Lestall

Lestall (also Lästall ) was a measure of area on the island of Sylt . The measure was taken for meadow land, other areas of agriculture (arable land) were calculated according to the Ammersaat . Lestall was also the basis of the land tax. Lestall is derived from Läs-Tal, the number of fuder. The measure was used as early as 1777.

1 Lestall = 9.46 ares
1 Lestall = 45 square rods

4 Lestall = 1 Diemat / Demat (the rod of 9 cubits )

From 1803 the size was changed. The reason was the loss of meadow land mainly due to the North Sea .

1 Lestall = 36 square rods

literature

J. Booysen: Description of the island of Sylt in geographical, statistical and historical terms. Royal Deaf and Mute Institute, Schleswig 1828, p. 12.

Individual evidence

↑ GN Wülfke : About the Sylt landscape constitution and its contemporary improvement. University bookstore in commission, Kiel 1831, p. 65 (footnote).
↑ Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 207.

[1] GN Wülfke : About the Sylt landscape constitution and its contemporary improvement. University bookstore in commission, Kiel 1831, p. 65 (footnote).

[2] Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 207.