Vierfaß

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The four-barrel was a measure of volume and grain in the Netherlands , in the Duchy of Braunschweig and in regions where the bushel was also used.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands it was called Vierdevat (Vierdewat).

  • 4 Vierdevat / Vierfaß = 1 Scheppel / Scheffel
  • 16 Vierdevat / Vierfaß = 1 Mudde
  • 1 Vierdevat / Vierfaß = 360 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 8 Kop / Koppe = 7½ liters (390 Parisian cubic inches)
  • 12 Vierdevat / Vierfaß = 1 sack

Braunschweig

  • 1 four-barrel = 4 cups = 391 ¼ Parisian cubic inches = 7 ¾ liters
  • 1 raspberry (s) = 4 four-barrel ≈ 31.145 liters

Quedlinburg

  • 4 four-barrel = 1 pitch
  • 8 four-barrel = 1 bushel
  • 192 four-barrel = 1 wispel
  • 1 four-barrel = 2 large or 4 small Metzen = 346 ½ Parisian cubic inches = 6 7/9 liters

literature

  • August Blind: Measure, coin and weight systems. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and Leipzig 1923, pp. 22-23.
  • Pierer's: Universal-Lexikon , Volume 18. Altenburg 1864, p. 577.
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 362.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JG Krünitz: Economic-technological encyclopedia, or general system of state, city, house and agriculture. Volume 224, Paulische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1854, p. 308.