Info Site for the Topographie-Series of Schleswig-Holstein

Square Measures

1 Demath ( Tondern also Diemath, Demath, Dagmet, Diemt, Dimt)= 493 hectares

1 Droembt = Field on which 12 bushels of grain can be sown.

1 Demath ( Eiderstedt)= 4541,1qm

1 Stelle= Kat(h)e

1 Hufe = 1,855.2 sq.m or 2,218.82 sq.yds.

1/2 Hufe = 927.6 sq.m or 1,109.4 sq.yds.

3/4 Hufe = 1,319.4 sq.m or 1,664.1 sq.yds.

5/4 Hufe = 2,319 sq.m or 2,773.5 sq.yds.

1 Meile in Prussia and Hamburg = 7.42 Kilometer

1 Meile in Denmark = 7.53 Kilometer

1 Morgen = approx. 2,500 sq.m.

1 Pflug = approx. 100 Tonnen

1 Quadrat Rut(h)e = 16,1 m²

1 Rut(h)e = 16 Fuß (Süderdithmarscher Marsch)

1 Rut(h)e = 18 Fuß (Süderdithmarscher Geest)

1 Scheffel (bushel) = 60 square Ruthen

Taxation

Steuertonne = taxation basis, approx. 260 square Ruthen (*). However, the exact size varied depending on yield and quality of harvest.

1 Steuertonne = 5465 qm

1 Tonne = Danish land measurement: 5,516 sq.m.

1 Tonne = .55 ha. in Holstein and Denmark

1 Tonne = 1000 Kilogramm

1 Tonne = 320 sq. Rut(h)en or 14696 sq.m. or 17,576.4 sq.yds

1 Tonne = 3 Scheffel = 12 Spint

1/4 Maass = 0.29 Liter

1 Maass = 1.14 Liter

Currencies

Portugaloeser = old gold coin

Reichsthaler = in Schleswig-Holstein = 48 shillings, elswhere 96 shillings or 6 marks =

Reichsbankthaler = sub-division banco shillings

Reichsbankthaler = Coin circulating in the mid-19th. century in Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein

R.M. = Reichsmünze = (in Schleswig-Holstein) 30 courant shillings

Courant = old denomination for Reichsthaler


Others

Commerzlast(en) = one Schleswig-Holstein Commerzlast equals 499.43 grams

Ducht = sub-division of a parish.

Hallig = small island (may be flooded during severe storms)

Harde = specific to Schleswig-Holstein: Administrative district comprising small villages or farms

Koog = dyked artifical isle in the sea

Candle making = The work whereby liquid tallow is poured into molds provided with wicks in order to make candles. This was practiced by craftsmen in factories as well as by housewives for their own use in order to save money.

Candle maker = Person who occupies himself with the making of candles. When this was done professionally it was by soap-boilers. they could re-use remnants of tallow from candle making in the production of soap.

Rope maker = Craftsman producing ropes, riggings for sailing ships in port cities.


We found this document in the Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein ( LAS ) in Schleswig.

Actum Wulfshagen the 10. August 1838

assistant judges: Andreas Nicolaus Wöhlk and Bernhard Book both of them from Blickstedt.
Causa 3.
It appeared Elizabeth Friederika Wiese, nee Book and explained that plenteously 2 years ago her husband, the day laborer Johann Wiese in Gettorf, noble estate Groß Königsförde, deceased and left a daughter Catharina Hedwig, which is now 4 years old .
After the death of her husband she worked at the estate Wulfshagen and her daughter was placed by her grandparents. But now she intends a second marriage, and want`s to clarify a judicial redundancy payment for the paternal heritage. Guardian of her daughter shall be Wulf Kruse, Halbhufner from Gettorf.


Letztes up-date: 29.04.2007 © U.&W. Boock

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