Plank (unit)

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Planke was a measure of liquid in various cities along the North and Baltic Sea coasts of just under half a liter . The plank was used in Hamburg , Lübeck , Rostock , Schwerin , Holstein and other places in Mecklenburg . The measure was also called Plank and was identical to the Oeßel, also Nösel . The level was different in each of these regions. Generally it was true

  • 1 plank = 1 plank = 1 nosel = 1 oel
  • 1 quarter = 2 planks = 4 locations

Hamburg, Lübeck

Rostock

  • 1 oel = 22 13/16 Parisian cubic inches = 9/20 liters
Number of Oeßel appropriate measure
1 oel 2 place / level
2 bowls 1 pot / quarter
4 bowls 1 pot
8 Oeßel 1 room
16 Oeßel 1 quarter
64 Oeßel 1 bucket
80 Oeßel 1 anchor
320 Oeßel 1 Ahm
480 Oeßel 1 Oxhoft
1220 Oeßel 1 load

But these deviations also applied

  • 1 teaspoon = 20 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 2/5 liters

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 254 online

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and Weight Book. Jäger'sche Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main, 1830, p. 226. Online
  2. ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius: Measure and Weight Book. Jäger'schen book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main, 1830, p. 325 online