A ''Bergmeister'' () was a
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
*Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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manager or foreman in German-speaking Europe who, along with the ''
Bergvogt'', was one of the officials serving on a mining court (''Berggericht''). There were ''Bergmeisters'' in every
mining district Mining district may refer to:
* Mining district (North America)
* Mining district (Europe)
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in Germany. In Austria the ''Bergmeister'' was also called the ''Obristbergmeister''.
[Max Joseph Gritzner: ''Commentar der Ferdinandeischen Bergordnung vom Jahre 1553.'' Bei Praumüller und Seidel, Wien 1842]
Sweden
In Sweden the titel ''Bergmästare'' has been known since 1347
[Jan-Olof Hedström: ''...igenom gode Ordningar och flitigt upseende...'' Bergsstaten, ]2012
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, and is since 1630 a titel for persons responsible for the concession and creating of new mines in Sweden.
See also
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Bergordnung
The Bergordnung were the mining regulations or law enacted in order to exercise the royal mining rights or ''Bergregal'' in central Europe in medieval times.
See also
* Bergrecht
* Bergregal
Literature
* Hermann Brassert (ed.): ''Berg-Ordnu ...
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Bergrecht
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Bergregal
The ''Bergregal'' () was the historic property rights (economics), right of ownership of mining law, untapped mineral resources in parts of German-speaking Europe; ownership of the ''Bergregal'' meant entitlement to the mineral rights, rights and ...
References
Resource extraction occupations
Miners