Old weights and measures (Mecklenburg)

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This article describes the historical weights and measures of Mecklenburg . The large number of different weights and measures in German cities and countries was particularly problematic for merchants, craftsmen and surveyors at the time when carrying out their professional activities.

Length measurements

foot

From the middle of the 18th century, the Lübeck foot normalized for land surveys in Mecklenburg-Schwerin , which, according to a declaration by the Lübeck Senate, was 127.5 Parisian lines ; according to the Mecklenburg-Schwerin law of 1757 the same was assumed to be 129 Parisian lines = 0.291 meters.

When the building and work base was

  • 1 Hamburg foot = 127.04 Paris lines = 0.286 meters,

was at road construction

  • 1 Rhineland foot = 139.13 Paris lines = 0.314 meters
  • 1 Rostock foot = 127.54 Parisian lines = 0.288 meters.

In Mecklenburg-Strelitz the Rhineland foot was used for construction and trenching work, but the Mecklenburg foot of 0.291 meters as a field measure .

Cubit

According to sovereign ordinances, the Mecklenburgische Elle was covered by the

  • Hamburger cubit = 254.07 Parisian lines = 0.573 meters,

but they also existed

  • Rostock cubit = 255.07 Parisian lines = 0.575 meters, the
  • Wismar's cubit = 257.95 Parisian lines = 0.582 meters and the
  • Strelitzer cubit = 306.28 Parisian lines = 0.691 meters.

Rod

  • 1 Mecklenburg Ruthe = 16 feet of 12 inches , also divided into 10 "decimal feet" of 10 "decimal inches".

In Mecklenburg-Strelitz had a field measurement

  • Ruthe = 16 Mecklenburg feet,
  • Bauruthe = Prussian Ruthe = 12 Rhineland feet.

When digging you used

  • 1 rod = 16 Rhineland feet.

mile

Area dimensions

The Mecklenburg morning was calculated at 300 square rods (the rod = 16 feet with 129 Parisian lines). The state constitutional comparison of inheritance from the year 1755 determined that the Hufe should have 300 bushels incidence according to the correct Rostock measurements. The “convocation day farewell” on October 4th 1808 ”determined that 600 bushels of sowing should be counted for one“ catastrophic hoof ”, and according to this there were three quarters, half and quarter hooves.

In the forest land (forest) one calculated

  • 100 square rods = 1 acre.

Room dimensions

Firewood dimensions

Firewood was measured by thread and came in a variety of sizes. There were logs from 2 to 6 feet long

  • 7 feet high and 8 feet wide,
  • 7 feet high and 7 feet wide,
  • 6 feet high and 7 feet wide,
  • 6 feet high and 6 feet wide.

The specified foot measurements were building feet or hamburger feet. The so-called “norming thread” measured 147 Hamburg cubic feet.

Dimensions of capacity (grain dimensions)

The grain sizes were very different. According to the regulation of 1755, the "Mecklenburg-Schwerin'sche Scheffel" should contain 2832 Mecklenburgian (Hamburg) cubic inches.

This legal bushel did not catch on in everyday life. The “Rostocker Scheffel ” came closest to him and became the general state or normal shepherd. However, in some localities the use of a different bushel was permitted.

The Prussian bushel was introduced in Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Bushel style Parisian cc french Liters Rostock measure
1 bushel in Rostock 1960.5 38.889 -
1 bushel in Schwerin 2038.9 40.445 1 Sch. 0.64 M.
1 bushel in Strelitz 2770.7 54.962 1 Sch. 6,613 M.
1 bushel in Güstrow 2008.5 39.842 1 Sch. 0.392 M.
1 bushel in Parchim 2759.2 54.728 1 Sch. 6,516 M.
1 bushel in goods 2874.2 57.009 1 Sch. 7,455 M.
1 bushel in Wismar 2006.2 39.796 1 Sch. 0.373 M.
1 Himpten in Boizenburg 1307.0 25,926 - Sch. 10,667 M.

The table above shows that the bushels from Wismar , Schwerin and Güstrow differed only slightly from the state sheffel. The Parchim 's bushel is the old Berlin bushel , the new Berlin bushel was used in Grabow and Strelitz . In normal traffic, 5 Parchim's bushels (large measure) = 7 Rostock bushels (small measure).

100 Rostock bushels are as much as:
Rostock bushel Schwerin Bushel Strelitz bushel Parchim's bushel Guestrower Bushel Goods bushel Wismar bushel Boizenburger Himpten french Hectoliters Large Hessian painters Hanoverian painter
100 96.155 70.757 71.053 97.61 68.21 97.722 150 38.889 50.382 20.806
Bavarian bushels Frankfurt painter Hamburger barrel new Nassauer painters Baden painters Württemberg bushel Brunswick Himpten Wiener Metzen English Imperial Quarter Copenhagen grain barrels Dutch Mudden
17,489 33.893 73.863 38.889 25,926 21,943 124.865 63.235 13,374 27,954 38.889

Classification of the grain dimensions:

  • 1 load = 8 Drömt (Drömpt) with 12 bushels with 4 barrels or four with 4 meats.

In Boizenburg one calculated:

  • 1 load = 4 wispel with 6 bags with 4 bushels with 1½ himpten each or 6 lockers
  • 3 Boizenburger Himpt = 2 Rostock bushels.

Salt and coal were sold after a special load of 12 tons of 6 Rostock bushels each.

Potatoes were also measured in tons of 3 bushels. Potatoes were measured piled; Grain, on the other hand, measured deleted. Only in the case of oats was both leveled and heaped measurements taken.

Had in Mecklenburg-Strelitz

  • 1 load = 4 bisons of 2 Drömt of 12½ struck bushels, the bison thus 25 bushels.

In the trade, 2 bushels more, i.e. 27 bushels, were given to the wispel for oats. The Strelitz bushel was actually the same as the large Parchim bushel, but the new Prussian bushel was generally used.

Liquid measures

  • 1 fuder = 4 oxhofts of 6 anchors of 40 quart or pots

The pot legally had the same content as that

  • Hamburger Quartier = 45.624 Parisian cubic inches = 0.9025 French liters

Or:

  • 1 Fuder = 6 ohms of 5 buckets of 32 pots

Or:

  • 1 ton = 4 quarters of 4 cans of 2 pots of 2 planks
100 Mecklenburg Potts are as much as:
french Liters great hess. Measure Bavarian Measure Frankf. Standard Lübeck pitchers hannov. Pitchers engl. Imp Gallon Baden measure wurtemb. Lightness standard prussia. quart Viennese measure brown-black Quarter
96,250 45.125 84,422 50.337 48.195 45.354 19,863 60.166 49.127 78.819 63.780 96,334

Counting measures

  • 1 large = 12 dozen of each
  • 1 room = 4 roofs of 10 pieces
  • 1 shock = 3 steps of 20 pieces
  • 1 almond = 15 pieces
  • 1 twelfth board = 12 pieces
  • 1 Fimm = 100 bundles (straw, roof pipe)
  • 1 bale = 10 reams of 20 books with 24 sheets of writing paper or 25 sheets of printing paper.

See also counting measures

Weights

Commercial weight

  • 1 "Centner" = 112 pounds of 32 loth of 4 quents each.
  • 1 ship pound = 20 read pounds = 280 pounds.
  • 1 pound for a ship = 20 pounds = 320 pounds.
  • 1 heavy stone (wool) = 22 pounds.
  • 1 stone flax = 20 pounds.
  • 1 light stone (feathers) = 10 pounds.

According to a sovereign ordinance, the Lübeck weight should apply in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In trade, however, the old Hamburg weight prevailed (since July 1, 1858, the duty pound of 500 grams also applied in Hamburg ).

  • 1 Lübeck pound = 484.71 French grams .
  • 1 hamburger pound = 484.17 French grams.

The Lübeck pound was 0.04202 loth heavier than the hamburger.

100 pounds of the common commercial weight in Mecklenburg-Schwerin is as much as:
Hamburger pound french kilogram Bavarian lb great hess. lb frankf. light pounds hannov. lb Bremen pound new Nassau pounds Baden pound English pounds Strelitzer pound new pruss. lb wurtemb. lb Kasseler black lb Viennese pound brown-black lb Lübeck pound
100 48.417 86.45 96.83 103.46 103.57 97.12 96.83 96.83 106.73 103.51 96.83 103.51 99.98 86.45 103.51 99.89
  • 1 pound Rostock scale weight = 508.23 grams = 33.59 Loth Hamburger weight.

In Mecklenburg-Strelitz the previous one, abolished on July 1, 1858, was in effect

  • Prussian weight: 1 pound = 467.71 grams; 1 centner = 110 pounds = 5 heavy or 10 light stones.

Gold and silver weight

The weight of gold and silver was the Cologne mark = 233.81 grams.

  • 1 Mark Silver = 8 Ounces = 16 Loth = 288 Grän
  • 1 mark gold = 24 carats = 288 grän

Processed silver should be 12 solder fine.

Pharmacist weight

  • 1 medicinal pound = 357.57 grams = 12 ounces of 8 drachms of 3 scruples of 20 grains each

After 1858, the tariff pound introduced in Prussia and other states should also apply in Mecklenburg . This new weight corresponded to the French weight system. After that was

  • 1 pound = 1/2 kilogram .
  • 1 load became 50 centners,
  • 1 centner counted to 100 pounds.
  • 1 pound = 30 lots of 10 quents of 10 cents of 10 grains each.

Since 1 French kilogram was equal to 1000 grams, so was

  • 1 pound = 500 grams of the new weight,
  • 1 loth = 16.66 grams,
  • 1 ounce = 1.66 grams.

With the introduction of the new weight, the previous pharmacist, gold and silver weight also changed. The coin mark was also canceled.

literature

  • Wilhelm Raabe: Meklenburgische Vaterlandskunde, second part: Special regional and folklore of both grand duchies. Printed and published by the Hinstorff'schen Hofbuchhandlung in 1863.