Cooper (profession)

The coopers (also ties or coopers, and in Austria: Cooper ) is an artisan who containers and vessels, usually made of wood, manufactures.

Designations

Küfe (s) in its original sense means a bucket or pail, then specifically the salt shaker; guided from the various other product such as barrel, cask, tub, Schaff, tub or vat the various regional professional titles from:

• Cooper ( this: Binder, Bindter, Pinter ), Fassler, Fässler, coopers
• Cooper
• Bottiger
• Boettner, Buettner (from vat, Franconia )
• Schaffler, Scheffler ( Schaff, Bavaria and the Palatinate )
• Kufner, Küffner
• Kubler (of bucket )
• Bum
• Schedler ( Alemannic to the measure of capacity Schedel )
• Simmer makers (for Volume, Simmer )
• Tons makers

All of these names are also hollow dimensions and units, see ancient weights and measures: There still are many other names.

The White- or fine cooper is a manufacturer of household and small items.

The cooperage

Are produced in the profession vessels from staves, specially shaped pieces of wood held together with wooden or iron hoops, the Reifschneider or tape thriller made ​​in wooden barrel hoops.

This technique was already known in the 1st century BC in Gaul. In the Roman Empire is sent north Gallic and Pannonian wine mainly in wooden barrels. Daube vessels were common in the northern provinces for stockpiling.

A special tool Hooper was the strap hook, were taken with the hoops on the staves.

Today modern machines are used in part to reduce working hours and to ensure faster processing. Even niche products such as wooden tubs or sauna plunge pool are made.

Customs

Until the Industrial Revolution, the professions coopers and brewers and wine coopers hung closely together, they were even organized in a guild. A regional dance of the coopers ' guild is the Schäfflertanz.

As Catholic patron saints of the Böttcher St. apply. Florian and St.. George.