Quarter (unit)

The quarter was a measure of volume for liquids. The scope of application included the former small German states of Hanover , Oldenburg , Schaumburg-Lippe and Braunschweig , which were united in a customs association . Braunschweig was gradually incorporated into the Prussian Customs Union between 1841 and 1843 (eastern areas from 1841, western areas from late 1842 and completely from 1843). But other regions such as Hamburg , Lübeck , Rostock and Leipzig also measured liquids by neighborhood. Deviations were due to beer , wine , oil and spirits .

Customs regions

1 quarters = 47.228557 Parisian cubic inches = 0.936844 liters

The small dimensional chain was

1 Ohm = 4 anchors = 40 small rooms = 160 quarters = 320 nosels
240 quarters = 6 anchors = 1½ ohms = 1 Oxhoft

An older division was

1 barrel of beer = 4 tons = 108 small rooms = 432 quarters
- 1 ton = 108 quarters
Braunschweig: 1 barrel of Mumme = 100 rooms = 400 quarters

Hanover

In Hanover until June 30, 1837

1 quarters = 49.424 Parisian cubic inches = 0.98039 liters

From July 1, 1837 were on the legal basis of August 19, 1836 in the Kingdom of Hanover

1 quarters = 49.076 Parisian cubic inches = 0.973489 liters
- 1 room = 2 jugs = 4 quarters = 8 nosels = 196.3039 Parisian cubic inches = 3.893957 liters

Hamburg

1 quarter = 45.634 Parisian cubic inches = 0.905 liters
1 quarter = 8 quarters = 365 Parisian cubic inches = 7.24 liters
1 beer barrel = 48 small rooms = 192 quarters (brewing regulations from 1751)
1 small barrel = 32 small rooms = 128 quarters
1 vinegar barrel = 30 small rooms = 120 quarters
1 Tranton barrel = 32 rooms = 128 quarters = 116.04 liters

Lübeck

Quarters as a measure of wine

1 quarters = 45.844 Parisian cubic inches = 0.90938 liters

The dimensional chain was

1 ohm = 4 anchors = 20 quarters = 40 small rooms = 80 jugs = 160 quarters = 7335.04 Parisian cubic inches = 145.5 liters

Rostock

The quarter was the same as the one from Hamburg. Here is the middle name of the measure Pot, but actually always measured a little smaller. The dimensional chain was

1 Fuder = 4 Oxhoft = 6 Ahm / Ohm = 24 anchors = 30 buckets
- 1 bucket = 4 quarters = 8 small rooms = 16 jugs = 32 quarters / pot = 64 oil / oil / plank / piece = 128 place / level

Leipzig

1 teapot = 2 Nösel = 8 quarters = 60.7 Parisian cubic inches = 1.204 liters

Altona

In the German Duchy of Holstein , formerly part of Denmark , had

1 beer barrel = 96 quarters = ½ beer barrel (Hamburg)

Braunschweig

1 quarter = 2 nodules = 46 1/3 Parisian cubic inches = 0.92 liters = 4/5 quart (Prussian) = 7/11 Viennese measure.
4 quarters = 1 room
160 quarters = 1 ahm
240 quarters = 1 orhost
960 quarters = 1 load

Length measure

In Reval, the quarter as a measure of length was a subdivision of the valid cubit and almost the cubit (1: 0.999953). from Riga same

1 cubit = 4 quarters = 238.308 Parisian lines = 0.53758 meters

literature

Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Coin, measure and weight book: the monetary, measure and exchange system, the courses, government papers, banks, trading establishments and customs of all countries and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, pp. 19, 153, 332, 333, 570, 1055.

Individual evidence

^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: coin, measure and weight book: the money, measure and exchange system, the courses, government papers, banks, commercial establishments and customs of all states and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 352.
^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: coin, measure and weight book: the money, measure and exchange system, the courses, government papers, banks, trading establishments and customs of all states and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 350.
^ Collection of laws of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Volume 5, year 1869, Th. G. Meissner, 1869, p. 44.
^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 264.
^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: coin, measure and weight book: the money, measure and exchange system, the courses, government papers, banks, commercial establishments and customs of all states and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 1006.

[1] Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: coin, measure and weight book: the money, measure and exchange system, the courses, government papers, banks, commercial establishments and customs of all states and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 352.

[2] Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: coin, measure and weight book: the money, measure and exchange system, the courses, government papers, banks, trading establishments and customs of all states and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 350.

[3] Collection of laws of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Volume 5, year 1869, Th. G. Meissner, 1869, p. 44.

[4] Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 264.

[5] Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: coin, measure and weight book: the money, measure and exchange system, the courses, government papers, banks, commercial establishments and customs of all states and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 1006.