Bohemia
pre-1865 units of length

Landseil

Ruthe

Lachter

2

13

Klafter

1 1/3

2 2/3

17 1/3

Bohemian Elle

3

4

8

52

Schuh (Bohemian Fuss)

2

6

8

16

104

Zoll

12

24

72

96

192

1248

Linie

12

144

288

864

1152

2304

14976

0.21
cm

2.47
cm

29.64
cm

59.27
cm

177.81
cm

237.08
cm

474.17
cm

3082.09
cm

Variants: Doring (1854), page 411, Bohemian Elle ≈ 0.59397 meter.

In addition to the Bohemian Fuss, a very slightly smaller Moravian Fuss was also in use in Bohemia. They were, respectively, 296.4 and 295.96 millimeters.

In 1765, by an Imperial Edict Austrian weights and measures (essentially, those of Vienna) were introduced throughout the kingdom of Bohemia. For comparison, a Viennese Fuss was 316.1 mm and a Viennese Elle 779 mm. The old measures, however, continued in some use for some time.

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