Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Ziegelböhm
English translation:
Bohemian bricklayers
Added to glossary by
Johanna Timm, PhD
Jan 4, 2001 18:30
23 yrs ago
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German term
Ziegelböhm
German to English
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Meaning: a worker at a brick factory before the union movement who practically slept on site; a migrant (could this be short for Böhmer); an Industrial Revolution phenomenon in the Industrial Revolution language.
Proposed translations
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| 0 | Bohemian bricklayers |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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| 0 | Seasonal migrant workers from Bohemia and Moravia |
Gunther Wolf
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| 0 | migrant brickyard worker |
Tom Funke
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| 0 | brickyard Bohemian |
Mats Wiman
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Johanna Timm, PhD
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Bohemian bricklayers
Ziegelböhm is an a short form of Ziegelböhmer, i. e. bricklayers originating from Bohemia/ Böhmen: migrant workers
Explained in the following text :
Miesbach, der selbst aus Mähren stammte, beschäftigte vor allem Zuwanderer aus Böhmen ("Ziegelböhm"), mit deren Hilfe er in wenigen Jahren das größte Ziegelwerk Europas im
Süden von Wien aus dem Boden stampfte. Er ließ "seinen Arbeitern" Massenquartiere, ein Krankenhaus und eine "Kinderbewahr-Anstalt" bauen, stellte das notwendige Mobiliar,
Brennholz und eine Ausspeisung zur Verfügung, baute eine Volksschule und an einemZiegelteich ließ er sogar eine Schwimmschule für seine etwa 5.000 Mitarbeiter einrichten.
HTH!
Explained in the following text :
Miesbach, der selbst aus Mähren stammte, beschäftigte vor allem Zuwanderer aus Böhmen ("Ziegelböhm"), mit deren Hilfe er in wenigen Jahren das größte Ziegelwerk Europas im
Süden von Wien aus dem Boden stampfte. Er ließ "seinen Arbeitern" Massenquartiere, ein Krankenhaus und eine "Kinderbewahr-Anstalt" bauen, stellte das notwendige Mobiliar,
Brennholz und eine Ausspeisung zur Verfügung, baute eine Volksschule und an einemZiegelteich ließ er sogar eine Schwimmschule für seine etwa 5.000 Mitarbeiter einrichten.
HTH!
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Comment: "You and Mats gave the best answers, I wanted to give the two of you points but I have no choice but the first-come basis. Thanks to everyone!"
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Seasonal migrant workers from Bohemia and Moravia
In my research I could not find any translation for the term. You could describe a "Ziegelböhm" as follows:
A migrant worker from Bohemia or Moravia in Czechoslovakia who used to work in brick factories in Vienna, Austria during the sommer months and return to his family during the winter months. This all happened during the first half of the 19th Century.
Web link: http://www.pausenhof.de/referate/refges/refgesw001.asp
A migrant worker from Bohemia or Moravia in Czechoslovakia who used to work in brick factories in Vienna, Austria during the sommer months and return to his family during the winter months. This all happened during the first half of the 19th Century.
Web link: http://www.pausenhof.de/referate/refges/refgesw001.asp
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migrant brickyard worker
If you need a fairly short expression that's descriptive of low social status and low income. The primitive industrial connotation comes through in the _brickyard_ part. The geographic origin may not matter to the audience. (Bricklayer usually connotes a brickmason.)
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brickyard Bohemian
Fine answers! I think Tom has a point but you must of course decide depending on the setting.
Here's my contribution to the Bohemian part (Nationalencyklopedin (NE=Swedish National Encyclopedia)):
bohemian: Bohemia was regarded as the homeland of the gypsies, originally partly a circle of artists, authors, students etc., mainly in urban areas, partly a member of such circles. Nowadays generally about a person, who leads a free life different from the life of others. This word came to general use through the Henri Murger novel "Scènes de la vie de bohème" (1851). The libretto in Puccini's opera "Bohème" is based on this novel.
Here's my contribution to the Bohemian part (Nationalencyklopedin (NE=Swedish National Encyclopedia)):
bohemian: Bohemia was regarded as the homeland of the gypsies, originally partly a circle of artists, authors, students etc., mainly in urban areas, partly a member of such circles. Nowadays generally about a person, who leads a free life different from the life of others. This word came to general use through the Henri Murger novel "Scènes de la vie de bohème" (1851). The libretto in Puccini's opera "Bohème" is based on this novel.
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