Man made
The Mannsmade , also Mannsmad or Mannsmahd, was a measure of area in the Free State of the Three Leagues in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley and in Württemberg . In the rest of Switzerland it was widely known as Mannwerk and increasingly equated with Juchart . The term Tagewerk or Tagwans is typologically related .
The measure referred to an area of meadow that is so large that a man can mow it in a day, i.e. around 20 ares (2000 m²).
Two different values marked the measure.
The old man made
- 1 man made = 600 square fathoms
The new man made
- 1 man made = 600 square fathoms.
In Stuttgart the measure corresponded to 1 ½ acres or 576 square rods .
literature
- Anne-Marie Dubler : Mannwerk (Mannsmad). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Vol. III Col. 8 f., Article Mann-Mād , and Vol. XVI 1226 ff. Mann-Wërch, meaning 1 .
- Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin change, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 213.
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] Mowing of men
- ^ Association of scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of all trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1850, p. 80
- ^ Association of scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of all trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 5, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1850, p. 257.