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The Mäßchen was a volume and grain measure in Germany. It can easily be confused with similar dimensions. These include measures such as Mäßchen as a middle name for the Dutch Maatje / Mate or Mäschen for the Bavarian Mäßel / Mäßl or Mäßli as the Swiss grain measure.

The Mäßchen was primarily used as a Hessian and Saxon measure.

• Electorate of Hesse with different values ​​of the quarter.
  • Kassel , Hersfeld 1 cup = 126 1/3 Parisian cubic inches = 2½ liters
    • 1 knife = ¼ pound
    • 16 measures = 1 raspberry
    • 64 stitches = 1 quarter
  • Fritzlar 1 measure = 134 ¼ Parisian cubic inches = 2 1/3 liters
  • Homberg 1 measure = 148 Parisian cubic inches = 2 23/25 liters
  • Weather 1 size = 325 5/7 Parisian cubic inches = 6 9/20 liters
• Grand Duchy of Hesse
  • Darmstadt 1 measure = 25 1/5 Parisian cubic inches = ½ liter
    • 4 measures = 1 piece / measure
    • 16 measures = 1 stump
    • 64 measures = 1 Simmer
    • 256 gauges = 1 malter / eighth
  • Free City of Frankfurt 1 measure = 22 19/22 Parisian cubic inches
    • 4 rules = 1 code
    • 16 measures = 1 sixth
    • 32 measures = 1 measure
    • 64 measures = 1 Simmer
    • 256 gauges = 1 malter / eighth
  • Mainz , Duchy of Nassau 1 measure = 4 scrap = 21 5/9 Parisian cubic inches = 17/40 liters
• Prussia (also Mäßel) 1 Mäßel = 43 ¼ Parisian cubic inches = 8 5/9 liters
  • 4 sticks = 1 streak
  • 16 stitches = 1 quarter
  • 64 measures = 1 bushel
  • 1536 measure = 1 wispel
• Kingdom of Saxony 1 measure = 84 5/8 Parisian cubic inches = 1 7/9 liters
  • 4 sticks = 1 streak
  • 16 stitches = 1 quarter
  • 64 measures = 1 bushel
• Saxon principalities
  • Altenburg 1 measure = 110 2/3 Parisian cubic inches = 2 1/5 liters
    • 64 measures = 1 painter
    • 32 sticks = 1 bushel
    • 16 stitches = 1 quarter
    • 4 sticks = 1 streak
  • Arnstadt 1 gauge = 109 3/16 Parisian cubic inches
  • Eisenach 1 measure = 120 Parisian cubic inches = 2 3/8 liters
  • Gotha 1 measure = 69 Parisian cubic inches = 1 7/20 liters
  • Jena 1 measure = 126 1/3 Parisian cubic inches = 2 ½ liters
  • Weimar 1 measure = 90 9/16 Parisian cubic inches = 1 4/5 liters

See also

• Old weights and measures (Hessen)

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 167
• Johann Georg Krünitz, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Friedrich Jakob Floerke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth: Economic Encyclopedia or General System of the Land, House and State Economy. Volume 45, Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1789, p. 690