Yidde

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The yidde was an East Frisian square measure and generally came to 46.6461 ares .

  • 1 Jidde = 380 square rods ( Emder ) of 12 square feet ≈ 46.65 ares
    • Additional consideration for Emden: 1 rod = 12 feet (1 F. (hannov.) = 0.292095) = 3.505136 meters [1]

Until about 1837 the land measure was in the Brokmerland . In the Jever, the matt as a meadow measure roughly corresponded to Brokmer's Jidde. The Yidde itself is said to have been comparable to the old East Frisian diemat . About 3/4 of a diemat was apparently the size.

Simplified, ½ hectare was calculated as 5000 square meters . Originally the measure was a pure measure of width, only later did the yidde (today's pronunciation of the old word jerde ) become a measure of area.

literature

  • Bernhard Uphoff: East Frisian mass and weights. Volumes 1–2, Aurich Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich 1973, p. 35.
  • Friedrich Swart: Political and social science research: To the Frisian agricultural history. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 169.