Herrenstuben-Gesellschaft zu Winterthur

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Stamp of the Herrenstuben-Gesellschaft zu Winterthur from the 19th century.

The Herrenstuben-Gesellschaft zu Winterthur ( Herrenstube for short ) is a lounge society founded around 1300 in Winterthur in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland . It is the only organization in the city that was founded in the Middle Ages and is still in existence today.

history

Although Winterthur was never a guild town, numerous craft societies were formed in the late Middle Ages with their own drinking rooms where people met for social occasions. Around 1300, a drinking room for nobles , clergymen , councilors and other respected personalities was founded with the mansion . It can therefore be compared, for example, with the Gesellschaft zur Constaffel and the Schildner zum Schneggen Society in Zurich or the Herrenstuben in Schaffhausen , Stein am Rhein and Konstanz . Over the centuries, the proportion of aristocratic members in the Winterthur Herrenstube has steadily decreased, while the proportion of bourgeois members increased sharply. After the Reformation and the associated abolition of the monasteries , fewer and fewer members belonged to the clergy. Both the Zur Eintracht house at Marktgasse 33 in Winterthur's old town and the former Zum Frieden house at Marktgasse 35 originally connected to this building have served the Herrenstube as guild houses since the 14th century . Both properties were sold in 1787 and the building was sold Marktgasse 35 also demolished in 1930. With the fall of the Ancien Régime , the Herrenstube was also effectively closed in 1798, but restored in 1806.

organization

The Herrenstuben Society still has traditional forms of organization today . It is run by the so-called chamberlain and consists of around 300 members who meet for a chicken meal every last Thursday in November . The name of this event reminds us that the lord of the Kyburg castle used to donate chickens for this feast. Currently, the male descendants of the Hegner and Steiner families , the lords of the castle of Winterthur and the surrounding area, personalities from politics and administration specified in the statutes , the " doctores of all faculties residing or working in the Winterthur district " and "men of education designated by the board of directors are applicable , Rank, position or degree "as" house-fit "and can thus be accepted into society on recommendation. The goal of the Herrenstube is to cultivate the "camaraderie between men of education, rank and general influence in the local city". It also manages two foundations that support publicly accessible works of art and social institutions.

literature

  • Werner Ganz : Winterthur. Introduction to its history from its beginnings to 1798 (= New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library . Volume 292). Buchdruckerei Winterthur AG, Winterthur 1960.
  • Adrian Knoepfli: From the rule of the Democrats to red-green. In: Erwin Eugster (Ed.): From 1850 to the present. Between steam and bytes - technology, culture, innovation. (= Winterthur city history. Volume 2). Chronos Verlag , Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-0340-1212-6 , pp. 83–150.
  • Samuel Wyder, Peter Niederhäuser: 200 years of Herrenstube Winterthur. Matthieu Verlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3-906998-09-1 .
  • Alfred Ziegler: The Society of the Herrenstube in Winterthur (= New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library. Volume 259). Geschwister Ziegler printing house, Winterthur 1924.
  • Alfred Ziegler: The Society of the Herrenstube zu Winterthur. Updated to the present day and provided with an appendix by Hans Klaui. Edited by the Herrenstubengesellschaft Winterthur, Winterthur 1956.

Web links

Commons : Herrenstuben-Gesellschaft zu Winterthur  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Ganz: Winterthur. Introduction to its history from its beginnings to 1798 (= New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library. Volume 292). Buchdruckerei Winterthur AG, Winterthur 1960, p. 302.
  2. ↑ Meinrad Suter: Winterthur. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ^ Peter Niederhäuser: Between Dependence and Autonomy. In: Erwin Eugster (Ed.): From the beginnings to 1850. Between red and blue, Habsburg, Zurich or autonomy. (= Winterthur city history. Volume 1). Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-0340-1212-6 , pp. 152–155.
  4. ^ Samuel Wyder, Peter Niederhäuser: 200 years of the Herrenstube Winterthur. Matthieu Verlag, Zurich 2007, ISBN 3-906998-09-1 , p. 2.
  5. ↑ Werner Ganz: Winterthur. Introduction to its history from its beginnings to 1798 (= New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library. Volume 292). Buchdruckerei Winterthur AG, Winterthur 1960, p. 303.
  6. ↑ Emanuel Dejung, Richard Zürcher, Hans Hofmann: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Zürich, Volume VI: The city of Winterthur and the city of Zurich (summary of art history). (= The art monuments of Switzerland . Volume 27). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History . Birkhäuser Verlag , Basel 1952, pp. 114–115.
  7. ↑ Werner Ganz: History of the city of Winterthur from the breakthrough of the Helvetic Republic in 1798 to the city union in 1922. Verlag W. Vogel, Winterthur 1979, p. 252.
  8. ^ Alfred Bütikofer: Hegner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  9. ^ Adrian Knoepfli: From the rule of the democrats to red-green. In: Erwin Eugster (Ed.): From 1850 to the present. Between steam and bytes - technology, culture, innovation (= Winterthur city history. Volume 2). Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-0340-1212-6 , p. 123.