Horse load

The horse load was a unit of weight primarily in Germany . The measure was used in Hanover and in the Duchy of Oldenburg . In Spain , the carga , a measure of wine , was called a donkey or horse load.

• 1 horse load = 12 quintals = 1200 pounds = 561,253.2 grams around 561 kilograms

The basis was 1 pound = 467.711 grams

The horse load was also often the basis for customs levies or for transit charges. An agreement of November 1, 1837 between Prussia , Hanover, Oldenburg and Braunschweig stipulated the transit tax for the horse load of 15 silver groschen and a reduced rate of 10 silver groschen, depending on the direction of the goods .

See also

• Mule track

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jacob Heinrich Kaltschmidt: The latest and most complete foreign dictionary to explain all words and expressions borrowed from foreign languages. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, p. 152
2. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Verlag Teubner, Leipzig 1855, pp. 43, 127
3. ↑ Collection of laws, ordinances, notices and other general orders for Kurhessen. Volume 8, Lukhardt, Hof- und orphanage printing, Kassel 1837, p. 4
4. ↑ Collection of laws, ordinances, notices and other general orders for Kurhessen. Volume 8, Lukhardt, Hof- und Waisenhausdruckerei, Kassel 1837, p. 95