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The brew was a great measure of volume for beer . It was generally the amount of beer (a brew of beer) that was or was allowed to be brewed with one approach ( brewing justice ). The measure was regionally different in its subdivision into smaller measures and also in its size.
Berlin
- 1 building = 9 coppers (runners) = 18 barrels = 36 tons = 3456 quart
- 1 ton = 11,450 centiliters
In Prussia (after 1816): 1 building = 41.22 hectoliters
Bremen
Only called Bräu here.
Dresden
- 1 building = 12 runners = 24 barrels = 105 cans
- 1 barrel = 2 quarters = 4 tons = 7 shock cans = 420 Dresden cans = 280 visor cans
The rule in Saxony until 1871 was: 1 building = 12 runners = 94.81 hectoliters
Hanover
- 1 brew (brew) = 43 barrels = 87.07 hectoliters
- 1 barrel = 52 rooms
Leipzig
In Leipzig until 1858: 1 building = 8 runners = 70.78 hectoliters
Livonia
- 1 brew = 24 loof = 1652.76 liters (for barley)
literature
- Jürgen Elert Kruse : General and especially Hamburg Contorist, who knows the currencies, coins, weights, measures…. Hamburg 1782, pp. 82, 243.
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830.
- Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and weight book. Jäger book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main 1830, p. 90.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 7. Altenburg 1859, p. 33.
- ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and weight book. Jägersche Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1830, p. 319.
- ↑ a b c Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 7. Leipzig 1907, p. 417.
- ↑ R. Klimpert: Lexicon of Coins, Measures, Weights, Counting Types and Time Sizes. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 37.
- ↑ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and the bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 131.
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios…. , Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 351.
- ↑ Author collective: Meyers Konversationslexikon. Publisher of the Bibliographisches Institut, 4th edition, Leipzig and Vienna 1885–1892.
- ↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old dimensions, coins and weights. Verlag Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim 1986, ISBN 978-3-41102-148-2 , p. 99.