Cherperess
The Tscherperessen , also called Tzscherperfrühstück or simply Schärper , is a mining tradition and food specialty, especially in the Harz , combined with the Harz mining for silver, iron and copper since the 16th century.
Origin of name
It is named after the Tscherper (Scherper, Schärper, Tschärper or also Tzscherper), a professional knife with a short, straight, strong blade that is fixed in the language of the miners and that the Harz miners always carry in the side pocket on their trousers or next to their pocket Had to carry belts with them. With the Tscherper was Gezimmer in the pit (this included carrying Temple, yokes, once Riche , Spreitzer etc.) examined to see if they are still viable or had already suffered through some rotting.
Every miner had the duty to repair broken or damaged rungs in the wooden drives immediately. The ordinance of the Mining Authority in Clausthal (1850) says: “Since not every miner wields an ax or a beard, however, without exception, every entering miner has to provide himself with his Tzscherper in a good sheath, so that an ax or a beard can be used if he is currently deprived with the help of this knife to be able to pull in a rung. "
In earlier years it served the miner as a tool and the only cutlery with which he ate his bread "over the thumb". With this he cut, as it happened, cordage, room and also his meals during the breaks.
Components of a Tscherperess
The traditional Tscherperessen (today often called Tscherperfrühstück) is a rustic miner's meal, consisting of
- Harzer braised sausage
- Hausschlachtwurst
- Thuringian meatloaf with onions
- Cheese ( Harz cheese ),
- Lard, pickles, bread as well
- Beer and a miner's schnapps , the so-called driving schnapps .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jens Pfeifer: The driving skills in the Freiberg Revier with special consideration of the driving skill accident of February 29, 1880 on the Abraham shaft of the Ascension treasure trove . In: Wolfgang Ingenhaeff, Johann Bair (Hrsg.): Proceedings 11th Montanhistorischer Kongress Schwaz, Hall in Tirol, Sterzing 2012 (= mining and art ). Volume III Technical arts (water art, weather art, marrow art, conveyance art, driving art, melting art, etc.) . Berenkamp, Wattens 2013, p. 208 ( underground.com [PDF; 2.5 MB ; retrieved on March 12, 2015] Minutes of the hearing against company director Wengler and Kunststeiger Schmidt before the Royal Regional Court in Freiberg 1882).
- ↑ Torsten Schröpfer: Treasure trove, interesting facts about the West Harzer mining and metallurgy . Series of publications by the Oberharzer Geschichts- und Museumsverein e. V. Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2000