New year apology card

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Apology card from the voluntary fire brigade Kaltern in South Tyrol from 1912 in the Ferdinandeum

The New Year's apology card also - New-Year greeting card liberation , Neujahrsgratulationsenthebungskarte , Neujahrsglückwunschenthebungskarte called - so by letter freed from the chore, all relatives, acquaintances, colleagues, superiors New Year congratulations to convey.

The New Year's pardon card has spread throughout the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and in Bavaria since 1814. The Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck has New Year's pardon cards from over 50 Tyrolean locations. The Munich magistrate first invited people to buy such a card in 1843. In some places, the withdrawal cards lasted until the 1930s; under National Socialism they were banned in 1936 in favor of the Winter Relief Organization. To this day, the custom is occasionally revived. In 1986 , the city of Hall in Tirol reintroduced the New Year's excuse card and collected it for the social district until 2010. After an interruption, there will be a Haller New Year's excuse card from New Year 2018, which is now being organized by the Lambichler Social Fund. In Innsbruck , too , a card has been issued by the inner city club since 2016 (2016 Franz Mölk, 2017 Anton Christian , 2018 Ilse Abka-Prandstetter ). In 2018 the card was renamed “Innsbrucker Glückwunschkarte”. The custom was also resumed by the city of Sterzing in 1997.

The apology cards were a communal affair. Was invited to purchase by the municipality or city. For a fee, possibly with an additional donation, you bought yourself free of the personal congratulations. The list of contributors and donors, led by the mayor, the city fathers and the like, was published in the regional press with public appeal. The money flowed into the poor, mostly to buy wood for the poor in the community. In this way, the cards also served social purposes. Such cards were also issued by the fire brigades , with the proceeds going to the fire brigade.

The size and design of the withdrawal cards evolved and varied. At first, all you received was a small, often ornamentally designed, card that you could attach to the front door to turn away scroungers or unpleasant well-wishers. The development went from small formats with simple decoration to large sheets with illustrations. The images are mostly religious, topographical and historical motifs. The motif treasure also included common allegorical and mythological attributes or figures as well as the city arms.

The commissions were of particular benefit to local artists and their art institutions. From well-known visual artists designed such cards u. a. the brothers Gottfried and Gustav Seelos. The Prague New Year's apology cards with religious and patriotic motifs were drawn almost exclusively by Joseph Führich from 1831 to 1838 .

literature

  • Cornelia Oelwein: Withdrawal cards for the New Year in Bavaria and Austria. In: Working Group Image Printing Paper. Conference proceedings Hagenow 2008. Ed. By Wolfgang Brückner u. a. (Working group image printing paper; 13). Waxmann, Münster 2009, pp. 101-114. ISBN 978-3-8309-2174-5
  • Roland Sila: Good luck. The Haller New Year's Excuse Cards 1835–2010. Ablinger, Garber, Hall i. T. 2009. ISBN 978-3-9502728-2-6
  • Hans Hochenegg: Innsbruck New Years apology cards . In: Publications from the Innsbruck City Archives No. 28 (Innsbrucker Kledrucke), pp. 30–37, Innsbruck 1965

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Year's apology cards , accessed on January 2, 2017.

Web links

Commons : New Year's Excuse Card  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files