Hofmarschall

The marshal is the chief administrative officer of a royal court. He has all the economic institutions under its supervision and stands before the Hofmarschallamt.

In older times every government service was considered a service of the court (see, among the nobility, the Russian nobility in Russian means the needle until today " Dworjanstwo ", ie courtiers ), therefore, still bear the high officials of the surviving royal courts often the title marshal, chancellor or Ministers, who went to other countries to government officials or military. The Hofmarschälle always belonged to the nobility and were often retired high-ranking military, at least the rank of major general.

Among the duties of a Lord Chamberlain heard the organization of receptions and audiences of the King and Queen, their journeys and state visits and supervision of the royal household. He organizes the entire house being the courtyard, the maintenance of locks, meets arrangements for the princely table, the royal kitchen and the wine cellar. For larger court households stood the Marshal of the Court, which was mostly supported by a court marshal and marshal house at the top of Hofmarschallamts.

In Germany there was until 1945 a court marshal in the former farm of Hohenzollern: He was the chief magistrate of the House Ministry, which had its headquarters in the Netherlands Palais on Unter den Linden in Berlin and managed the assets of the former Prussian royal family.

In Sweden ( " Hovmarskalksämbete " ) and in Luxembourg ( " Maréchal de la Cour " ) exists the Hofmarschallsamt today.