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A captaincy is an office or power area under the direction of a captain or a main woman or Hauptmännin stands.

Word origin

Hauptmann , plural captains , is an Old High German word formation (haubitman, houbetman) , for the terms main , head, leader, priority '(see chief ) and man . The word corresponds to the Latin capitaneus "leader", derived analogously from caput "main", and also to the captain , derived from it , which is only restricted to seafaring in German. The syllable -schaft is an old word for an organizational unit (cf. landscape , town , valley , etc.). The word denoted both the office and the dignity of the captain himself, as well as the totality of several captains, as well as the administrative area, which is subordinate to a captain. The feminine Hauptmännin is not a gender-equitable new formation of the 20th century, but is already entered in the Grimm's German Dictionary from 1854 ff, today Hauptfrau is also common (cf. Landeshauptmann or Landeshauptfrau? ).

In addition to this use is found Captain in the ancient legal language but also as "the one among the tributary of a getheilten good of the entire interest to take it and to the feudal lord dissipate has" (roughly today's main tenant ) and also as a " guarantee man to whom one is entitled to recess ”(outdated legal principle without equivalent).

Usage today

In addition to its current use as an officer rank in the army, the expression generally stands for commander , the superior of a hierarchically structured group of people, such as B. the title of the commander of the fire brigade in Austria ( fire chief ) or the leader of a group of bandits (robber chief) - 'Hauptmannschaft' is no longer used in this context.

However, the main team is the official dignity or area of ​​responsibility

• in public administration :
  • Provincial governor / governor : Office of the provincial government in Austria and South Tyrol
  • District authority / District captain : Administrative authority of the first instance in Austria, also in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden
  • Stadthauptmannschaft / Stadthauptmann : historically city ​​commander , today the name of the security authorities in Austria
  • Kreishauptmannschaft / District Chief : historical items in Saxony
  • Amtshauptmannschaft / Amtshauptmann : historical post
  • Chairman shaft , historical lowest administrative unit in Old Bavaria (synonym)
• for other administration:
  • Burghauptmannschaft / Burghauptmann : generally historical Burgvogt , today Burghauptmannschaft Österreich (BHÖ), real estate management of historical buildings that are part of Austria's cultural heritage
  • Berghauptmannschaft / Berghauptmann : historical term for the highest office / officials for mining (Supreme Mining Authority , Mining Authority ), in Austria until this century an honorary position to preserve the mining tradition

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Captain , m. mhd. houbetman, in different senses . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 10 : H, I, J - (IV, 2nd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1877 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
2. ↑ Captain . In: German Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 5 , volume 2 (edited by Otto Gönnenwein , Wilhelm Weizsäcker , with the assistance of Hans Blesken). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - publication date between 1952 and 1960, continued in the following issue).
3. ↑ Hauptmannschaft , f . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 10 : H, I, J - (IV, 2nd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1877 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
4. ↑ Main crew . In: German Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 5 , volume 3 (edited by Otto Gönnenwein , Wilhelm Weizsäcker , with the assistance of Hans Blesken). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - publication date between 1952 and 1960).
5. ↑ Captain , f. leader . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 10 : H, I, J - (IV, 2nd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1877 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
6. ↑ Quoting Hauptmann , 2) . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 10 : H, I, J - (IV, 2nd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1877 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
7. ↑ Quoting Hauptmann , 4) . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 10 : H, I, J - (IV, 2nd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1877 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
8. ↑ Andreas Kraus: History of Bavaria - From the beginnings to the present . Verlag Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09398-1 , p. 421
9. ^ Castle Authority Austria
10. ↑ Celebration: The past glory of mining. In: News. ORF Carinthia, September 13, 2008, accessed on February 5, 2009 .