!!!Gesellenbetreuung

Gesellenbetreuung: From the 16%%sup th/%  century, journeymen were 
required to work under different masters and at different locations if 
they wanted to become masters themselves and therefore wandered from 
place to place. During the 18%%sup th/%  century journeymen were 
issued special passports (Kundschaften) that guaranteed them 
accommodation in lodging houses owned by the guilds. The beginning of 
the 19%%sup th/%  century (beginning of industrialisation) marked the 
end of the traditional travels of journeymen. After that time, 
denominational journeymen´s associations were formed and aimed 
at providing a Christian environment, training and education as well 
as places where journeymen could specialise. In Austria, Father A. 
Kolping ("Kolpinghaeuser") was a pioneer in this field, and many such 
associations were founded in accordance with his principles (1852 in 
Vienna, 1855 in the diocese of St. Poelten), the last one in 1927.


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