Fjerdingkar

Fjerdingkar was a Danish measure of volume and area and corresponded to the quarter.

Volume measure

The dimensional chain for volume measurements was

• 1 ton / ton = 8 Skjaepper / Scheffel = 32 Fjerdingkar / quarter = 64 Ottingkar / eighth
• 1 Fjerdingkar = 2 Ottingkar / eighth = 4.35 liters ( Schleswig )

Area measure

The dimensional chain for the square measure was similar to the one above

• 1 tonne of land = 8 skjaepper / bushel = 32 fjerdingkar / quarter = 96 Albus = 55.1623 ares
• 1 Fjerdingkar = 1.724 ares

See also

• Old weights and measures (Denmark)
• Old weights and measures (Scandinavia)
• Skieppe
• Schipp

literature

• Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Coin, measure and weight book: the monetary, measure and exchange system, the courses, government papers, banks, trading establishments and customs of all countries and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 347.
• William Alfred Browne: The Merchants' Handbook. Edward Stanford, London 1867, pp. 175, 176.