Court of the Grand Duke of Baden
The court of the Grand Duke of Baden included 1806-1918 the court servants and the royal household of the Grand Ducal house in Baden .
Court
The court servants of the court state were divided into court officials and court servants who performed all the tasks necessary for a household . The court officials were on the one hand the paid holders of the court offices entrusted with administrative and organizational tasks, and on the other hand the holders of honorary services such as ladies-in-waiting , chamberlains and chamberlains . In the middle of the 19th century, the court of the Grand Ducal House, i.e. the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess with their children ( princes ) and the families of his siblings, consisted of more than 500 servants. Then there were the 200 members of the court theater in Karlsruhe . The palaces in Karlsruhe ( residence ), Mannheim , Baden-Baden , Bruchsal , Rastatt and Schwetzingen had to be maintained for the keeping of court .
Structure of the Baden court state
Unless otherwise stated in brackets, the position has been filled by one person. The list begins with the highest and ends with the lowest rank within the individual category of the court.
Grand duke
The Oberhof and court officials were composed of Lord High Steward, Oberhof marshal , Vice Colonel Chamberlain and director of Hofdomänen , Vice Colonel stall master , Lord Chamberlain, Court Theater artistic director, master of ceremonies and travel equerry.
The upper court administrative council was composed of a president and three other members as well as a ministerial council, a court chamber council and four registry lists . The court accounting chamber with three registries , the court pay office with a cashier and an accountant were subordinate to this senior administrative council . The court church with court preacher , court deacon , court organist and court measurer were also subordinate to him . Furthermore, the court medical system with personal physicians (3), court dentists (2) and a court surgeon . Likewise the court library , collections and court artists with head librarian , two librarians, a supervisor of the natural history cabinet . Furthermore a gallery director, gallery inspector, court painter (8) and court engraver .
The Oberstkammerherrenamt was made up of a Vice-Lord Chamberlain, Chamberlain (108), Chamberlain (24) and Hofjunkern (15) who were in a hierarchical order.
The Oberhofmarschallamt was composed of the Oberhofmarschall, Hofmarschall, secretary and other lower classes. He was responsible for the court service with the secret chamberlain , personal chamberlain, chamberlain, rifle clamp , chamber hussar , court lakai (21), court fourier (2), court officiant (9) and heiducken (2). He was responsible for the silver chamber with the silver steward and silver servant, the decision making department with three head decision makers, the kitchen master’s office with the cellar, the confectionery and the wood storage room. Likewise, the lock administration for the locks listed above, which consisted of the lock administrator, caretaker, overseer, lock guards and lock servants .
The chief stableman's office was made up of the deputy head and travel stableman, stablemaster (3), rider , court veterinarian , secretary, officers (6) and stable servants (38).
The directorship of the court domains consisted of the director, who was subordinate to him: the court gardening department with garden director, court kitchen gardener, court gardener (4), garden supervisor and head gardener in Baden-Baden, Ettlingen , Mannheim and Schwetzingen. He was also responsible for the court forestry and hunting with the court forest master , two district foresters in Eggenstein and Friedrichstal , court forest officials, head hunters and other forest staff. The director under both state Hofbauwesen with court builder and Hofbau Kondukteur .
The directors of the court orchestra and the court theater were subordinate to the following persons: Kapellmeister , music director, orchestra director, court musician (41) and a harp player . At the court theater, these were: director , stage manager , 24 male and 12 female members of opera and drama , prompter (2), choir singers (20), choir singers (20), ballet master , solo dancer, dancers (16), machinist , theater master , cloakroom attendant (2), cashier and other service personnel.
Grand duchess
The following persons were available to the Grand Duchess: Chief Chamberlain, two ladies-in- waiting, chamberlain, two chambermaids, two chamberlains and court servants and a cloakroom woman.
Grand ducal princes and princesses
These were available as needed: educator, nanny, chambermaid, valet and other male and female servants.
Brothers of the Grand Duke
They were at your service: Chamberlain, accountant, steward, officer and other male service staff (13). Their wives were available: lady-in-waiting, chambermaid, governess , teacher, nanny, decision maker and other female service staff (7).
Widows of the Grand Duke
These were at their service: lady-in-waiting, chamberlain, Aumônier , court economist, steward, officers (8), chambermaid, clerks and other servants.
literature
- Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe (ed.): Baden. Land-Staat-Volk 1806−1871 , Karlsruhe 1980, ISBN 3-92259604-5