Nösel
Nösel , also Nößel , Oessel , Oeßel , Ösel or Pinte , was a unit of measurement that was used until the 20th century .
The unit has been used in retail stores as well as in the kitchen . In different regions Nösel was the same as a bottle , a Seidel or a Mäßchen.
liquid measure
A custom chain for Nösel was
- 1 Fuder = 4 Oxhoft = 6 Ahm = 15 Buckets = 24 Anchors = 240 Stübchen = 480 Ma (a) ß / Kanne = 960 Quartier = 1920 Nösel
One nosel corresponded to approximately 450 milliliters. This measure was subject to greater regional fluctuations; so corresponded a nosel
- in Dresden 467.5 milliliters,
- in Leipzig 601.9 milliliters,
- in Bremen 402.2 milliliters,
- in Mansfeld 500 milliliters and
- in Emden as beer juice 511 milliliters.
The nosel measure was mostly a measure of liquid (very rarely a measure of weight) that was derived from the jug . A jug often contained two nosels. In the individual German regional states, the volume of these measures varied, even within the Kingdom of Saxony . The Dresden jug contained a good 0.94 liters, the Nösel around 0.47 liters. But if the "Leipziger (Schenk-) Kanne" was measured, it was 1.2 liters, with the Nösel consequently 0.6 liters. The nosel measure was used in retail sales and in the household to measure pulses , seeds and other bulk goods.
In Saxony , too , the aforementioned dimensions were officially valid until 1868, when the metric system (meters, grams, liters, etc.) was introduced. In the private sector, however, the old dimensions lasted for decades.
Area measure
There was a specialty in Thuringia . There the nosel was a sowing measure , i.e. H. a measure of the arable land that could be tilled with one Nösel seed. That was 14.6 square meters.
Measure of salt
Was in the salt works of Halle
- 1 nosel = ½ quart
- 7 ½ nösel = 8 ½ pans
Wood measure
In Meissen the measure for wood was used .
- 1 nosel = 1/10 fathom
See also
literature
- Fritz Verdenhalven : Old measurement and currency systems from the German-speaking area , Neustadt an der Aisch, 2nd edition, 1993, ISBN 3-7686-1036-5 .
- Otto Brandt: Documentary on measure and weight in Saxony. Dresden 1935.
Individual evidence
- ^ Schäfer: Handelslexikon or encyclopedia of the entire trade science for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 4, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1849
- ↑ a b c Gustav Adolph Jahn , Georg Simon Klügel: Dictionary of applied mathematics: a manual for use. Volume 2, Gebrüder Reichenbach Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1847, p. 121
- ^ Samuel Ricard, Thomas Heinrich Gadebusch: Handbook of the merchants: or general overview and description of the trade of the most distinguished European states together with news v. their natural products, manufactories and factories. Volume 2, Anton Ferdinand Röse, Greifswald 1784, p. 156
- ^ Otto Brandt: Documentary on measure and weight in Saxony. Dresden 1935, page 57.
- ↑ Wolfgang Trapp : Small manual of the dimensions, numbers, weights and the time calculation . Page 233. Reclam-Verlag, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-15-008737-6
- ↑ a b c d newspaper Freie Presse of February 9, 2001, p. A5.