Chewed

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the flax measure of the same name, see edge (unit) .

Kaute is an old German name for recess or hollow. The term is still used in many mountain names (e.g. Fuchskaute ), place (e.g. Wolfskaute ) or street names (e.g. Im Käutchen). The word describes a basin-shaped depression in the east of Central Germany . In the Bavarian and Hessian Rhön one says z. B. still "Kaute". In the Thuringian Rhön on the other hand "Kutte".

In other areas, the same soil formation is also known as Kuhle, Käute, Kaule or (in Upper Bavaria) as Gunkel.

Chews are often the result of the mining of clay, sand, or loam or the mining of mineral resources. The holes for watering the flax were called "Flachskaute" in the Rhön, the manure pit is the "Miesdkaute".

Web links

• Article "Kaute" .  Central Hessian field name book. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).