1. Origins and early examples
The profession of chimney sweep (German Kaminfeger; also: Kaminkehrer; South German for Italian spazzacamino; Old Bavarian Kümich-/Künikehrer, east of the Inn Rauchfangkehrer, North German Schlotfeger and Schornsteinfeger, Middle German and Saxon also Essenkehrer[3. 232 f.]) emerged in the course of the early modern era. As stone construction spread, along with multistorey houses and the use of black coal for heatin…