Wooden fathoms

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Holzklafter (in language use such a rule. B .: "... three cords of wood ..." ), was a measure of volume in Germany and Switzerland with regionally varying volume and served primarily for firewood . Even today it is still widespread in many places in southern Germany and the German-speaking Alpine region in rural areas and in forestry. In today's parlance, a fathom of wood is defined as the amount of 3  stere corresponding to 3 cubic meters (rm).

Regionally different definition

Replica of regionally different sized fathoms. Shown are the Prussian fathoms (right with a foot length of 0.31385 meters and a volume of 108 cubic feet = 3.3389 cubic meters), the Saxon fathoms (middle with a foot length of 0.2833 meters and a volume of 108 cubic feet = 2, 45 cubic meters) and the fathom measure in Darmstadt (left with a foot length of 0.25 meters and a volume of 100 cubic feet = 1.5625 cubic meters).

The length and height of the wood piles were almost everywhere uniformly defined as 6 feet each . The foot was always the regional one. But the log length, also known as the block length, determined the difference in the net volume of wood.

In Trier the wooden fathom was equated with the forest fathom . The Kingdom of Bavaria defined the wooden fathoms in an ordinance on October 25, 1811 and determined not only the size but also the division into halves, quarters and eighths. The allowance as shrinkage on site (forest) was determined to be 3 to 4 inches .

Another fathom was the hut fathom. This was mostly 6 feet in its three dimensions. The hut fathom was a measure of the amount of wood used to produce charcoal . The meaning of the measure was closely related to the metallurgy.

Conversion of regional wooden fathoms to cubic meters

  • Aargau (Canton) , Switzerland: 1 wooden fathom = 6 feet by 6 feet by 3½ feet or 4 feet log length = 3,584 cubic meters or 4,548 cubic meters
  • Baden (Grand Duchy) : 1 wooden fathom = 6 feet by 6 feet by 4 feet log length = 3 8/9 cubic meters = 3.889 cubic meters
  • Bavaria : 1 wooden cord = 6 feet by 6 feet by 3 ½ feet log length = 3.1324975 cubic meters
  • Danzig , West Prussia: 1 wooden fathom = 6 feet by 6 feet by 2 to 3 feet log length = 1.71 cubic meters or 2.566 cubic meters
  • Erfurt , Prussia. Saxony: 1 wooden fathom = 3 1/5 cubic meters = 3.2 cubic meters
  • Fulda , Kurhessen : 1 wooden fathom = 6 feet by 6 feet by 4 feet log length = 3.33 cubic meters
  • Halle , Prussia: 1 wooden fathom = 5½ feet by 5½ feet by 3½ feet log length = 3.4 cubic meters
  • Koblenz , Rhenish Prussia : 1 wooden fathom = 4 18/25 cubic meters = 4.72 cubic meters
  • Magdeburg , Prussia. Saxony: 1 wooden fathom = 6 feet by 6 feet by 4 feet log length = 4.45 cubic meters
  • Prussia : 1 wooden fathom = 6 feet by 6 feet by 3 feet log length = 3.44 cubic meters
  • Solothurn : 1 wooden fathom = 6 feet by 6 feet by 4 feet of log length = 4.275 cubic meters

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Polytechnic Association for the Kingdom of Bavaria: Art and trade sheet of the Polytechnic Association for the Kingdom of Bavaria. 31st year, Volume 23, G. Kaiser, Munich 1845, p. 332.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, mass and weight of all countries in the world . G. Basse, Leipzig 1830, p. 138 .
  3. ↑ Tables for the conversion of Bavarian mass and weights into metric and vice versa, Theodor Ackermann, Munich, 1871. Table XX. Appendix p. 78f.