Lippe Ziegler
Lippe bricks were wandering bricks from the Principality of Lippe who left their homeland out of necessity from the 17th to the 20th century to work in brick factories in northwest Germany , the Netherlands or Denmark .
history
Migrant work was widespread in the impoverished Principality of Lippe as early as the 17th century . The migrant workers went to Friesland and Holland in the summer (see Hollandgänger ) to work as grass mowers (see also meadow makers ) and peat cutters . At the end of the 17th century, more and more seasonal workers specialized in work in brickworks and gained recognition for their work.
In 1865 they were already producing 10,000 bricks . The majority of the male working population of the principality went to Easter under the supervision of a “fire chief” to the “campaign”, which ended in November at the latest due to the weather.
In the 19th century , it was mainly the migrants from Lippe who did the work in the brickworks in northwest Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark.
The mass migration was due to poverty in the homeland. The industrialization step in the Principality slow. The agricultural labor market could hardly accommodate the increasing number of landless people . The boom in the construction industry in other regions triggered by industrialization around 1870 thus became the main source of income for many Lipper.
The "brick walk" was arduous. The seasonal workers worked 16 hours a day and in piecework . The thrifty brickworkers lived in modest accommodation and fed themselves. In their scant free time, they mostly made everyday items such as foot warmers, which they sold back in the village in winter.
In the course of rationalization and mechanization around 1900, there were drastic savings in physically demanding work, so that the former main source of income dried up.
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- DHM - German Historical Museum Berlin , “Germany as a country of immigration - Migrations 1500–2005”, exhibition
- “Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde” No. 42, Detmold, 1973: 36ff
See also
Web links
- LWL-Industriemuseum Brickworks museum in Lage
- Ziegler portal of the State Archive of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Internationaal Instituut voor sociale Geschiedenis
Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 30 ″ N , 8 ° 46 ′ 43 ″ E