Swiss yardstick

The Swiss yardstick differed from place to place as well as depending on the intended use before it was standardized by the concordat on a common Swiss order of measurements and weights of August 17, 1835.

Before 1835

Kanton Aargau

• City of Aarau 1 cubit = 263.26 Paris lines = 0.5939 meters
• Laufenburg 1 cubit = 264.89 Parisian lines = 0.5975 meters
• Rheinfelden 1 cubit = 242.94 Parisian lines = 0.54803 meters
• Zofingen 1 cubit = 264.82 Parisian lines = 0.4974 meters

Canton of Appenzell

• 1 canvas cell = 355.4 Parisian lines = 0.61607 meters
• 1 Wollenelle = 273.1 Paris lines = 0.61607 meters

Canton of Basel

• 1 cubit (large or aune) = 522.6 Parisian lines = 1.1789 meters
• 1 cubit (small or braccio) = 239.28 Parisian lines = 0.5398 meters

Canton Bern

• 1 cubit = 240.14 Paris lines = 0.5417 meters

Canton of Friborg

• 1 stick = 474.15 Paris lines = 1.0696 meters

Canton of St. Gallen

• 1 Wollenelle (common) = 270.8 Parisian lines = 0.6109 meters
• 1 Wollenelle (small) = 268.5 Parisian lines = 0.6057 meters
• 1 canvas cell (large) = 326 Parisian lines = 0.7354 meters
• 1 canvas cell (small) = 324 Parisian lines = 0.7309 meters
• 1 Parisian staff = 522.66 Parisian lines = 1.17905 meters

Canton of Geneva

• 1 Pariser Aune = Pariser Aune (old) (wholesale)
• 1 Aune (Geneva) = 506.9976 Parisian lines = 1.1437 meters (canvas retail in retail)

Canton of Glarus

• 1 cubit = like canton Zurich

canton of Grisons

• 1 cubit (Chur) = 294 Parisian lines = 0.6632 meters

Canton lucerne

• 1 cubit = 278.26 Parisian lines = 0.6277 meters

Canton of Neuchâtel

• 1 cubit = 1 aune = 492.55 Parisian lines = 1.111 meters (Prussia)

Canton of Schaffhausen

• 1 cubit = 264.0271 Parisian lines = 0.5956 meters

Stone at the Rhein

• 1 cubit (long) = 310.09 Parisian lines = 0.6995 meters
• 1 cubit (short) = 261.85 Parisian lines = 0.5907 meters

Canton of Schwyz

• 1 cubit = like canton Zurich

Canton of Solothurn

• 1 cubit = 242 Parisian lines = 0.5459 meters
• 1 stick = 524 Paris lines = 1.118205 meters

Canton of Ticino

• 1 cubit = 1 braccio lungo = 500.9345 Parisian lines = 0.6789 meters (linen, wool and cotton goods)
• 1 cubit = 1 Braccio piccolo = 233.5 Parisian lines = 0.5264 meters (other goods and silk goods)

Canton of Thurgau

• 1 cubit = like Appenzell

Canton of Unterwalden

• 1 cubit = 1 Braccio = 252.875 Parisian lines = 0.5707 meters

Canton of Uri

• 1 cubit = like Zurich

Canton of Vaud

• 1 cubit = 4 feet
• Lausanne 1 cubit = 477 Paris lines = 1.0760 meters

Canton of Valais

• 1 cubit = like Vaud

Canton of Zug

• City of Zurich 1 cubit = like Aarau

After 1835

With the concordat on a common Swiss measure and weight system of August 17, 1835, the Swiss cubit measure was standardized to 0.60 m.

literature

• Carl LW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. JW Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 244.