Hammerschlagen (also called Stump or Nagelbalken [ German lit. 'nail beam']), is a game in which participants compete against each other to drive nails into a wooden beam.
8-493: Competitive nailing can be a solo game. However, the most common form is as a competition between several individuals, the winner of which gets a prize. According to Florian Dering , a museologist at the Munich Stadtmuseum , the nail beam game as folk amusement has been around since the 1920s. This driving of nails into dimensional lumber has been used by showmen and charities to raise money, and also at weddings to have
16-555: A person's physical competence. Among many other things at the exhibition, the "Living And Working World" area in which the nail bar appeared dealt with the intellectual, psychological, physical, and social competence of people, which was implemented scenographically in four so-called "elementary spaces": four cubic, monomaterially formed spaces that were meant to arouse the senses by way of light, sounds, artistic ciphers, and smells. Munich Stadtmuseum The Munich Stadtmuseum (German: "Münchner Stadtmuseum") or Munich City Museum ,
24-578: A tree trunk is used in place of the wooden beam. It can be found as a game of leisure at events and festivals, often for children and as a wedding custom. For Expo 2000 , the Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin in Dortmund presented the Exhibition Of The Labor World to demonstrate different aspects of workplace security. A hammerschlagen area was provided to demonstrate
32-528: Is the city museum of Munich . It was founded in 1888 by Ernst von Destouches. It is located in the former municipal arsenal and stables, both buildings of the late Gothic period. The exhibition includes among many other artworks the famous gothic Morris dancers , created by Erasmus Grasser for the festival hall of the Old Town Hall , and the original puttos of the Mary's Column . This exhibitions explains
40-544: Is usually mounted at table height and secured to sawhorses by way of screw clamps. WRB Inc. claims the owner of Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter in Saint Paul , Carl Schoene, invented the game. Schoene's father-in-law, Mike Wlaschin, claimed to come up with the Hammerschlagen name. In 1999, Wlaschin founded WRB which has a trademarked the name Hammer-Schlagen and the game design trade dress . While company acknowledges iterations of
48-448: The history of the former "Hauptstadt der Bewegung" (Capital of the [Nazi] Movement). More than 2.000 musical instruments from Africa, America, Asia and Europe belong to this grand collection. This collection displays the cultural history of the puppet theatre. The Fotomuseum was founded in 1963 and owns already more than 500.000 photographs. The museum with its large archive shows weekly screenings and has once become well known for
56-534: The nail-driving game existed prior to Schoene, they have used their trademark to take legal action on restaurants and bars and other businesses that fail to sign licensing agreements with the company. In the United States , the game is often played while consuming beer and is associated with tailgate parties , German cultural events and Oktoberfest celebrations, and beer festivals in the Upper Midwest . Commonly,
64-466: The newly married couple show their skills to the audience. Dering reports a series of administrative regulations: the vertical cross-section of the plank should be at least 12 cm by 12 cm, and have no knots or protruding branches. Several hammers are used, each having a mass of at least 400 g and a handle length of at least 30 cm. The nails provided should have a round (but not smooth) head, and be at least two inches long. The nail bar
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