Cadastral base

The cadastral base was a measure of length in Kurhessen (Hessen-Kassel) and Oldenburg .

In Hessen-Kassel, the measure was derived from the old Kassel foot and was 12 inches or 144 lines until 1869 .

• 1 cadastral foot (old Kassel or Old Hessen foot) = 126.3 Parisian lines = 0.28491 meters
• 1 cubit = 1 Kassel cubit = 2 Kassel feet (Old Hessen feet or 2 cadastral feet) = 252.6 Parisian lines = 0.5698 meters
• 1 cadastral rod = 14 cadastral feet = 3,989 meters

Was in Oldenburg

• 1 cadastral rod = 10 feet = 2.96 meters

literature

• Official Journal of the Royal Government of Kassel , 1869.
• Wolfgang Torge: History of geodesy in Germany. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, p. 245, ISBN 978-3-11-019056-4 .
• Meyer: Large conversation lexicon. Volume 10, Leipzig 1907, p. 740.