Gräpel (unit)

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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