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.