Sack load

The sack load was a common measure of the volume of grain in Gdansk and was used particularly by bakers . The measure was mentioned in a petition to the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Johann III. Sobieski from 1677.

• 1 bag load = 5 Malter = 80 bushels

In contrast to this measure, the normal load was smaller and so it applied

• 1 load = 3 ¾ Malter = 60 bushels

literature

• Joachim Heinrich Campe : Dictionary of the German language: S and T (with a supplement). 4 part, school bookshop, Braunschweig 1810, p. 8.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General Association of the German History and Antiquity Associations: Leaflets for German national history. Volume 117, self-published by the general association of German history and antiquity associations, Berlin / Potsdam 1981, p. 349.