everyday shoe .

features

As a typical Bavarian everyday shoe, the Haferl shoe is available in different designs. For example, the Upper Bavarian version has a side lacing and the Allgäu version has a normal instep lacing. Most modern brogue shoes show the following characteristics:

  • Double stitched design
  • Shaft cut deep below the ankle
  • The toe of the shoe with the upper edge at right angles downwards
  • Toe of shoe raised in the shape of a ship's bow ( little boat )
  • Rubber profile sole
  • strong peak blast
  • raised heel part
  • no shank lining

High-quality traditional Haferl shoes predominantly have leather soles, but always models for shoemaking .

literature

  • Helge Sternke: Everything about men's shoes. Nicolai, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89479-252-3 (With a detailed description of the Haferlschuh - history, design and model variants).
  • Schuh Bertl / Helge Sternke: The Haferlschuh: Tradition, Handwerk, Mode , Heel, Königswinter 2015, ISBN 978-3-86852-787-2 .

Web links

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