A Bergmeister () was a mine 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 in Germany. Heinrich Veith: Deutsches Bergwörterbuch mit Belegen. Verlag von Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau 1871 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 title Bergmästare has been known since 1347Jan-Olof Hedström: ...igenom gode Ordningar och flitigt upseende... Bergsstaten, 2012, and is since 1630 a title for persons responsible for the concession and creating of new mines in Sweden.
See also Bergordnung Bergrecht Bergregal
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