Weibel (official)

Federal Councilor Maurer at his swearing-in

The professional woman of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden leads the government. The colors of the canton are black and white.

Geneva professional woman in the colors red and yellow

Federal Councilor Didier Burkhalter (second front left) with his wife and a federal woman at the Marché Concours in Saignelégier . On the far right, a female professional from the host canton of Basel-Stadt.

Weibel (also Amtweibel, French huissier, Italian usciere, Romansh salter ) is a Swiss official designation.

Today's functions

A woman serves the government, parliament or the court. He is responsible for duty and errands, acts as usher and has ceremonial duties.

A distinction is made between different women:

Federal level

Confederate women
are active in the service of all three federal powers, namely as:
- Federal Council women are permanently assigned to a Federal Council .
- Parliamentary women are assigned to either the National Council or the Council of States .
- Federal Court Weibel are for the Federal Court in Lausanne , the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona and the Federal Insurance Court in Lucerne operates.

Cantonal level

Professional women (also state or country women ) work for the government and (rarely: or) the cantonal parliament .

Council women are the official servants of the cantonal parliaments of Basel-Stadt, Glarus and Solothurn.

Court servants ( court servants) are the official servants of a court (term only used in a few cantons).

Municipal level

Stadtweibel or council women work for larger cities and primarily have ceremonial tasks. Correspondingly , the community woman who runs errands for the community administration and also has formal tasks.

At public appearances, the Weibel wears a gown in the colors of the body represented. Federal women, for example, therefore wear a cape that is half red and half white. Under this gown and during normal duty in the government or parliament building, the federal woman wears a green uniform, which is shaped like a tailcoat for federal women women.

When appearing in gowns, one can distinguish between Federal Council and Parliament women by the fact that the former wear gold edging and a gold medal with the Swiss coat of arms, while the latter wear their silver counterpart.

history

In the Old Confederation , the Weibel was a subordinate official of an authority or rule and performed a variety of tasks in administration and in the judiciary. For details see the articles mentioned under literature as well as the official offer .

Word origin

The word Weibel comes from Old High German weibil , which in turn is derived from Ahd. Weibôn , 'to move back and forth'. The rank designations Feldweibel (Switzerland) and sergeant (Germany) are of the same origin, as is common in Swiss German and Swiss High German verb (around) weibeln , busily walking around ', campaigning socialize', lobbying drive '.

literature

André Holenstein: Weibel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Weibel in the Swiss Idiotikon .
Anne-Marie Dubler : The Freiweibel in Oberaargau. Locals in the Bernese regional administration. In: Anne-Marie Dubler: Formation of the state and administration based on the model of Bern. here + now, Baden 2013 (archive of the Historical Association of the Canton of Bern 90), pp. 347–370.
Hubert Foerster: The Grossweibel in Freiburg 1803-1848. In: Freiburger Geschichtsblätter 80, 2003, pp. 91-109.

Web links

Website of the Association of Classical and Federal Women