Quent Being 1/5 of any measure
Malter Is a larger volume unit of around one large sack of wheat a person could carry. However, the exact volumetric size and weight was locally very different in each feudal state. For more details, see .
Klafter For firewood,
Nösel In general, the
Nösel (also spelled
Össel) was a measure of liquid volume equal to half a
Kanne ("
jar," "
jug," "
bottle," "
can"). Volume often varied depending on whether it was beer or wine. Its subdivisions were the
Halbnösel ("Half-Nösel") and the
Viertelnösel ("Quarter-Nösel). An
Ahm was a measure used for wine or beer. An
Eimer ("Bucket") was a container that was a fifth of an
Ahm. A
Viertel ("Fourth") was a fourth of an Eimer. A
Stübchen ("Cozy Room") also a
Stauf was a measure of wine or beer that was equal to two
Kannen. It was the approximate amount of wine or beer that could serve an entire room in a tavern. A
Kanne was a measure of wine or beer large enough to fill a
humpen (tankard) or
krug (wine flagon or beer pitcher). A
Quartier ("quarter-measure") was a fourth of a
Stübchen. A
Nösel was a cup or mug of wine or beer. Actual volumes so measured, however, varied from one
state or even one city to another. Within
Saxony, for example, the "
Dresden jar" held approximately , so a nösel in Dresden was about . The full volume of a "
Leipzig jar" measured ; the Leipzig nösel was therefore . : Ahm = Eimer = Viertel = Stübchen / Stauf = Kannen = Quartiers = 1 Nösel = 2 Halbnöseln = 4 Viertelnöseln The nösel was used in minor commerce, as well as in the household to measure meal, grain, and such. These units of measure were officially valid in Saxony until 1868, when the
metric system was introduced. Nevertheless, the old measures have continued in private use for decades. One modification was introduced in
Thuringia. There, the nösel was, by extension, also a measure of area; namely, the area of land which could be sown with one nösel of seed – or about == Mass ==