Thigh

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Oberschenk was in earlier times a higher rank for a cupbearer who had an overview of the cellar and pantries. In the waiter's profession and his title, Waiter , this term lives on to this day. The Erzschenk form of growth shows how vital this function and activity was up to the highest strata of the people. At princely courts it was often a special honorary title, mostly for nobles, the practical execution of which was left to other servants.

Word history of giving

Der Schenk, die Schenken: The word history of the German term Mundschenk goes back to the Middle Ages. As the oldest known cupbearer, the King of Bohemia acted as an ore (mouth) gift for the German king / emperor, as can be read in the Golden Bull (≈1360). The thigh was in charge of the cellar and mostly also of the food at the table . In the times when there was still no cooling technology in today's sense, his supervision of the cellar was of great importance for the well-being of the farm and its servants. The word was even adopted in the family name of the taverns: for example, with the noble family Schenk zu Schweinsberg or the family of Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg . The German legal dictionary lists the term thigh with examples from the 17th century. Other words such as tavern , bar or gift have the same root.

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  1. ↑ a b thigh . In: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 10 , issue 1/2 (edited by Heino Speer and others). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1997, ISBN 3-7400-0984-5 ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de ).
  2. ^ For example, Philipp Cuno Christian von Bassewitz was awarded this honorary position, as noted in his portrait.
  3. ↑ Brockhaus , 1971, Volume 13.
  4. ↑ Erzschenk . In: Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 3 , issue 3 (edited by Eberhard von Künßberg ). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - publication date between 1935 and 1938).