Plockflötjer

Plockflötjer , high German peg Schnitzer were about 1900 workers , the almost 20 mm long wooden nails carved , which used the shoemakers to recap of shoes and boots. These workers, also known as "Flötjern", were informed of breaks and the end of work by loud "Flötjen", a signal that could be heard from far away by factory steam whistles. A well-known Plockflötjer was the former mill builder and master of the Plockflötjern Karl Forcke, the father of the bicycle parts manufacturer Carl Heinrich Forcke .

At the end of the 20th century, the Zum Flötjer restaurant on Karl-Kraut-Strasse in Hanover in the List district was a reminder of the Plockflötjer era.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Walter Euhus : Forcke in Karin Brockmann, Stefan Mann brothers, Walter Euhus: Hannover driving wheel History - Sports - everyday.. Accompanying publication for the exhibition in the Historical Museum Hannover, Kuhle Buchverlag Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1999, p. 36f.