Pekesche

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Stefan Czarniecki in red pekesche (17th century)

The pekesche (actually: fur coat, from Polish : bekiesza ) was a uniform jacket of the Polish cavalry in the 19th century .

background

The Polish freedom fighters, fleeing from the Russians, brought the Pekesche to Prussia in 1830 . Due to the fanaticism of the student associations in Poland at the time in the wake of the November uprising , it was adopted as part of the student costume and partially supplemented by a student cap in the form of the Konfederatka .

At the end of the 18th century, the pekesche was still referred to as a garment for men and women, but in the middle of the 19th century the pekesche was generally described as a kind of overdress or as a male, tight-fitting, short skirt, densely covered with strings .

Usage today

Weinheimer Corps students in bar jackets (2011)

The bekishe (also Flaubert jacket or just Flaus is called) (but not in women's events) worn at official events of the active members of most colored compounds bearing. It is a forward with special fastenings occupied tunic made of cloth or velvet , which is usually black or in the color of the student's cap is held. Further cordings in couleur colors can be found on the neck hole, on the collar, on the sleeves, on the back slit and on the side seams as well as on the bottom of the upper sleeve. Occasionally, there are also bar jackets in other colors for those charged to differentiate.

In addition to the pekesche, there is the Kneip jacket , which, unlike the pekesche, has pockets. The bags are corded with their own lacing . While the pekesche always has to have a straight tapping , Kneipp jackets are also made with a round tapping. The band (or more) is worn over the Kneipack because the jacket has a stand-up collar and the band would otherwise not be visible. For some connections, it is also common practice to wear the jacket open for more casual occasions, then the band is put under the jacket.

In the case of connections with a special professional focus, the Kneipack can also be replaced by other traditional clothing. For example, forest and hunting-oriented associations often wear a kind of forester's jacket in green. The (green) pekesche became commonplace in Aschaffenburg, especially with the Aschaffenburg Corps , and was soon seen as a typical Aschaffenburg student costume. The forest students therefore got the nickname "Forschtpolacke" with the local population. Connections committed to the mining tradition like to wear the black mountain smock , which is also permitted as evening wear.

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  • Ruth Klein: Lexicon of Fashion. Three millennia of European costume studies . Woldemar Klein Verlag, Baden-Baden 1950.

Web links

Commons : Bekishes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz Mackensen : Deutsche Etymologie , Carl Schünemann Verlag Bremen, 1962, p. 124
  2. ^ Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobson: Technological dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all useful mechanical guilds, manufactories, factories and craftsmen. Third part of M − Schl. Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1783, p. 220.
  3. Friedrich Jakob Schmitthenner : Short German dictionary for etymology, synonymics and orthography. Darmstadt 1834, p. 213.
  4. ^ Samuel Friedrich Wilhelm Hoffmann: Most complete dictionary of the German language. Volume 4, Leipzig 1857, p. 326.
  5. Herrmann Sand: Adjee you research polacke! Spessart. Journal for the Spessart Cultural Landscape from June 2010, p. 24 f.