Munot Guardian
The Munot Guardian, or since 2017 the Munot Guardian, performs the office of the tower keeper in the tower of Munot Fortress . The office on the Emmersberg zu Schaffhausen has been practically completely occupied since the second half of the 12th century, and on the predecessor "Annot" until 1589.
history
Until 1926, the Munot watchman looked after the fire watch as well as the war watch.
In addition, it was his job to observe shipping traffic on the Rhine and to announce approaching merchant ships - depending on their size - by blowing horns and flag signals. The latter served to inform merchants and dock workers who rushed to unload the " Lädinen " and " Segmer " arriving from the Lake Constance ports. They had to be unloaded quickly, as the Rhine Falls prevented further travel and the city of Schaffhausen thus gave the city of Schaffhausen stacking rights and handling rights "by the grace of God".
The Schaffhausen authorities attached great importance to the Munot watchman fulfilling his duties. So he was first obliged never to leave the Munot. He was only allowed to attend the service on Sunday and to take a bath every second Sunday in the city bathhouse . At a later point in time, these regulations were relaxed and then limited to a ban on taverns and the obligation to stay away from all social occasions. According to the council minutes of May 30, 1554, the watchman should “keep watch on the Thurn, report the hours of blowing at night and not overload himself with wine, and be forbidden to all parties and sausages. If he wants to go in there, he should go up the Thurn with his joy! "
The Munot Guardian Office today
Since 1589 the Munot guard the rings every evening at 21.00 Munot bell (in Schaffhausen alem. "Munotglöggli" or also called "Nüniglöggli"), which used to be the magisterial signal for closing the gates , but was also the inns and taverns. It used to be mandatory to ring the bell for a quarter of an hour, today you are content with five minutes.
To the modern tasks of the Munot guard are in addition to the ringing of the bell and guided tours for tourists and other interested visitors, but also (since 1910) the care of Damhirschkolonie in Munot ditch whose Leitstier on the name of the incumbent since 1970, each mayor is baptized.
Walter Haag was the 65th Munot guard from 1970 to 1980. From 1998 to 2006, the guard couple Elisabeth and Hano Burtscher served as the 67th Munot guard. In late summer 2006 they were replaced by Christian and Christine Beck.
Since spring 2017 Karola Lüthi has been the 69th and first Munot guard in the history of Munot. During the women's strike on June 14, 2019, she left the Munot bell silent for the first and only time in hundreds of years, which caused great excitement in Schaffhausen.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ From the street cook to the Munot guard on: SRF from April 28, 2016
- ↑ Angelika Hardegger, Alexandra Kohler, Linda Koponen, Esther Widmann: Women's strike Switzerland 2019: What remains of the euphoria in 2020? In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . ( nzz.ch [accessed June 14, 2020]).
Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 49 " N , 8 ° 38 ′ 23" E ; CH1903: 690162 / 283615