!!!Herzogbauer

Herzogbauer, term for the peasant chosen by the free peasants ( 
Edlinger) who was to carry out a rural democratic ritual at the  Ducal 
Coronation in Carinthia at the  Fuerstenstein near Karnburg: The duke, 
wearing traditional peasant costume, was questioned by the Herzogbauer 
in Slavic and enthroned after presentation of a horse and a cow. The 
questions pertained to the duke´s Christian belief and his fair 
conduct of office. Reports by Johann von Viktring mentioned a symbolic 
slap on the cheek dealt to the duke by the Herzogbauer.

!Literature
B. Grafenauer, Die Kaerntn. Herzogseinsetzung und die 
Edlingerfrage; A. Ogris, Fuerstenstein und Herzogstuhl, beide in: 
Carinthia I 183, 1993; S. Nikolay, Der Kaerntn. Fuerstenstein, 
master´s thesis, Vienna 1994.


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