Post books

As post Büchel be New Year gifts referred to the Vienna postman their customers in anticipation of a Tipped presented. The first appeared in 1701, written by Johann Jordan. From 1914 to 1918 war mail books appeared. From 1921 to 1928 the Postbüchel was banned by the postal union because it was believed that the "New Year's begging" were unworthy of a civil servant. From 1938 to 1953 there were no mail books either.

Web links

• Entry on Postbüchel in the Austria Forum  (in the ABC on Austrian Folklore)
• G'schichtln, delicacies and toast
• When the postman rings the bell at New Year's , ORF Kultur, December 8, 2007
• Digitized post books at the Upper Austrian Provincial Library