Heimbzen

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Heimbzen , Heinzen, Heimzen or Meimmetze was a German measure of the volume of grain. It belonged to the Saxon volume measures . In Merseburg a distinction was made between the Stifts-Heimbzen and the Amt-Heimbzen. There was a slight difference between the two measurements. In Bad Lauchstädt , too, a distinction was made between large, small and urban dimensions.

  • 5 Heimzen = 4 bushels (Dresdner)
  • 1 Heinzen = 8 measure (Merseburger) = 83.2 liters

literature

  • Carl Günther Ludovici, Johann Christian Schedel: Newly opened Academy of Merchants, or encyclopedic merchant lexicon. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1798.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 121 .
  2. ^ Economic News. Volume 2, Johann Wendler, Leipzig 1751, pp. 481, 488
  3. ↑ Gottlob Heinrich Heinse: Encyclopedic dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all words from foreign languages ​​that are accepted in German. Volume 3, Wilhelm Wedel, Zeitz / Naumburg 1803, p. 353