Burden (unit)

The burden was a unit of weight by which steel was traded. The measure was valid in Pomerania including Szczecin , and a distinction was made between domestic and foreign products.

Weight

Was in Szczecin

1 burden = 300 Prussian. Pound (domestic) (about 140.56 kg)
1 burden = 3 Prussia. Quintals (abroad) (about 154.62 kg)

In Vienna

1 burden = 100 pounds = 1 quintal

piece

The burden was also a measure in Bavaria . A burden or Börd was 5 pieces of so-called sole skins (sole leather).

Individual evidence

↑ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete handbook of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ..., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 29.
^ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange, government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 472.
↑ G. Buchner: The most worth knowing from the measure, weight u. Coin history in tabular form with special consideration of the Bavarian. Measurement and weight system. Self-published by the author, printed by J. Paul'schen Buchhandlung, Günzburg 1853, p. 27.

[1] Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete handbook of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ..., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 29.

[2] Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange, government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 472.

[3] G. Buchner: The most worth knowing from the measure, weight u. Coin history in tabular form with special consideration of the Bavarian. Measurement and weight system. Self-published by the author, printed by J. Paul'schen Buchhandlung, Günzburg 1853, p. 27.