page_title: Homburg hat
hierarchical_section_title: Homburg hat
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Nach dem Bau der Berliner Sperrmauer besuchte Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer am 22.8.1961 Berlin (West). Rechts neben ihm der Regierende Bürgermeiser Willy Brandt.
context_page_description: A homburg is a semi-formal hat of stiff wool felt, characterized by a single dent running down the centre of the crown, a wide silk grosgrain hatband ribbon, a flat brim shaped in a "pencil curl", and a ribbon-bound trim about the edge of the brim. It is traditionally offered in black or grey.
  The name comes from Bad Homburg in Hesse, German Empire, from where it originated as hunting headgear. It was popularised in the late 19th century by the future King Edward VII as a less formal alternative to the prevalent top hat along with the bowler hat and the boater hat. The original homburg conceived in the 19th century was of slightly more generous proportions than seen in 21st-century versions. Although the homburg is traditionally associated with semi-formal wear, it has been extensively applied also to informal attire.
  As with other hats, it largely fell out of everyday use of Western dress codes for men in the 1960s.
context_section_description: A homburg is a semi-formal hat of stiff wool felt, characterized by a single dent running down the centre of the crown (called a "gutter crown"), a wide silk grosgrain hatband ribbon, a flat brim shaped in a "pencil curl", and a ribbon-bound trim about the edge of the brim. It is traditionally offered in black or grey.
  The name comes from Bad Homburg in Hesse, German Empire, from where it originated as hunting headgear. It was popularised in the late 19th century by the future King Edward VII as a less formal alternative to the prevalent top hat along with the bowler hat and the boater hat. The original homburg conceived in the 19th century was of slightly more generous proportions than seen in 21st-century versions. Although the homburg is traditionally associated with semi-formal wear, it has been extensively applied also to informal attire. 
  As with other hats, it largely fell out of everyday use of Western dress codes for men in the 1960s.
caption: Konrad Adenauer and Willy Brandt (1961), both wearing homburg hats
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