łan

In Poland, 13th – 20^th century, a unit of land area varying with the district. According to Witold Kula, in Chełmno 170,000 square meters, in Franconia 226,000-253,000 square meters.

Witold Kula.
R. Szreter, trans.
Measures and Men.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, c1986.

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