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[[Image:Ulmer kloben ungarnkopf.jpg|thumb|top: Ulmer Kloben, bottom: Ungarnkopf.<br>The bowls of the two pipes are made of curled wood. The stems and shanks are turned from wood. The lids and decorative fittings are made of brass. Courtesy [https://bawue.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=18937 Heimatmuseum Waldstetten]<br>[CC BY-NC-SA]]]
[[Image:Ulmer kloben ungarnkopf.jpg|thumb|top: Ulmer Kloben, bottom: Ungarnkopf.<br>The bowls of the two pipes are made of curled wood. The stems and shanks are turned from wood. The lids and decorative fittings are made of brass. Courtesy [https://bawue.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=18937 Heimatmuseum Waldstetten]<br>[CC BY-NC-SA]]]


'''Ulmer Maserholzpfeifen''' (Curled Wood Pipes from Ulm) can be devided in two basic designs: ''Ulmer Kloben'' (Wooden Block from Ulm) and the ''Ungarnform'' (Hungarian Form) or ''Ungarnkopf'' (Hungarian Head) where Ulm is a city in the south of Germany.
The term '''Ulmer Maserholzpfeifen''' (Ulmer burl wood pipes)<ref>I'm not sure how to translate the term "Maserholz" exactly. I found burl wood and curled wood as well. Maybe some native speaker can sed some light into this.</ref> covers the production of pipes from the root wood of different tree species (elm, ash, alder, birch, maple, etc.) in Ulm<ref>Ulm is a city in the south of Germany.</ref> as well as in the extensive area around the city. The oldest archival document from 1695 does not come from Ulm itself, but from Geislingen.
<ref>These translations are quite rough! Although being german I never heard the word "[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloben Kloben]" before but have found that it's a middlehigh-german word for "Holzklotz" which can be translated as wooden block.</ref>
 
A distinction is made between two basic forms, the so-called "Ulmer Kloben"<ref>These translations are quite rough! Although being german I never heard the word "[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloben Kloben]" before but have found that it's a middlehigh-german word for "Holzklotz" which can be translated as wooden block.</ref> (Wooden Block from Ulm) with a degree that widens on the underside of the pipe head, and the ''Ungarnform'' (Hungarian Form) or ''Ungarnkopf'' (Hungarian Head) with a narrow, high pipe head that is always higher than the pipe neck. The pipe bowls were particularly enhanced by elaborate fittings, lids and chains made of silver. The extent of production is almost impossible to grasp, as the trade was not organized in a guild and was often only practiced as a sideline.<ref>From the summary of Rainer Immensacks article "Ulmer Maserholzpfeifen", http://helene-bonn.info/AK/h17.htm#imm</ref>


These pipes were made since the end of the 17th century<ref>https://www.sammeln-sammler.de/tabakpfeifen/</ref> or from 1733 on<ref>http://www.woffenbach.de/pfeifenclub/pfeifentabak.html This source states the end of the 17th century as being the time when building of composite (right word?) pipes began.</ref>.
These pipes were made since the end of the 17th century<ref>https://www.sammeln-sammler.de/tabakpfeifen/</ref> or from 1733 on<ref>http://www.woffenbach.de/pfeifenclub/pfeifentabak.html This source states the end of the 17th century as being the time when building of composite (right word?) pipes began.</ref>.
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Revision as of 18:01, 27 October 2020

top: Ulmer Kloben, bottom: Ungarnkopf.
The bowls of the two pipes are made of curled wood. The stems and shanks are turned from wood. The lids and decorative fittings are made of brass. Courtesy Heimatmuseum Waldstetten
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The term Ulmer Maserholzpfeifen (Ulmer burl wood pipes)[1] covers the production of pipes from the root wood of different tree species (elm, ash, alder, birch, maple, etc.) in Ulm[2] as well as in the extensive area around the city. The oldest archival document from 1695 does not come from Ulm itself, but from Geislingen.

A distinction is made between two basic forms, the so-called "Ulmer Kloben"[3] (Wooden Block from Ulm) with a degree that widens on the underside of the pipe head, and the Ungarnform (Hungarian Form) or Ungarnkopf (Hungarian Head) with a narrow, high pipe head that is always higher than the pipe neck. The pipe bowls were particularly enhanced by elaborate fittings, lids and chains made of silver. The extent of production is almost impossible to grasp, as the trade was not organized in a guild and was often only practiced as a sideline.[4]

These pipes were made since the end of the 17th century[5] or from 1733 on[6].

Further Reading

  • Die berühmten Ulmer Maserholz Pfeifen: Geschichtliches und Kulturgeschichtliches über die Pfeifenherstellung in Ulm (Druckerei R. Mack GmbH; ISBN-13: 9783980243643) by Anton Manger

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References

  1. I'm not sure how to translate the term "Maserholz" exactly. I found burl wood and curled wood as well. Maybe some native speaker can sed some light into this.
  2. Ulm is a city in the south of Germany.
  3. These translations are quite rough! Although being german I never heard the word "Kloben" before but have found that it's a middlehigh-german word for "Holzklotz" which can be translated as wooden block.
  4. From the summary of Rainer Immensacks article "Ulmer Maserholzpfeifen", http://helene-bonn.info/AK/h17.htm#imm
  5. https://www.sammeln-sammler.de/tabakpfeifen/
  6. http://www.woffenbach.de/pfeifenclub/pfeifentabak.html This source states the end of the 17th century as being the time when building of composite (right word?) pipes began.