Haidscheffel

Haidscheffel was a measure of area in fishing , a region in today's Schleswig-Flensburg district . It is a sowing measure and Schipp is a dialect term for bushel . It is believed that the newer spelling Heidscheffel is derived from Hedeby, the old name of the city ​​of Schleswig . Bushel, which is supposed to correspond to the English measure of bushel, was synonymous .

• 1 Haidscheffel = 144 square rods = 6 shippings = 0.3 hectares
• 120 Haidscheffel = 1 hoof

literature

• Society for patriotic history (Theodor Lehmann and H. Handelmann): Yearbooks for regional studies of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Volume 6, Commission of the Academic Bookstore, Kiel 1863, p. 278.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nikolaus Falck: Handbook of Schleswig-Holstein Private Law. Volume 2, Johann Friedrich Hammerich, Altona 1831, p. 342.