True, but theses ones were actual weapons which were probably only used ceremonially.
In contrast to the mining axe, the Bergbarte is less a tool than a weapon derived from the battle axe. Among other privileges, medieval miners enjoyed the right to bear arms. The Bergbarte is still used as a parade weapon.
(Barte. In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon. 14. Auflage. Band 2: Astrachan – Bilk. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1894, S. 439 (retrobibliothek.de)
Whether the Bergbarte was actually carried and used as a weapon in earlier times is not reliably documented. At the latest since the reorganization of the mountain habit by [the German geologist August von] Herder, the Bergbarte has only been carried by the herdsmen as a parade weapon. It was carried over the right shoulder during mountain processions and parades.
(Manfred Blechschmidt, Die Barte ist des Bergmanns ganzer Stolz, In: Bei uns zu Hause)
[copied from German Wikipedia and translated with DeepL]
Dealing with support beams mostly, I think.
True, but theses ones were actual weapons which were probably only used ceremonially.
In contrast to the mining axe, the Bergbarte is less a tool than a weapon derived from the battle axe. Among other privileges, medieval miners enjoyed the right to bear arms. The Bergbarte is still used as a parade weapon. (Barte. In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon. 14. Auflage. Band 2: Astrachan – Bilk. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1894, S. 439 (retrobibliothek.de)
Whether the Bergbarte was actually carried and used as a weapon in earlier times is not reliably documented. At the latest since the reorganization of the mountain habit by [the German geologist August von] Herder, the Bergbarte has only been carried by the herdsmen as a parade weapon. It was carried over the right shoulder during mountain processions and parades. (Manfred Blechschmidt, Die Barte ist des Bergmanns ganzer Stolz, In: Bei uns zu Hause)
[copied from German Wikipedia and translated with DeepL]