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1891 TOKEN / MEDAL

FACE READS: SCHLACTER GESELLEN BRUDERSCHAFT DER SCHLACHTER-INNUNG VON HAMBURG

(DEPICTS A LAMB WITH A CROSS AND BANNER FLYING BEHIND)

OBVERSE READS: ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN FESTZUG BEI VERLEGUNG D. HERBERGE

NACH DEM

NEUEN

INNUNGS-HAUSE

AM SONTAG

DEM 20 SEPT.

1891

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LOOSLEY TRANSLATED

FACE: SCHLACTER SELLER BROTHERHOOD OF THE BUTCHER GUARD OF HAMBURG

OBVERSE: TO REMEMBER THE PARAGRAPH BY LAYING D. HERBERGE

AFTER THIS

NEW

GUARD HOUSE

ON SUNDAY

THE 20 SEPT.

1891

Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte - Mittheilungen

Association for Hamburg History - Communications

In their 1891 Volume 5 makes reference in "fraktur" about the event and medal

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FYI

Boppard, formerly also spelled Boppart, is a town and municipality (since the 1976 inclusion of 9 neighbouring villages, Ortsbezirken) in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, lying in the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town is also a state-recognized tourism resort (Fremdenverkehrsort) and is a winegrowing centre.

Boppard lies on the upper Middle Rhine, often known as the Rhine Gorge. This characteristic narrow form of valley arose from downward erosion of the Rhine’s riverbed. Since 2002, the Gorge has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A 17 km stretch of the Rhine forms the town’s eastern limit. Along this part of the river lie the outlying centres of Hirzenach and Bad Salzig, as well as the town’s main centre, also called Boppard.

Directly north of Boppard, the Rhine takes its greatest bend. This bow is called the Bopparder Hamm, although this name is more commonly applied to the winegrowing area found along it. The best known lookout point over this bow in the Rhine is the Vierseenblick, or "Four-Lake View". This vista gets its name from the way in which the Rhine can be seen from here, or rather the way in which it cannot be seen: hills block out most of the view of the river itself so that visitors can only see four apparently separate patches of water, rather like four lakes. These are all actually parts of the Rhine; there are no lakes to be seen. The Vierseenblick can be reached by chairlift.

Boppard's town forest is the second biggest in Rhineland-Palatinate with an area of 43.6 km².

Since 1969, the town of Boppard has belonged to the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and is the district's northernmost municipality. Boppard is a middle centre; the nearest upper centre is Koblenz, some 22 km away.

Constituent communities

Since 1976, Boppard has consisted of ten Ortsbezirke, a special kind of municipal internal division found in some cities and towns in Rhineland-Palatinate (and also Hesse). Each Ortsbezirk has its own council, whose head bears the title Ortsvorsteher. Some of these Ortsbezirke even have their own Ortsteile, but these have no separate representation on any council. Boppard's Ortsbezirke are as follows:

Boppard (main centre) with the Ortsteil of Buchenau (and the Hellerwald commercial development)

Bad Salzig

Buchholz with the Ortsteil of Ohlenfeld

Herschwiesen with the Ortsteil of Windhausen

Hirzenach

Holzfeld

Oppenhausen with the Ortsteil of Hübingen

Rheinbay

Udenhausen

Weiler with the Ortsteil of Fleckertshöhe

History

The earliest trace of settlement unearthed by archaeologists in the Boppard area has been a storage yard dating back some 13,000 years to the time of the Federmesser culture.

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: In Gold ein rot bezungter und rot bewehrter schwarzer Adler mit silbernen Krallen, belegt mit einem Herzschild, darin in Silber ein rotes Balkenkreuz.

The town's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Or an eagle displayed sable armed and langued gules and clawed argent, his breast surmounted by an inescutcheon of the last charged with a cross of the third.

Once the new, greater town of Boppard had been founded, the town's old arms lost their validity. Only in 1985 could the town council reach an agreement on new arms. The problem stemmed from, among other things, wanting to please everyone by choosing an heraldic emblem with which all Ortsbezirke could identify. This was not easy from an heraldic point of view, for only two of the constituent communities, Boppard and Bad Salzig, had borne arms before amalgamation. The other eight therefore had no heraldic history. Thus it was decided that the new coat of arms should be charged with the Imperial Eagle, like the old arms, but that the eagle should have an inescutcheon on its breast, itself charged with Saint George's Cross, ironically the heraldic device formerly borne by the Electorate of Trier, against whose hegemony the townsfolk had once fought so hard. The Imperial Eagle was meant to refer to the time when Boppard was a free imperial city – before the widely unpopular pledge put the town in Electoral-Trier hands – and the Trier cross, of course, to the time under Trier's rule. An element of unity could be seen in the latter charge, for all but one of the Ortsbezirke had once lain under Electoral-Trier sovereignty, Holzfeld being the only one that never had.

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The origin of the Boppard shooters lies in the depth of time. There are probably no more records of this. The oldest written mention that the Boppard Brotherhood has goes back to 1510, which is therefore recorded as the year of its foundation. Historians even suspect that the Boppard shooters could actually have celebrated a much older anniversary, but without committing themselves to a specific date.

Even though in Boppard, as in other cities, the archers were responsible for guarding the city walls, one could even go back to the 12th century. For example, in neighboring St. Goar in 1344 a crossbow company was mentioned. The oldest existing document from the Boppard family already speaks of a St. Sebastian archers' guild.

At that time, Emperor Maximilian I ruled, who, like the princes, sought to strengthen his power. Boppard, the former Free Imperial City, had also fallen victim to the usual intrigues and was robbed of freedom by pledging. In order to curb the princes' arrogance and to counter attacks by invading foreign hordes, rifle guilds were recruited in many cities that went to work with great personal commitment. In old statutes it can be read that even regular exercises were carried out in order to be better equipped to protect citizens.

The current uniform of the Boppard shooting club still largely corresponds to the shape of the St. Sebastian shooting club. It is always surprising when you read the membership statistics from back then and compare them with today's figures, the St. Sebastianus Schützengilde was the largest association far and wide. It was considered an honor and spiritual comfort to be a registered member of the Brotherhood. Breeding, order and, above all, monitored morality, embedded in a feeling of subjective security, gave many people confidence and even refuge, both mentally and physically.

The members not only came from Boppard, the catchment area extended to Oberwesel via the Hunsrück to the Moselle and also to the other side of the Rhine. Later even the wives were automatically included in the guild.

The records of the St. Sebastian Schützengilde end in 1833, where a Joh. Traab, shipbuilder, is named as the leader of the brotherhood. Minutes, public appearances and other activities were lost or could no longer be identified.

The reestablishment in 1848

Boppard, city of the Roman Empire

Many former members kept the spirit and tradition alive. The political turmoil may have added to it, so it was only a matter of time before the spark would finally ignite.

In the year of the regained civil liberty the time had come: On June 2, 1848, the shooting club was founded again. The Boppard Schützengesellschaft 1510/1848 e.V. was founded, primarily by members of the then vigilante (urban guard, created by the amalgamation of Boppard citizens for the purpose of maintaining order and averting threats). They went to work with renewed vigor, issued statutes in the same year, which were then adopted on August 19, 1849, held shooting days and took an active part in the life and society of the city.

But the normal shooting life continued: festivals were celebrated, moves took place, a group of singers was founded, shooting kings were shot down, plays were performed and much more. When the new synagogue in Boppard on Binger Gasse was inaugurated in 1867, a large delegation from the shooting club accompanied the Torah scrolls on the way there.

In the course of almost five centuries, the shooting ranges had to be relocated several times until one finally found a permanent residence in the Schlaningtal, which then became the property of the owner in 1960. Even today, attempts are made to improve what is available, mainly through personal efforts.

In 1908, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary after the reestablishment in 1848, a new flag was inaugurated, which was unfortunately lost after the Second World War due to the confiscation. Ensign Josef Korneli wore the new flag, which he quickly acquired again, over a period of more than 40 years; the current ensign is rifle brother Hans Walter.

The first marksmen's festival after the war was celebrated in 1951 in the “Rheinterrasse” hotel, today known as “Ebertor”. In 1956, a shooting club was attached to the shooting club, the "spiritus rector" of which was the federal master, General Wilhelm Steffen. In 1973 another important step was taken and a women's team was founded for active and inactive rifle sisters. Marianne Birkenbach, who held this beautiful but also responsible position for 25 years, became the chair. For this achievement, she received an order from the "General Steffen" district, which had previously only been awarded to men.

The revolution of 1848 had been politically unsuccessful, but it has seized the German people in all its limbs to an unprecedented extent, awakened them and activated new forces. Riflemen, a civil society that was still rooted in the Middle Ages, were not short of freedom tendencies in 1848 and took part in the general enthusiasm. A great number of Rhenish societies emerged in 1848, were founded or gave new statutes. So did the Boppard shooting club, which put its new statutes into force on August 19, 1849.

The Ehrenbreitstein riflemen, who had already been founded in 1520, followed the spirit of the times and invited 30 rifle associations in the area to a rifle fraternity festival, which took place on August 20, 1848. The city was festively decorated and the arriving clubs were greeted with music at the entrances. The shooters from Boppard and Güls moored on the shore with their decorated barges. A total of around 550 shooters appeared in splendid uniforms. In 1852, the Ehrenbreitstein family once again invited to an anniversary event (June 13, 1852), to which the Boppards also sent another delegation. As a visible sign of mutual friendship, the Boppard received a precious silver shield, which was reminiscent of Boppard's "royal silver" and is now held in high esteem.

The reigning rifle kings of the Boppard Rifle Association 1510/1848, like in many other brotherhoods, have to give the association a sign, mostly made of silver, for lasting memory after the end of their reign. On this so-called royal silver are u. a. Name of the incumbent and date of enthronement of the Majesty engraved. This custom, especially practiced in the Rhineland, is a historical tradition and thus documents a piece of contemporary history.

The royal silver from the foundation until 1833, which was still there, was confiscated by the French troops and never reappeared. The old custom of donating a silver sign was continued even after the reestablishment in 1848. The Boppard shooting club 1510/1848 is in a fortunate position, and one is particularly proud of the fact that from 1850 it still has almost all copies in its possession. The oldest shield, which was missing, however, was the one from 1860. You can almost call it a sensation that the king's shield from 1860 has reappeared after 136 years. The guesswork about the name of His Majesty at that time has now come to an end. Twelve years after the re-establishment of the Boppard Rifle Brotherhood, Joseph Weich Schützenkönig was in Boppard. He won dignity on July 22, 1860. The interested reader now has two questions:

1. Under what circumstances was the sign found again?

2. Why was it not in the possession of the shooting club at the time or was it later lost?

The first question can be answered exactly, the second one can only be guessed. Ms. Hilde Fischer, widow of Mr. Karl Fischer, has brought back the royal shield to the Boppard shooting club. The grandfather of Frau Fischer's late husband was Mr. Nikolaus Fischer, born in 1851. He had a workshop in the rear building at Pützgasse 9, above which was a small living room. When this old building was demolished, an ancient cupboard should be disposed of. A drawer was opened that no one had touched in decades. It was there by chance that you found the coveted object in the far corner, completely unsightly and dusty. How did it get into that drawer back then and remained lost for over a hundred years? The research suggests the following: When the reign of the Boppard rifle king of 1860, Joseph Weich, ended, he too donated his royal shield to society. This was then attached to the Königs Bandelier and worn there until 1887. In 1887 the above-mentioned Nikolaus Fischer became the shooting king in Boppard and of course wore the bandolier on festive occasions. The shield of ex-King Joseph Weich had been hanging on it for 27 years, so it was not surprising that the brackets began to loosen (which, by the way, can still be seen now). Nikolaus Fischer secured the sign so that it should not be lost, put it in the drawer in question and wanted it to be reattached to a Boppard silversmith. But it was probably forgotten there. The Boppard shooting club in 1510/1848 warmly thanks Ms. Fischer for bringing the Königs shield back into the possession of the company. In doing so, it helped to bring a piece of the past back to life and to keep it for future generations.

There was a shooting club in Boppard for 500 years. Until 1848 it was a rifle guild, then a rifle company. The reason for the name change is unknown, perhaps this had something to do with the origin or the profession of the members. In its current form, this has existed for over 150 years. Over a period of five centuries, Boppard citizens of all classes and classes have committed themselves to faith, custom and home, true to the motto of the Historical German Rifle Brotherhoods.

In doing so, they have not only set cultural-political accents, but at the same time have made a recognizable social-political commitment visible into a century that has set new standards in almost all areas and has forced us to rethink many areas right up to our days.

Viewed in this way, 500 years (due to the manageability especially the last 150 years) of the club history of the Boppard shooting club in a special way in the rich historical past of the time-honored city of Boppard. This is a very long tradition and involves a high level of commitment. Tradition does not only mean that one looks back with pride on what one has achieved, but that one draws from it and continually involves today's people in the transmission of social and ethical values. Such a commitment is necessary and required especially in our current time.

We need women and men who are not only members of the Rifle Brotherhood, but are also determined to stand up for human dignity. It must be a matter of concern to maintain the high values of a civil coexistence, to maintain and to carry it into the young generation. The shooter should see himself in daily life as a sustaining and building force.

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