Pedel
A pedell is an organizational assistant at public institutions, such as courts, schools and especially at universities.
Origin of the term
The term pedell is traced back to the late Middle High German pedel , pedele or bedelle , which means something like "caretaker of a [college] school", as well as to the early New High German bedell or pedell , which means "court messenger " (a university), "university messenger " or "University servant" means. The term originated from the equivalent Middle Latin pedellus or bedellus , which was probably the Latinization of a Germanic word, because the Old High German word bitil can be traced back to the 11th century; Furthermore, the Old English bedul as well as the Old Norse biðill - like the Old High German expression - roughly stands for "supplicant". In the course of time it may also have been mixed with Büttel .
Functions and tasks
In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period, the members of a university were not subject to local institutions, but had their own jurisdiction . The pedell held the executive . He was a court usher and responsible for the order and compliance with university laws. He brought to unbotsame student charges before the Rector and was responsible for the execution of academic penalties. The detention center was also part of his area of responsibility. Usually, the pedell was also responsible for organizing the academic funerals .
For the students, the pedals were unwelcome watchdogs who spoiled a lot of fun. The common nickname for the pedell was " poodle ".
The office of the pedell was associated with a certain prestige until the 16th century, but then increasingly lost its reputation and is now only available by name. The job title still exists today - but with a changed job profile, for example among the employees of the property management of the University of Trier .
In Ingolstadt , the medieval pedell house now houses a local museum . Lucia of Syracuse is seen as the patron saint of pedels .
Well-known pedels included Wilhelm Eder , George Edwards , Louis Elsevier , Matthys Elsevier , Johann Friedrich Payer and Jakob Schmid .
Culture
Pedels in literature
- Hermann Leopoldi , Erwin W. Spahn : Mr. Pedell's little daughter. Munich 1929.
- Ferdinand von Schreckenstein : Mr. Pedell and other stories. Regensburg 1926.
Pedels in the film
- The lout from the first bank . 1968-1972.
- If my baby bangs on the drum . 1971.
- The pedel . 1971.
- The flying classroom . 1973.
- The children of Monsieur Mathieu . 2004.
- Sophie Scholl - The last days . 2005.
literature
- Berent Schwineköper : From the Göttingen student life around 1880. About the relationship between pedals and students . Once and Now, Yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research, Vol. 23 (1978), pp. 231-237.
- Silke Wagener: Pedels, maids and lackeys. Diss. Univ. Goettingen 1994.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pedell . In: Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymological Dictionary of German. Digitized and edited edition based on the 2nd edition published by Akademie-Verlag in 1993.
- ^ Friedrich Kluge: Etymological dictionary of the German language. 25., through and exp. Edition. de Gruyter, Berlin [et al.] 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-022364-4 , p. 691.
- ^ Theodor Heinsius : Complete dictionary of the German language. Volume 3, Vienna 1830, p. 369.
- ↑ Otto Krabs: From Enlightenment to Spectabilis. Small lexicon of titles and salutations. 2nd edition, Munich 2004, p. 107.
- ↑ Silke Wagener: Pedels, maids and lackeys. Dissertation University of Göttingen 1994, Göttingen 1996, p. 272.
- ↑ J. Vollmann: Burschicoses Dictionary. 1st part, Ragaz 1846, p. 358.
- ↑ Egon F. Herbert: The boys language. Professional language of the German student. Salzburg / Linz 1991, p. 36.
- ↑ Otto Krabs: From Enlightenment to Spectabilis. Small lexicon of titles and salutations. 2nd Edition. Munich 2004, p. 106 f.
- ↑ uni-trier.de
- ^ Otto Wimmer: Handbook of names and saints. Innsbruck 1966, p. 622.
