Dirndl

A woman wearing a dirndl

Austria, Traditional costumes from Tyrol, EU

A dirndl [ˈdɪʁndl̩] is a type of dress worn by women in Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and South Tyrol. It is made to look like the traditional clothing that peasants from the Alps used to wear.^[1] Originally the term Dirndl meant girl in Bavarian. Now it can mean either the dress or a girl.^[2] It was also called a Dirndlgewand.^[2] In the 1800s servant girls wore a very similar dress. They were very plain. A heavy, often dark colored dress was worn in winter. It had a long sleeve dirndl blouse and thick apron to go with it. In summer a light version was worn.^[2] Summer dresses were worn with a short puffed-sleeve dirndl blouse. Different styles were worn in different regions.^[3] The bow on the apron is tied on the left (she is single) or the right side (she is not single).^[4]

Dirndl Media

Woman wearing modern dirndl with long skirt
Children wearing traditional dirndls at a folk festival in Vilshofen an der Donau (Bavaria), 2012
Women wearing the traditional blue dirndl from the Wachau region of Austria
Different colour variations can depend on the origin of the woman wearing a dirndl.
Woman wearing dirndl with spring flowers
Young woman in dirndl from Salzburg region (right) and farmer's wife wearing goldhaube (centre), 1847
Painting by Hermann Volz (1814–1894), Junge Schankmagd bringt Bier an den Stammtischcode: de is deprecated (Young barmaid bringing beer to the regulars), 1872
Painting by Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885), Dirndl und Jäger im Gebirgecode: de is deprecated (Young woman and hunter in the mountains), 1870
Painting by Hermann Kauffmann (1808–1889), Tändelndes Paar beim Buttern in der Stubecode: de is deprecated (Couple courting while churning butter)

References

↑ Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia, eds. Annette Lynch; Mitchell D. Strauss (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), p. 100
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "German Dirndl". Stuart Anderson at www.destination-munich.com. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ "Dirndl Basics". Austrian Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ "Dirndl knot on the left, in the centre or on the right?". bavarian-specialities.net. Retrieved 27 April 2015.^{[dead link]}

Other websites

Oktoberfest Dirndl Dress: The Bow Archived 2015-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
How to wear a dirndl Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia, eds. Annette Lynch; Mitchell D. Strauss (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), p. 100

[DM-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "German Dirndl". Stuart Anderson at www.destination-munich.com. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

[3] "Dirndl Basics". Austrian Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

[4] "Dirndl knot on the left, in the centre or on the right?". bavarian-specialities.net. Retrieved 27 April 2015.^{[dead link]}

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