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The Recke , also Reke , was a measure of length for linen in Stettin and the Mark Brandenburg .

1 bar = 16 cubits in Pomerania
1 bar = 12 cubits in Brandenburg
1 piece = 5 bars = 60 cubits

The Recke measure was the basis for calculating wages and additives for bleaching .

In the Mark Brandenburg, especially around Sorau , the term ball (from small balls ) was used for a fabric or piece of canvas instead of a stretch. The name Recke is derived from the pole over which dyed or bleached fabrics were hung to dry.

literature

Joachim Heinrich Campe: Dictionary of the German language. Volume 3, school bookshop, Braunschweig 1809, p. 779
Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 276

Individual evidence

^ Theodor Heinsius: Folk dictionary of the German language with names of the pronunciation. Volume 3 Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1820, p. 1091.
^ Samuel Johann Ernst Stosch: Small contributions to the closer knowledge of the German language. Volume 2, August Mylius, Berlin 1780, p. 169.
^ Joseph Marx Liechtenstern: General German subject dictionary of all human knowledge and skills: or, Universal dictionary of all arts and sciences. Volume 7, FW Goedsche, Meißen 1836 p. 673.

[1] Theodor Heinsius: Folk dictionary of the German language with names of the pronunciation. Volume 3 Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung, Hanover 1820, p. 1091.

[2] Samuel Johann Ernst Stosch: Small contributions to the closer knowledge of the German language. Volume 2, August Mylius, Berlin 1780, p. 169.

[3] Joseph Marx Liechtenstern: General German subject dictionary of all human knowledge and skills: or, Universal dictionary of all arts and sciences. Volume 7, FW Goedsche, Meißen 1836 p. 673.