Fichelin

The fichelin , also Fischel (lat. Fischilinum) (pronounced Fischläng), was a grain mass in the Swiss canton of Valais . The size of the measure varied depending on the location in the canton.

In Sitten VS 1 Fichelin = 1/12 Muid = 1689 Parisian cubic inches = 33 7/11 liters
in Visp 1 Fichelin ~ 16.82 liters (50%)
other places 1 Fichelin ~ 25.23 liters (75%)

1 Fichelin = 2 Mesures = 4 Quarterons = 10 Emines
1 sac = 4.5 fichelin
For rye, 1 fichelin = 29.7 liters

literature

Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ... , Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 93.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Friedrich Jakob: The Valeria organ: a Gothic work in the castle church in Sitten / Sion. Verlag der Fachvereine der Schweizerischen Hochschulverlag AG, Zurich 1991, p. 58, ISBN 3-7281-1666-1
↑ Heinrich August Pierer : Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present: or ..., Volume 6, Verlagbuchhandlung HA Pierer, Altenburg 1858, p. 254.

[Jacob-1] Friedrich Jakob: The Valeria organ: a Gothic work in the castle church in Sitten / Sion. Verlag der Fachvereine der Schweizerischen Hochschulverlag AG, Zurich 1991, p. 58, ISBN 3-7281-1666-1

[2] Heinrich August Pierer : Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present: or ..., Volume 6, Verlagbuchhandlung HA Pierer, Altenburg 1858, p. 254.