Galvai

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The Galvai , also Galvey, Galbay, Galbai, was a German volume measure for salt and grain . The measure had spread in Bavaria and belonged to the old Bavarian hollow measures. In the late Middle Ages, a galve or galvai was reckoned to be around 74.1 to 74.3 liters in Munich . Use in Tyrol is known from measurements.

  • Munich 4 Galvai = 1 load of salt (1 load of 297 liters)
  • 14 Galvei 1 wagon load = 28 Metzen salt
  • Augsburg 1 wagon load = 5 loads of salt

In addition to salt and grain, the measure was also used for sand in conjunction with other measures. Here were

  • 1 carrying = ½ galbei
  • 12 wear = 1 Chretzen

See also

literature

  • Johann Andreas Schmeller: Bavarian Dictionary . Part 10, JW Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1828, p. 33.
  • Franz Auer: The city law of Munich. Publishing house of the literary-artistist establishment, Munich 1840, p. 322, 360.
  • Johann Andreas Schmeller: Bavarian Dictionary. Oldenbourg Wissenschafts-Verlag GmbH, Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-48658-520-9 , p. 894. (reprint)