Forest rope
The forest rope was a Bohemian field and length measure. It was established in 1268 by royal orders. The reason was the complaints of the people, as there was a lot of fraud. Four barley grains placed next to each other were used as the basic measure .
- 1 forest rope = 42 cubits (Bohemian) = 76 ¾ Parisian feet = 24.948 meters
- 5 forest ropes = 1 morning
The dimensional chain was
- 1 hub field = 12 rods
- 1 rod = 5 acres
- 1 morning = 5 forest ropes
- 1 forest rope = 42 cubits
- 1 cubit = 3 spans
- 1 span = 4 cross fingers
- 1 cross finger = 4 barley grains
The bonnet had four different sizes in a ratio of 12: 11: 10: 8. In the order royal, ecclesiastical, noble and peasant, the civic hat was missing in the middle.
The forest rope was taken when measuring forest areas. There was also the land rope or the vineyard rope.
See also
literature
- Julius Franz Borgias Schneller: History of Bohemia. Volume 1, PG Hilscher'sche Buchhandlung, Dresden 1827, p. 69
- Franz Julius Borgias Schneller : State history of the Austrian Empire from the birth of Christ to the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Volume 2, Miller'sche Buchhandlung Verlag, Grätz 1817, p. 167
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Christoph Adelung, Dietrich Wilhelm Soltau, Franz Xaver Schönberger: Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect: with constant comparison of the other dialects. Volume 4, B. Ph. Bauer, Vienna 1811, p. 1385