regular table
A regulars' table is both a group of several people who meet regularly in a pub and the usually larger, round table around which this group gathers. Social gatherings, card games and political or philosophical discussions are often the focus of these round tables. The Stammtisch a simplistic, undifferentiated reasoning is assumed often for terms such as Stammtisch Parole , Stammtisch policy and Stammtisch level have established that metaphorically be used for political and social discussions outside real Stammtische.
Today, a regulars' table can be a meeting of like-minded people with or without political relevance.
history
past
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Especially in rural regions and small communities, membership in the regulars' table was tied to a higher social status . Until well into the second half of the 20th century, the village regulars' table consisted primarily of local dignitaries such as the mayor, doctor, pharmacist, teacher, forester or wealthy farmers. The invitation to a stranger to take a seat at the regulars' table was not taken for granted as an appreciation. The same applied to the regulars' tables of writers and visual artists, which were mostly established in coffee houses .
In the Iberian-speaking countries ( Spain , Portugal , Latin America and Brazil ) this has been preserved in the local tertulias of artists and intellectuals to this day. In Great Britain and Ireland , many pubs performed the function of separating them from the rest of the guests in the form of private back rooms if there was no entrance control for the entire restaurant.
Present meaning
Today, many regulars' tables are no longer tied to a social status. At today's round tables, togetherness, familiarity and living out common interests and passions are in the foreground. This is also evident in the new formats that are assigned to that of the regulars' table. These include "Meetups", "Lean Coffees", but also club evenings organized by associations or in the children's mothers, fathers and parents' cafés.
Socio-cultural aspects
The regulars' table in the country
The regulars' table is a social meeting place for certain groups of people in the country. Social relationships are maintained and local news is exchanged. Round tables take place in the country in the evenings or after the Sunday service as “morning pints”. Some regulars organize village festivals (such as May celebrations ) or other events. They take on tasks similar to those of boys' clubs .
The regulars' table in town
Since the late 1990s, round tables have been formed in urban areas on special, narrower subject areas that can be run like loosely connected clubs and also serve to socialize, share experiences and, in some cases, network (e.g. parents' get-togethers). Network organizations such as marketing clubs or business associations refer to events that take place regularly, also for non-members, as "open round tables". To further develop and practice foreign language skills through conversation and for cultural exchange, "regular language tables" are organized in some cities, at which one or more foreign languages are spoken, sometimes with separate tables for each language.
Furnishing
A traditional regulars 'table is usually marked by a more or less elaborately shaped sign and is therefore reserved for the regulars' table, which meets there at regular intervals. Sometimes special club emblems or mascots are placed on the table at the meetings of a certain group . In northern Germany there is also the custom of marking the seats of the regular participants in a round table with a name tag screwed onto the table top. Over time, the walls near a regulars 'table are sometimes decorated with photos or souvenirs from the regulars' table.
Famous regulars' tables
- ETA Hoffmann's literary get-together with Lutter and Wegner in Berlin .
- The glasses , an artist regulars table in a Berlin suburban pub, led to the establishment of the cabaret “ Schall und Rauch ” in 1901 .
- At the literary get-together in the Düsseldorf Rosenkranzchen , Hermann Harry Schmitz made friends with Hanns Heinz Ewers and Herbert Eulenberg , who promoted his work.
- On criminal table , the elite met in Leipzig , as survivors of the 1848 Revolution were democratic and progressive attitude.
- The honest clothing sellers in Braunschweig : A regulars' table founded in the 19th century by Braunschweig writers, artists and other personalities. The writer Wilhelm Raabe was its best-known member.
- Braunschweig Academic Sausage Commission: A Braunschweig round table that welcomes personalities from the region. It is organized in a similar way to the Braunschweiger Kleiderseller.
- During the Bonn Republic , the canal workers , the conservative wing of the SPD MPs around Egon Franke , met regularly in the Rheinlust (today the House of History is located here ) and from 1969 in the Kessenicher restaurant Kessenicher Hof at reserved round tables. Her guests included not only high-ranking politicians like Helmut Schmidt , but also journalists close to the SPD.
Round tables in literature
In the second half of the 19th century, the Stammtisch was seen as a retreat for the reasoning small town bourgeoisie - cf. in the contemporary realistic novels such as Wilhelm Raabe's The Horn of Wanza . The regulars' table announced the descent into harmlessness - for example - the gazebo and the wreath . Even Wilhelm Busch sat down with the Stammtisch apart, for example in the picture story The Birthday or particularists . In Vienna or Prague , however, writers preferred to communicate in relevant literary cafés than in pubs.
Round tables on television
- A Stammtisch was heavily inspired by the popular ARD telecast The International brunch with Werner Hoefer as host and five international journalists invited guests. A waitress served the group with drinks. The transmission time (Sunday mornings) was also adapted to this title.
- Since 2007, Bavarian television has been broadcasting the Sunday regulars 'table from the regulars' table of the "Lansinger Gasthof Brunnerwirt" in the series Dahoam is Dahoam .
Round tables on the radio
The NDR sent from 2008 to 2013 regularly an amusing Stammtisch roundtable entitled Breakfast at Stefanie .
literature
- Successfully found a regular table, by Stefan Lesting , ISBN 978-3-948017-00-2 , Lesting Media,.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Lesting (Ed.): Successfully found a regulars' table . ISBN 978-3-948017-00-2 .