Oberstabelmeister
The Oberststabmeister led the ceremony at the table of the Viennese imperial court.
description
The Oberststabelmeister (also Oberst-Stabelmeister) was in the court of the Viennese imperial court, also in the Austrian Empire , a so-called court service; he was subordinate to the chief steward and led the table ceremony, including at the "public table" where the audience could watch the monarch dining.
The Oberststabelmeister should not be confused with the Oberststallmeister, who had a higher rank and to whom the court stables were subordinate. The word component " stick " comes from the stick . Johann Christoph Adelung writes in the article "Stabelherr" of his "Dictionary":
"Der Stabelhêrr, or Stäbelhêrr, des -en, plur. Die -en, formerly a distinguished nobility who had to command the beginning and the end of the tournament with the stick, and also probably the Stabelmeister, called the Thurniervogt In the Austrian hereditary countries there are still respected hereditary officials under the name of heir masters. Here, too, rod or rod is the diminutive of rod for rod. "
The staff is therefore to be understood as an insignia . When there were no more jousting tournaments, the concept of staff master apparently passed on to the head of the table ceremony. Accordingly, Eduard Vehse writes :
"The stick master - so named after the stick with which he proceeded with the application of the food ... He was the director of the cupbearers , forschneider, panatiers and truchess ." This already affected the year 1594. Later (around 1650) the Fürschneider were called "Vorneider" . There were no panatiers (or panetiers) at the Viennese court.
Some Austro-Hungarian colonel masters
These are listed insofar as they can be found in the state handbooks that can be "read online" in the web presence of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek or in the "Digitized legal and legal texts" of the Austrian National Library (see below).
Until 1791 the title in the sources was "Obriststäbelmeister", from 1793 to 1806 "Oberststäbelmeister".
- Leopold Christoph Julius Graf von Schallenberg , 1784–1799
- Gundacker Count von Sternberg, 1798–1802
- Theodor Frey- and Panierherr von Risenfels, 1803–1832 (written 1803–1806 "Risenfelß", 1807 "Riesenfels")
- Carl Graf von Clary and Aldringen, 1833–1836. (In 1837 the position was vacant).
- Franz Graf Taaffe (8th Viscount Taaffe of Corren), 1838–1848
- Georg (György) Count Esterházy von Galantha, 1856–1864.
In 1865 there was only one master master, and from 1866 no master master at all.
literature
- Ivan von Žolger: The court of the House of Austria . Vienna and Leipzig, Deuticke 1917 (especially pages 60-71, 112, 157).
- Ingrid Haslinger: Kitchen and dining culture at the imperial court in Vienna ... Bern, Besteli 1993 (esp. Pages 13, 15, 16).
- Karl Vocelka, Lynne Hell: The Habsburgs' world. Culture and mentality history of a family . Graz (inter alia), Styria 1997 (in particular pages 256, 258).
- Ilsebill Barta-Fliedl u. a .: Tafeln bei Hofe - On the history of the princely dining culture . Hamburg 1998 (especially pages 5, 46, 65, 96).
Further sources: State handbooks
- Court and State Schematism of the Roman Emperors. also kaiserl. royal and archducal capital and residence city Vienna, Vienna 1702–1806 (title varies somewhat over time)
- Court and State Schematism of the Austrian Empire, Vienna 1807–43
- Court and State Handbook of the Austrian Empire, Vienna 1844–68
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Habsburgs' public board (accessed November 27, 2015)
- ^ Johann Christoph Adelung: Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect , Volume 4, Leipzig 1801, p. 263 (digitized from Zeno.org) ; also in the "dictionary network" (digitized version)
- ↑ Carl Eduard Vehse: History of the German courts since the Reformation , Hamburg 1851, 9th volume, 2nd abb .: History of the Austrian court and nobility ... especially p. 20/21 (digitized version of the Bavarian State Library)
- ^ State handbooks