Stiftsviertel (unit)

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The Hof- and / or Stiftsviertel was a volume measure for grain in the Swiss canton of Lucerne .

  • Horw 1 Hof- and / or Stiftsviertel = 1346 Parisian cubic inches = 26.7 liters
  • Willisau 1 Hof- and / or Stiftsviertel = 1352 Parisian cubic inches
  • Sursee 1 Hof- and / or Stiftsviertel = 1135 Parisian cubic inches
  • Münster 1 Hof- and / or Stiftsviertel = 1132 Parisian cubic inches

The normal or urban district in the canton was about 8 liters larger.

  • 1 quarter = 1752 Parisian cubic inches = 34.7533 liters

literature

  • Johann Michael Leuchs: The office science third part. Volume 3, Verlag E. Leuchs and Komp., Nuremberg 1834, p. 133.