Köpfel
The Köpfel , Köpfle, Köple or head, was a measure of volume in Regensburg . The measure was also called Bavarian measure. 37 heads corresponded to one Regensburg cubic foot .
The measure was especially true for liquids, but was also used for dry goods.
- 1 head = 42 Parisian cubic inches = 83.313 centiliters
- 60 bowls of 2 teaspoons = 1 bucket = 4 quartl = 8 achterle = 2520 Parisian cubic inches = 49.987 liters
- 1 Köpfel = 2 Seidel = 4 Quartl = 8 Achterle (not Achterli )
The recovery bucket for cider differed from the normal bucket and had 68 heads. The wine bucket had 88 heads.
If the measure was used for salt , the conditions were
- 1 salt cutter = 4 Mäsel = 16 Köpfel = 672 Parisian cubic inches = 13.33 liters
With grain , especially with flour , one calculated
- 1 head = 1 eighth, this follows
- 8 heads = 1 Mäßl = 366 Parisian cubic inches = 6.66502 liters
- 32 heads = 1 line = 1344 Parisian cubic inches = 26.6601 liters
- ½ head = 1 pint, was called drinking or drinking. It was 0.42 liters
Relation to the different buckets:
- 60 bowls = 1 beer bucket
- 64 heads = 1 visor bucket
- 68 bowls = 1 mountain bucket or cider bucket
- 88 bowls = 1 wine bucket
literature
- Carl LW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 28.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Theodor Häußler: Viticulture in Old Bavaria: The Baierwein then and now. BoD - Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-83704352-5 , p. 415.
- ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and weight book. Jäger'schen book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main 1830 p. 313.
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1000.
- ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 999.