Waldklafter

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Waldklafter was a forestry measure used in German-speaking countries. The measure was both length and volume.

Length measure

The forest fathom as a measure of forest length differed from the normal fathom in its greater length. The reason was the difference between factory and forest shoes . In Trier, for example, the Waldfuß was 137.4 and the Werkschuh were 130.22 Parisian lines or 309.95 millimeters and 293.75 millimeters.

  • Trier 1 forest fathom = 12 forest feet = 1648.8 Parisian lines = 3.72 meters

Volume measure

Waldklafter was also used as a measure of volume, primarily for firewood . The measure was used directly in the forest after the logging. Colloquially it was also known as the bush fathom . This fathom without a fixed measure was just the stacked fresh impact. The forest fathers had different levels in each region.

Example: Frankfurt am Main

Since 1802, the Waldklafter 6 had foot width, 6 feet high at a billet length of 3 feet about 2,904 Steren .

  • 1 forest fathom = 6 feet wide 6 feet high 3 feet long = 2,904 stars

Because of the inevitable gaps in the pile, an additional layer of wood was placed on the fathom.

  • 1 forest fathom with surcharge = 6 feet wide 7 feet high 3 feet long

For so-called salaried wood, the fathoms were 6 feet wide, 6½ feet high, and the log length was increased by 1 foot to 4 feet, making 156 cubic feet, or about 3.6 sters, of the volume.

  • 1 pay fathom = 6 feet wide 6 ½ feet high 4 feet long = 3,596 sters
  • 1 pile (wood) = 4 fathoms than forest fathers or salary fathoms

The Lamberti measure was common in the Bitburg area .

  • 1 Lamberti fathom = 0.6601 fathom = 71.29034 cubic feet (Prussian) = 2.20399 ster
    • 1 star (French) = 0.45372 Lamberti fathoms
    • 1 fathom (Preuss.) = 1.51493 Lamberti fathoms

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 371.
  2. ^ Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 18. Altenburg 1864, p. 803.
  3. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Schneider: Pocket book of measure and weight. Verlag Friedrich August Herbig, Berlin 1839, pp. 89, 90.
  4. ↑ CLW Aldefeld: The older and new dimensions and weights of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province. A manual for civil servants, merchants and businessmen. Jacob Anton Mayer, Aachen / Leipzig 1835, p. 221.