Uurgaans

Uurgaans was a measure of length in the Netherlands and was considered an hour of the way . It was a mile . The measure survived the introduction of the metric system by royal decree on March 6, 1819, which referred to a law of August 21, 1816. The measure had two different values.

Value 1

• 1 Uurgaans = 5565.3297 meters = 5.5653297 kilometers
• 20 Uurgaans = 1 equatorial degree

Value 2

• 1 Uurgaans = 1500 Rjnl. Roede / Rute (Rhineland) = 5651.046 meters = 5.651.046 kilometers
• 19.697 Uurgaans = 1 equatorial degree

The measure was also used as a square measure.

• 1 square Uurgaans = 31.9338 square kilometers

In the East Indian Dutch possessions of Sumatra , the distance there was defined as follows:

• 1 Paal = 1/3 Uurgaans = 1883.682 meters

literature

• E. Behm: Geographical Yearbook. Volume 1, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1866, S. XVII, XVIII, XIX.