Gräpel (unit)
The Gräpel , also called Spanne , was a German measure of length in mining .
- 1 gräpel = ⅛ laughers
- 1 gräpel = 1 span
The laughter was very different from region to region and therefore no indication in metric dimensions was given.
literature
- Adelung: Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect. Volume 2. Leipzig 1796, p. 779
- Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 7. Altenburg 1859, p. 549