Section 11
The paragraph 11 is the best known and most widely used in paragraph Beer Comments from student organizations . In use the term was also among the many places as "nodes" designated journeyman . It is traditionally “It will be drunk!” , “It will continue to drink!” Or in Latin “porro bibitur!” . There are variants in Austria and Switzerland . According to old tradition, § 11 was not only known in the German- speaking area, but also in the German-Baltic student associations , for example at Selonia .
origin
The oldest written beer comment comes from Tübingen in 1815, but only comprised six paragraphs. The oldest known document in the literature for a paragraph 11 with the content dealt with here is in the "New Jenaischer Biercomment" from 1853.
There are many attempts to explain the origin of this custom. Christian Helfer's attempted explanation is considered plausible. He traces the paragraph back to a journeyman's order from 1815, which states that the hike of a craftsman should not be interrupted under any circumstances, in the sense of “We'll keep hiking!”. Since the craft boys and the students were hostile to each other in the 19th century and physical disputes were more the rule than the exception, there are hardly any parallels in the customs and traditions. In this case, a mutual influence seems plausible, because the reference to paragraph 11 is common in both subcultures .
The prohibition of " ex-pub ", ie continuing the evening in a place other than the pub , is usually based on § 11 - in this respect, § 11 is assigned a certain regulatory content in addition to its joking meaning.
Some beer comments also contain, as a playful development, a paragraph 111 with a content that is based on the “classic” paragraph 11, for example “The old people always drank one before they left” or “People continue drinking in the (beer) villages too ".
Reception of § 11 outside of the beer comment
From the late 19th and early 20th centuries there are also numerous works of art, mostly beer vessels and carved pub stalls, with the depiction “§ 11”. Photos of pub societies were also popular, in which a beer barrel with the chalk inscription "§ 11" was the focus. In Rapperswil SG and in Burg (near Magdeburg) even restaurants resorted to paragraph 11 as namesake.
Paragraph 11 gained special publicity in 1919 after the end of the First World War , when Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter on June 21st with the code words “Paragraph Elf. Confirm. ”(In the sense of “ It is being flooded! ” ) Gave the preparatory signal for the self-sinking of the Imperial High Seas Fleet in the British naval port of Scapa Flow .
literature
- Friedrich Kluge, Werner Rust : German Student Language , Vol. 2, in: Historia Academica, series of publications by the Student History Association of the CC, 1985, p. 82
- Christian Helfer : Kösener Customs and Customs, A corps student dictionary , 2nd, expanded edition. Saarbrücken 1991, p. 37.
- Friedhelm Golücke : Student dictionary , The academic life from AZ . Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1987, p. 263.
- Theo Gantner: With favor and permission! Three years and a day - journeymen of the building trade in the 20th century . Accompanying publication by the Museum of Ethnology and the Swiss Museum of Folklore, Basel 1987, p. 36
- Ludwig von Reuter : Scapa Flow - The grave of the German fleet . Koehler, Leipzig 1921