Edge (unit)

With edge (Kaute) a piece and counting measure in which it was Province Fulda referred. The measure was only used in the flax trade.

The term can also be replaced with Kaude, Kaute, Knocke, because edge is considered corruption. In the flax trade, it describes a bundle, docke or braid made of crooked flax, which, with a corresponding amount, make a globes or cocks. The Kaute (edge), also Reiste, in Württemberg the Schlick, in Hamburg Knuck, also led to the name Kautenflachs.

1 edge = 6 hands full

15 edges = 1 globes

literature

Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 178, online at [2] .

Individual evidence

↑ Jurende's patriotic pilgrims: Business and entertainment book. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 446.
^ Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for business people in general: or a complete dictionary of trade, factories and manufactories, customs. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1843, p. 114.
^ Joachim Heinrich Campe: Dictionary of the German language. Volume 2, school bookshop, Braunschweig 1808, p. 904.
↑ Philipp Eissenbeiss: New general contorist or manual for the knowledge of the exchange and government paper prices: the bill and minted coins, the measurements and weights of all countries in and outside Europe, with their appropriate comparisons with one another. P. 369, online at [1]
^ FA Niemann: Complete handbook of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world . Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 134.

[1] Jurende's patriotic pilgrims: Business and entertainment book. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 446.

[2] Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for business people in general: or a complete dictionary of trade, factories and manufactories, customs. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1843, p. 114.

[3] Joachim Heinrich Campe: Dictionary of the German language. Volume 2, school bookshop, Braunschweig 1808, p. 904.

[4] Philipp Eissenbeiss: New general contorist or manual for the knowledge of the exchange and government paper prices: the bill and minted coins, the measurements and weights of all countries in and outside Europe, with their appropriate comparisons with one another. P. 369, online at [1]

[5] FA Niemann: Complete handbook of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world . Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 134.