Pressburger Metzen
The Pressburger Metzen , also known as Kila , was a volume measure for dry goods in Hungary . He took over from the Ofener Metzen .
The Pressburger Metzen changed its size several times. After the Reichstag resolution of 1715, he had 75 halves (Pressburgers) or Icze . Under these conditions the measurements were 75 halves with a total of 62.5181 liters or 3151.69 Parisian cubic inches in general trade.
A law of 1807 then stipulated 64 halves (Pressburgers) for the Pressburger Metzen. The Icze / Halbe was calculated at 42.0225 Parisian cubic inches or 0.8335746 liters in 1813, i.e. 53.34 liters. Slight deviations were possible.
In the area of the Karlstadt border and had the size of 2/3 of the Pressburger Metzens the measure Kuplenik . A cuplenik of 1829.26 Paris cubic inches had 36.2858 liters.
- 1 Pressburger Metzen = 2 Veka = 2744.666 Parisian cubic inches = 54.4442 liters
- ½ Preßburger Metzen = 1 Tyrnauer Metzen = 32 halves (Preßburger)
- 1 ½ Preßburger Metzen = 1 Skalitzer Metzen = 96 halves (Preßburger)
In the Hungarian county of Neutra one could cultivate an area of one okruch with 8 Pressburger Metzen.
See also
literature
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851.