[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Unit of measure - Koretz?

Bill Fife wmfife at telus.net
Fri Nov 21 16:14:40 PST 2003


Jerry,  Do not know if this will help but the book
Das Kolonisationswerk Josefs II in Galizien
- Darstellung und Namenlisten -
by Ludwig Schneider states the following:

Bill
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The Austrian government on 22nd December 1772 determined these numbers
(Brawers V): developed fields of 2,007,659 koretz (1 koretz = 1,056 square
Klafter, 1 Klafter = 6 ft. ergo, 1 koretz = 38,016 sq., ft. or about .88
acre), of which 488,694 are winter fruit, 1,041,493 with summer fruit,
fallow land of 547,471, gardens 268,777, meadows 769,746, pasturelands
78,148 Koretz. The livestock were: oxen 342,851, cows 649,819, calves
555,277, horses 296,658, sheep 538,685; poultry; geese 26,330; turkeys
136,810, guinea fowl 9,078. In addition to the foregoing farm lands are also
manorial lands of 975,630 Koretz, fallow for 1 year 229,216 koretz, for 3
years 39,043 koretz.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frank" <jkfrank at shaw.ca>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:03 PM
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Unit of measure - Koretz?


> Does anyone know the equivalent of a Koretz?
>
> In context, the the text says, "5 Koretz Roggen"  = 5 Koretz rye
>
> It is not the same as a bushel as in another place in the text, the word
> "Scheffel" is used and that is the equivalent of a bushel.
>
>
>
> Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
> jkfrank at shaw.ca
>
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