Court ball
The court ball marks a representative ceremony that was organized by a court of a ruling family . The wedding of the court balls took place during the early modern period and in the bourgeois era until the end of the First World War (1789–1918), when the major monarchies in Europe had to abdicate in the wake of erupting social upheavals and the courts of the monarchs thus dissolved.
Court balls of the Habsburgs
During the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I (1848–1916), the second highest ball during the carnival season was held in Vienna . The court ball took place at the beginning of the season.
The court ball traditionally took place in the Hofburg, for example in the ceremonial hall. The evening was led by the court ball music director . In contrast to the higher ball at court , the circle of allowed guests at the court ball was wider. The diplomatic corps , ennobled bourgeoisie , high officials , active officers of the Vienna garrison and other people who had access to the court were allowed to participate.
The buffet was prepared by the court kitchen and the court winery. In the specially designed Olio kitchen - one of the twelve special kitchens in the courtyard - the Olio soup, which was only intended for this occasion, was prepared for around 2,000 guests. The dish was named after the Spanish ollapotrida stew and consisted of 15 types of meat (beef, pork, game, poultry), a variety of vegetables and spices. Served it was with glazed in sugar Maroni .
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna. Volume 3: Ha-La. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0 , p. 219.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald Havas: Viennese hodgepodge. Pichler Verlag Vienna, 2005, p. 22.