| “Bugsbeutel”: | water bottle which was carried close to the body or Bugggert |
| “Bookesbeutel”: | low German for prayer bag |
| “Bocksbeutel”: | similarity to the “capri sacculus” of the billy goat |
Chronological Table:
| 1400 b. C. | Celtic flat spherical bottles made from earthenware. Found in Wenigumstadt, district of Aschaffenburg |
| 15th century | Start of the natural glass production |
| 1576 | Juliusspital stone relief depicting the foundation’s task shows a bottle similar to the Bocksbeutel |
| 1659 | The book of craftsmen and economy of the glass producer Mathis Wenzel from Wertheim mentions a “ronde Flasche” (= round bottle) which resembles the Bocksbeutel |
| 1688 | The product catalogue of the bottle glassworks of Johann Wenzel from Rechtenbach in the Spessart region includes an invoice for a Bocksbeutel |
| 1726 | Würzburg council minutes record that the city council decided to fill wines from the location “Stein” of the excellent vintage 1718 into glass Bocksbeutels containing 1 Maß (1,22 l) and to label them with a city seal. The reason for this decision was increasing trade custom violating. |
| 1819 –1821 | E. T. A. Hoffmann mentions the Bocksbeutel in his novel “Kater Murr”. |
| 1989 | Following lengthy legal disputes the Bocksbeutel is registered for wines of certified origin and quality and for special quality wines coming from Franconia and from certain other strictly defined wine-growing areas in the European Community. |
