Schängel
Schängel is a dialect name ( Ortsneckname ) for the boys born in the city of Koblenz (today also girls). Koblenz is also often referred to as the “Schängel City”. A carnival song was dedicated to the Schängel in 1914 and a fountain was built for them in the courtyard in 1941 , which became a symbol of the city.
term
The term Schängel comes from the 20-year membership (1794-1814) of the city of Koblenz in France . This originally meant the children of German mothers who were descended from the French. The most common name at that time was Hans or Johann , which corresponds to the French Jean . The people of Koblenz had difficulty pronouncing Jean in French, and in the Koblenz dialect it became Schang .
Over time, this eventually developed into Schängel , actually a diminutive meaning Hänschen . At first this was considered a swear word, comparable to the German banker (synonym for an illegitimate child). Today, however, Schängel is understood as a name of honor and everyone born in Koblenz can claim to be a Schängel. Often, a second diminutive is even affectionately attached to the Schängelche .
The inhabitants of Maastricht , called Sjenge , have a very similar nickname . This name also goes back to the name Jean , which was very common in Maastricht until recently.
reception
Schängelbrunnen
The Schängelbrunnen stands on Willi-Hört-Platz, which is the town hall courtyard , surrounded by Renaissance and Baroque buildings . It was inaugurated on June 15, 1941. The well construction goes back to an initiative of Koblenz citizens, including the Koblenz carnivalist Jupp Flohr . The fountain was designed in 1940 by the Mayen sculptor Carl Burger and is dedicated to the Koblenz dialect poet Josef Cornelius , the creator of the Schängelliedes.
With this fountain, a memorial was erected to the Koblenz Schängel and his pranks, as well as the joy of life of the Koblenz citizens. The bronze figure spits a spray of water several meters over the fountain basin about every three minutes, so that passers-by can be hit by the water.
Schangellied
The Schängelchen , the rascals from Koblenz, had taken a liking to the dialect poet Josef Cornelius . He dedicated his poem Dat Cowelenzer Schängelche to them for the carnival in 1914 . The music dealer and composer Carl Wilhelm Kraehmer (1874–1918) created the melody for the text on behalf of the Great Koblenz Carnival Society . The happy song was premiered with great success at the meeting of the "big ones" in February 1914 in the Koblenz City Theater and over the years it became the anthem of the Koblenz people.
Dat Kowelenzer Schängelche
Et it known but iwweral
Et waiß och every Kend,
Dat närjens en the whole world
Die Schängelcher mer fend,
As hot at ons at the Deutsche Eck,
Where
Dat Kowelenzer Schängelche has
flourished at its best since ancient times .
Et es vur kainem bang
On sings be Lewe long.
Refrain:
E lustich Kowelenzer Schängelche I be,
Gedaaft met Rhein- on Musselwasser on met Wein,
Together with the heart, with Lewer on the lungs,
On be och my modders their very best young!
On when em och dä cold Wend
As dorch dat Bexje blows,
Et never empties the humor,
Dä Kopp never lets down.
He sings on peeks, it kreuzfidel,
On hept just like a sparrow,
On those who have no fun understanding,
Dat es en Bullewatz.
Where Zitz on Zores is called,
Do it always.
refrain
Dat Kowelenzer Schängelche
never
leaves in Lewe no,
On if et mol a Schängel it,
his annere widder do.
So long ons girl Engelcher,
Dat it is the quintessence,
Do get et och still Schängelcher on
our residence.
Dromm everyone quickly gets
on the hot model.
refrain
Further uses of the term
The term Schängel is also used as follows:
- Ship name of the Rhine ferry Koblenz
- Schängel-Center, a commercial building in downtown Koblenz
- Local gazette "Koblenzer Schängel", a weekly newspaper in Koblenz
- some manhole covers in Koblenz show an image of the Schängels
- Schängelmarkt, Koblenz folk and city festival
- Dialect theater "Zum Schängel" in the culture factory in Koblenz
- JoHo-Schängel-Foundation of Koblenz's Lord Mayor Joachim Hofmann-Göttig
- Koblenz Carnival Society Red-White-Green Kowelenzer Schängelcher 1922 eV - Koblenz Carnival Society
- various sports clubs in Koblenz also use the term in their name
literature
- Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz. Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt. Theiss, Stuttgart 1992-1993;
- Vol. 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-0876-X .
- Vol. 2: From the French city to the present . Theiss, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8062-1036-5 .
- Fritz Michel : The art monuments of the city of Koblenz. The mundane monuments and the suburbs. Munich Berlin 1954, (The art monuments of Rhineland-Palatinate first volume).
- Herbert Dellwing , Reinhard Kallenbach (edit.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate Volume 3.2. City of Koblenz. Downtown. Speyer 2004, ISBN 3-88462-198-X , p. 146.
- Hans Bellinghausen: 2000 years of Koblenz - history of the city on the Rhine and Moselle. P. 412–415, chapter "Schängel" - of French origin. Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard a. Rh. 1971, ISBN 3764615567 .
- Manfred Gniffke: His Kowelenzer Schängelcher - stories and anecdotes from old Koblenz. 2nd edition, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8313-1695-3 .
- Hannelore Kraeber: New dictionary of the Koblenz dialect. P. 288, entry “Schängel, dä, pl. -e, Schängelche “, 2nd edition, 1992, ISBN 3-9803142-2-7 .
- Merian - Koblenz, issue of February 2, 1978, p. 130, article: "Der Schängel".
- Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH, Ed .: Bernd Weber, Mülheim-Kärlich 2005 (2nd revised and expanded edition), p. 104f. and p. 462f.
Web links
- The Schängellied to listen to (with sheet music)
- Schängelbrunnen in: regionalgeschichte.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ The song is printed, for example, in Bellinghauen 1971, p. 415 or Gniffke 2007, p. 12