Loaf (unit)

Loaf is an old unit of weight for cheese in the Swiss canton of Appenzell . It is derived from the name loaf for the cheese shape.

When weighing, cheese is differentiated according to its fat content. There are two sizes:

• 1 loaf of fat = 50 heavy pounds = 608.2 Dutch ace and
• 1 loaf of lean = 32 heavy pounds = 389,248 Dutch ace = 40 Prussian pounds.

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world .... Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 147
• Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange-government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 46