Mingel

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The Mingel , also Mengelen , was a measure of volume for oil and wine . The measure was widespread in Germany and the Netherlands . Each liquid had its own value. Even with wine one differentiates according to origin.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands, the mingel or mengelen corresponded to the pipa .

  • Antwerp 2 Mingel = 1 Stoop = 4 pints = 160 Parisian cubic inches = 3 1/6 liters
  • Amsterdam 2 Mingel = 1 Stoop = 4 pints = 120 Parisian cubic inches = 2 ½ liters
    • 6 2/9 mingels = 1 quarter
    • 16 Mingel = 1 Steekan = 988 Parisian cubic inches = 19 3/5 liters
    • 32 Mingel = 1 anchor
    • Beer 1 mingel = 61 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 1 9/40 liters
    • Beer 128 mingels = 1 ton
    • Brandy , Rhine and Moselle wines 1 mingel / pipa = 2 pints = 8 musjes = 61 ½ Parisian cubic inches = 1 1/5 liters
    • French wine 120 Mingel = 1 animal
    • French wine 180 Mingel = 1 Oxhoft = 13,000 Parisian cubic inches = 257 3/5 liters
    • Oil 120 Mingel = 1 Ohm
    • Olive oil 717 Mingel = 1 barrel
    • Tran 192 Mingel = 1 barrel
    • Tran 96 Mingel = 1 small ton
    • Tran 288 minels = 18 steekans = 1 quardeel = 17,785 Parisian cubic inches = 352 ¼ liters
    • Wine, brandy 128 mingels = 1 ohm = 7705 Parisian cubic inches = 152 2/5 liters
    • Wine, Spanish and Portuguese 340 Mingel = 1 pipe

Germany

  • Bremen
    • 1 mingel = 10 Parisian cubic inches = 1/5 liter
    • 4 mingels = 1 quart
    • 16 Mingel = 1 room
    • 35 Mingel = 1 quarter french. Wine
    • 36 Mingel = 1 quarter of Rhine wine
    • 96 mingels = 1 ton of oil
    • 176 Mingel = 1 anchor (wine)
    • 720 Mingel = 1 Ahm / Tierce (wine) = 1 ton (beer)
    • 1080 Mingel = 1 Oxhoft (wine) = 1 barrel (brandy)
  • Hildesheim
    • Tran 1152 Mingel = 72 Steekan = 12 tons = 11,520 Parisian cubic inches = 228 ¼ liters

literature

  • Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight for bankers and merchants. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 198