page_title: Zunft zum Kämbel
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Zunft zum Kämbel / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Zürich, Münsterbrücke beim Fraumünster&#160;: Reiterstandbild von Hans Waldmann (* 1435; † 1489), von Hermann Haller 1937 im Auftrag der Zunft zum Kämbel geschaffen. Ansicht vom Münsterhof, im Hintergrund die Wasserkirche, nach der Kranzniederlegung durch die Kämbel-Zunft anlässlich des Sechseläutens.English: Equestrian statue of Hans Waldmann (* 1435; † 1489) at Münsterbrücke respectively Münsterhof in Zürich (Switzerland)&#160;: Wreath-laying ceremony by the members of the Kämbel guild on occasion of Sechseläuten.
context_page_description: Zunft zum Kämbel is a Zunft organisation in Zürich, Switzerland. The guild was established in 1336; their guild house, the Haus zur Haue building, is situated at the Limmatquai.
context_section_description: The origins of the Kämbel guild date back to 1336, when it, along with the other medieval Zürich guilds and the knight's association (Constaffel), was founded on occasion of the Brun guild constitution. The guilds were associations of various craft associations, at the same time they were economical, political, social and even military organizations that participated the wars of the medieval city republic in independent military formations. The guild masters constituted also the councillors of the elitary council of the medieval city republic of Zürich, until the French revolutionary troops terminated the guild regime, and the so-called Old Swiss Conferacy collapsed in spring 1798. In 1801 the Kämbel members sold their guildhall, but by the Act of Mediation in 1803 and 1815, the guild temporarily was re-established as one of the thirteen constituencies as municipal election guilds. In the 1838 election guilds were abolished at the cantonal level, and definitely by the municipal elections of 1866.
  The members of Kämbel originally comprised the small traders and merchants of the medieval city of Zürich, among them the gardeners (vegetable traders), lubricators and food merchants, all commonly called Grempler from which the name of the guild is derived. In later years, the vine transporters (Wynzügel) and salt traders (Houw) also became members of the guild. In addition to the aforementioned duties, the guild's deans as representatives of the city council, had to supervise the sale of goods produced by the Kämbel members, and the deans also had to define rules and conditions, and they oversaw the food stands under the arches (German: Unter den Bögen) on Limmatquai and at Weinplatz (and Gmüesbrugg, Swiss German for Vegetable bridge), passing among others the Constaffel, Saffran and Zimmerleuten guild houses.
  The most important guild master (dean) of Kämbel was Hans Waldmann (1435–1489), mayor of Zürich from 1482 to 1489, who was executed during the so-called Waldmannhandel. The equestrian monument in front of the Fraumünster church at the Münsterhof plaza respectively at the Münsterbrücke was created by Hermann Haller. The monument was unveiled on 6 April 1937 by the Kämbel guild, aiming to rehabilitate Hans Waldmann who they proposed had been the victim of a judicial murder. The equestrian statue became the subject of controversy for artistic, political and historical reasons.
caption: Hans Waldmann monument on occasion of the Sechseläuten ceremony 2015
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