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The Stotze , also Stoze , was a Swiss liquid measure in the Canton of Zurich and Canton Glarus . It was a different expression for the measure of pint , but was not completely identical to this one.

  • generally 1 land size = 4 bottles or pots = 1.83393 liters
  • 2 pillars = 1 Quärtli
  • 4 studs = 1 dimension
  • 8 prongs = 1 head
  • 60 pieces = 1 quarter of wine Lauterermaß
  • 64 Stotzen = 1 quarter of wine turbidity
  • 240 pillars = 1 bucket
  • 360 posts = 1 hem
  • Eglisau 1 Stotze = 16 ½ Parisian cubic inches = 8/25 liters
  • Winterthur 1 stotze = 16 5/9 Parisian cubic inches
  • Zurich (louder or cloudiness) 1 stotze = 23 Parisian cubic inches = 9/20 liters
  • Zurich (city or gift measure) 1 stotze = 20 7/10 Parisian cubic inches = 2/5 liters

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 330.
  • Isaac Smith Homans Jr .: A cyclopedia of commerce and commercial navigation, with maps and engravings. Harper & Brothers, New York 1859, p. 1952.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CLW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 259
  2. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 514