Wegstunde

In various German-speaking areas, ? - 19th century, a unit of distance. Literally, a "road-hour," the distance that could be traveled in 1 hour.

Some values reported in the 19th century are: 

• Saarbr�ken, 3.6923 kilometers; 
• Bavaria, 3.7074 km, 
• Baden, 14,814.8148 Fuss, exactly 4.444... km.
• Hesse-Darmstadt, = 2000 Klafter = 20,000 Fuss, exactly 5 kilometers

In Switzerland, metrified to exactly 4.8 kilometers.

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