Veal grape

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Gôgen (Tübingen wine grower) with veal grape around 1900

A bunch of veal is tied together from many individual grapes and carried on the shoulders of two men.

Religious background

Caleb Straube in Fasnets work in Rottenburg - Dettingen 13 February 2011
Veal grape in the Tübingen City Museum . This painted iron sign from 1738 was used by the wine gardeners' guild as a so-called room sign. In addition to the spies returning from the promised land with the giant cluster, the names of guild masters are applied.
Moritz Retzsch : Kaleb Straube on sheet 7 of the Winzerzugs of 1840, from the Saxon Hoflößnitz from

The grape of caleb alludes to a story from Numbers , chapters 13 and 14. From the desert of Paran , Moses sent twelve spies to explore the land of Canaan , including Joshua and Caleb . After 40 days of their exploration, they brought back a vine with a bunch of grapes that was so large that it had to be carried on a pole by two men. They told of a land where milk and honey flowed. Ten of the twelve scouts described the land of Canaan as impregnable. Only Joshua and Caleb exhorted the people of Israel to trust in God. As a punishment, the Israelites had to wander in the desert until all doubters perished. Only Joshua and Caleb reached their goal.

The grape was initially a symbol of wealth and abundance, in the Middle Ages it also became a symbol of the Savior on the cross. Many depictions of the bible scene described later showed the front bearer of the vine as a representative of Judaism, which precedes Christianity, and the rear bearer as a pagan who is converted and follows Christ.

Depictions of the scene were initially mostly to be found in churches and as Bible illustrations. Later profane objects were also decorated with it in wine-growing areas and the religious-historical significance of the scene faded into the background again compared to the motif of joy and the common burden.

The veal grape from the Tübingen wine growers

A veal bunch formed the focus of the Tübingen vineyard workers' parades . The parades in Tübingen in honor of St. Urban were carried out in autumn until the end of the 19th century. The vineyard workers appeared in their traditional costume, characterized by a red vest with shiny silver buttons. The veal bunch was raffled at the end of the parade. Towards the end of the 19th century one won it three times in a row. Thereupon he got the nickname caleb. This custom has been resumed since 1936 and is still occasionally seen today at parades and city festivals.

The coat of arms of Poysdorf

Since 1657, the municipality of Poysdorf in the Lower Austrian Weinviertel has had two boys with a veal grape in their coat of arms. In 1999, a memorial designed by Gerald Lechner with the motif of the veal grape bearer was erected on the Weinmarktplatz.

Veal grape as heraldic figure (Poysdorf)

See also

Web links

Commons : Veal Bunch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ ( Num 13-14  EU )
  2. ↑ See Josua-und-Kaleb-Brunnen in Stuttgart
  3. ↑ Joshua and Caleb - The spies of the wine
  4. ↑ Calebs Festival in September ( Memento from April 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Hermann Bausinger: On the contrary - on the Tübingen Weingärtner Liederkranz and its 125-year history (PDF; 118 kB)
  6. ↑ Culture in the hallway. marterl.at