Square rod
Square rod or quarter rod is an old unit of area that was based on the length of the rod and was used in several countries. In the German states the square rod varied between about 7.13 and 36.25 m².
In Bavaria, according to the ordinance of February 28, 1809, the square rod was 8.5182 m². This square rod was 100 square feet or 10,000 square inches.
In Prussia the square rod according to the measure and weight regulations of May 16, 1816 was 14.1846 m², in Saxony for surveyors 18.4475 m², in Hamburg 21.846 m², in Württemberg 8.2077 m² and in Austria 14.3866 m².
In the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau the square rod was called the Hanau square rod , and the following applied: 1 Hanau square rod = 10 layer shoes = 100 layer inches = 12.741319 square meters . In Switzerland in the canton of Geneva : 1 setine = 500 square rods .
Square rod versus morning
The former unit of area Morgen was defined in most German countries by a fixed number of square rods. However, this number - like the size of the morning itself - varied greatly from region to region. Mostly it was between 120 and 160 QR, in Prussia 180 QR and in the south and north even between 400 (Bavaria) and 600 (Hamburg) square rods.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ square rod . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 16, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig / Vienna 1908, p. 491 .
- ↑ August Meltzen: The soil and the agricultural conditions of the Prussian state. Volume 3, Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin 1871, p. 615