Seed (unit)

Saat was a measure of area in the region around Eiderstedt . In 1567 the rod changed from 18 feet to 16 feet. (affecting the square rods)

• 1 seed = 36 square rods
  • 6 seeds = 1 demat = 0.4925 hectares
  • 360 seeds = 1 plow
• Holstein : 1 seed = 1/6 Demat / Diemat / Drömt

literature

• Heinrich August Pierer : Universal lexicon of the present and the past: or, Latest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades. Volume 14, HA Pierer Verlagbuchhandlung, Altenburg 1862, p. 640.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedrich Müller: The water system on the Schleswig-Holstein North Sea coast. Verlag D. Reimer, 1956, p. 52.
2. ↑ North Frisian Yearbook . Volume 1, Nordfrisk Institute, 1965, p. 276.
3. ↑ Alexander Lengerke: Landwirthschaftliches Conversations-Lexicon for practitioners and laypeople . Volume 4, JG Calvesche Buchhandlung, Prague 1838, p. 151.