Peat load

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The peat load was a measure of the amount of peat in the German mining areas. Had in the peat regions

In Emden and in East Friesland in general , it was expected

  • 1 peat load = 140 baskets = 3500; 4200; 5600; 7000 or 8400 pieces of peat.

The basket had to meet legal dimensions:

  • Height = 2 feet 8 3 ⁄ 4   inches
  • Diameter at the top 1 foot 11 inches
  • Bottom diameter 1 foot 4 inches

Twice a year these were re-measured by the Eichner, Eichmeister or as they were also called Schütt- or Ykenmeister. The capacity of a basket varied depending on the region and could be between 25 and 30 pieces to about 50 to 60 pieces of peat.

After varying the size of the peat delivered

  • 1 slide = 9 1 ⁄ 4  baskets
  • 1 load = 16 sledges = 8 loads
    • 1 feeder = 2 sledges = 18 1 ⁄ 2  baskets

In the north of Germany with the basket dimensions: 2 feet high and 2 feet in diameter

  • 1 peat load = 144 baskets = 6 fuders (24 baskets each) = approximately 5400 to 6000 pieces of peat
    • 1 load of about 900 to 1000 pieces of peat

The number of baskets per load was greatest in the Kingdom of Hanover :

  • 1 peat load = 210 baskets (140 are shaken when measuring) = 8680 pieces of peat

In the coat of arms of Kayhude and Bimöhlen , the measure of peat load is illustrated.

literature

  • Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 17. Altenburg 1863, p. 693.
  • Johann Georg Krünitz, Friedrich Jakob Floerken, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth, Carl Otto Hoffmann, Ludwig Kossarski: Economic Encyclopedia . Volume 186, Verlag Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1845, p. 316.

annotation

  1. ↑ The shaking was arbitrary and uncertain, but showed a difference of 1 / 8 the whole load