Bowl (unit)

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Napf was a Bavarian measure of the volume of grain that was particularly common in the Palatinate and Franconia . The measure was used for milk in the Austrian Zillertal .

Zillertal

  • Milk 1 bowl = 3 measure = 4.2 liters : The measure could be divided into measure and half. The Fraggele or bowl also had 2.3 liters and was divided into 16 spoons.
    • 1/32 bowl = 1 car / char

Nabburger measure

  • 1 bowl = 0.375 Metzen (Bavarian.)
  • Wheat 8 bowls = 1 eighth = 96 measure
  • Oats, barley 9 bowls = 1 eighth = 108 measure

Kemnather measure

  • Oats , barley 12 bowls = 1 eighth = 144 measure

Pfreim the measure

  • Wheat 8 bowls = 1 eighth = 100 measure
  • Oats, barley 9 bowls = 1 eighth = 150 measure

Valais

  • 4 bowls = 1 Fischel (old) = 25 liters
  • 4 bowls = 1 Fischel (new) = 20 liters

In other places ( Naters ) the Fischel could be 16 to 16.8 liters

literature

  • Erwin Niklaus Mathieu, Oswald Ruppen: Albinen, a Valais mountain village and its history. Rotten, 2003, ISBN 978-3-90762-445-6 .
  • Ignaz von Rudhart: About the state of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Volume 2, JJ Palm / Ernst Enke, Erlangen 1827, pp. 178 to 205.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Grießmair: Preserved folk culture: Guide through the folklore museum in Dietenheim. South Tyrolean Provincial Museum, 2004, p. 322
  2. ^ Thomas Julen: Citizenship in Upper Valais. Publisher: Zermatt 1978, p. 25