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The "Krättweber" during a snack break in his wheelbarrow during the traditional fishing parade through Ulm

Jakob Weber , known as " Krattenweber " - also: " Krettenweber", "Krettaweber" or " Krättaweber" - (born November 3, 1858 in Donnstetten or Gruorn ; † February 4, 1920 in Ulm ) was a vegetable and antique dealer and became legendary as a Swabian city ​​original in Ulm.

Weber, a lean, always neatly dressed man, always carried a basket with him in addition to his green apron ( = Swabian: Kränke , but was not a basket weaver himself) in which he transported vegetables and later hidden antiques. However, he was not known for his notorious antique trade, but for an almost endless collection of hearty swear words (" Graabalaos! Krauthur! Fuuzguck! Hiiradibbl! "), Which he used without hesitation and loudly. As a result, he often got into conflict with the police, who then became the object of his ranting. The Alt-Ulm association financed a grave for the completely impoverished man in the Ulm New Cemetery.

In the traditional Ulmer Fischerstechen , in which two opponents approach each other in narrow boats and try to thrust each other into the water with spears, the "Krättweber" - and as his opponent the "Bollezei" (police) - belong as well as other historical or legendary ones Figures ( Wallenstein , Türkenlouis , Ulmer Spatz , Ulmer Schneider ) for the costumed figures who take part in the jump-off.

literature

• "Krättaweber" / "Krettaweber" (Jakob Weber) , in: Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802–2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 219 .

Web links

• The pairs of engravers from the Ulmer Fischerstechen
• The Ulmer Fischerstechen (with photos of the "Krättweber" figure)