Schopper

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Schopper was the name given to the master shipbuilders in the German-speaking Danube region .

The name comes from the main activity, the “puffing” (stuffing) of moss into the cracks of the boat planks. This seal was then covered with a lath for protection. The ship was "hauled". The timber used for shipbuilding was Schopperholz . The shipyard was also named Schopperstatt and the cities were called Schopperstadt . Augsburg , Rosenheim and, outstandingly, Laufen were counted among these cities . In the Middle Ages, they were important shipbuilding sites on the line ( Salzach ) of the salt trade , where the salt freight ships were built.

In the 16th century, only six masters of this type of profession were permitted to practice running. The Schoppers mainly produced the simple types of boats, the Platte and the Zille . The Hallasch (Halleisch or Halläsch), a ship with legally defined dimensions (carrying capacity about 230 Fuder ) and prices for transport in the salt trade, were also built.

Other meanings of the term

  • Nurses were called Schopper. In 1706 there were 15 Schopper women in Munich. In a narrow sense, these women who had recently given birth looked after .
  • A shopper was also a maid who had to look after the poultry.

literature

  • Johann Andreas Schmeller: Bavarian Dictionary: Collection of words and expressions. Volume 3, Verlag der JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1836, p. 376
  • Johann Andreas Schmeller: Bavarian Dictionary: Collection of words and expressions. Volume 1, Verlag der JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1836, p. 122
  • Michael Schmidl: Shipbuilding in Neubeuert; Beurer flattening. Inn Museum , Rosenheim 2002

Web links

Tyrol: Inland navigation in the high and late Middle Ages

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Kolb: On the history of the city of Laufen an der Salzach: the economic development of a rural trading and industrial town from the early 16th to the late 19th century. P. Kolb, 1986, p. 123
  2. ^ Johann Andreas Schmeller: Bavarian Dictionary: Collection of words and expressions. Volume 3, Verlag der JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1836, p. 377