Dienstmann

As a service man ( Mz Austro- men, otherwise well - people ) was mainly in Austria until the first half of the 20th century referred to a service provider that temporary contracts of all kinds took over in public places or at home for a fee. Its main tasks were in the carriage of cargo, such as suitcases, and in messenger activities. In the historically original meaning is referred to as service men and male persons who were obliged to cash or Frondienstleistungen to her body or landlord, as well as various ministerial rank.

Known fictional service men are the service Alois Hingerl from Ludwig Thomas satire A Munich in heaven or Hans Moser and Paul Hörbiger as service men in the movie Hello porter. As Berliner original porter Ferdinand stocking was known under the name Eckensteher Nante.

History

The term service man first appears in the Middle Ages as Eindeutschung for ministerial, for men who were in the service of a farm and eventually ascended to the status of the knights.

In the Imperial and Royal Monarchy in 1859, in force by imperial patent liberal trade regulations summarized the activities of all persons who offered personal services in public places, such as messengers, porters, and the like, to a licensed commercial space together. These popularly known as " porters " Mentioned could be used as a kind of temporary workers for many household activities:

• Errands
• Support services to 20 pounds
• Deputy for preventing servants as porters, domestic Dienster, waiters, etc.
• Position of leaders and followers
• Supply of temporary service providers shaft
• " Effectuierung " all domestic service work
• Procurement of clothes and boots cleaners, room and furniture cleaners, ceiling and carpet beaters, * wood and water carriers
• Provision of Supervisors in shipments
• Provision of guards
• Seeing and theater and concert " Billeten "

The in her uniform in all public places waiting for orders service men sat surprising as a symbol of the little man quickly. In particular, for flowing from all parts of the monarchy in the residence city of Vienna in need this Leibdienerei meant even upward social mobility.

The Jews active in the space industry have been deprived of their trade licenses by the Nazis after the "Anschluss ". Thereafter, they were deported to the concentration camp. The non-Jewish " service men " were the Nazis, where the " street people" ( Henry Mayhew ) was suspicious of any kind, according to the " linearization " for labor service or the Wehrmacht indent.

Of the approximately 180 Vienna " service men " remained so after the Second World War, more than 17 men left who found their best customers first among the smugglers. With the normalization of economic relations but disappeared this customer base. The last mid-50s still active service man was Anton Wuich, last scion of a famous aristocratic family. He eked out his life as a home service man of the neurologist Wagner Jauregg, the lung specialist Wilhelm Neumann and as trustee of the actor and singer Irmgard Seefried, Elisabeth Höngen, Johannes Heesters and Theo Lingen.