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Becher [German]

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In Austria, a unit of dry capacity, = ¹⁄₁₆ Achtel = 4 Viertelbecher = 8 Getreidprobmetz or Achtelbecher = 16 Sechzehntelbecher = 32 Zweiunddreissigstelbecher, about 0.48 liter (about 0.87 U.S. dry pint).

Doursther, page 52.

2

In the Grand Duchy of Baden, a measure of dry capacity, = ¹⁄₁₀ Maessel or pot, 0.150 liters. However, in some areas Becher was an alternative name for the Metze when it was used for oats, a much larger unit of dry capacity. For example,

Locale	Liters
Bischofsheim-sur-le-Tauber	14.626
Lauda	13.852
Grunsfeld	17.510

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Dry Capacity, Switzerland
Locale	Equivalents; Comments	Liters
Basel	= ¹⁄₁₆ large Sester	2.135
Lucerne and Unterwalden	= ¹⁄₁₆ Viertel = 10 Primes	2.172

Dry Capacity, Other Areas
Locale	Equivalents, Synonyms	Liters
Brunswick	= ¹⁄₁₆ Himt. also called a Löcher	1.944
Münster	= ¹⁄₁₂ Scheffel = 4 Maesschen	1.939
Osnabrück	= ¹⁄₁₆ boisseau	1.794
Soest	= ¼ Spint	1.841

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In at least two cities in Switzerland, a unit of liquid capacity:

Liquid Capacity, Switzerland
Locale	Equivalents; Comments	Milliliters
Bern	= ½ Vierteli	209
Zurich	Used for oil. = ½ Mass. In French, the Mass was called a pot and the Becher a gobelet.	688