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Hamburg , Germany circa 1820
units of capacity

Liquid capacity

									Fuder
								Ahm	6
							Anker	4	24
						Eimer	1¼	5	30
					Viertel	4	5	20	120
			Stübchen		2	8	10	40	240
			Kanne	2	4	16	20	80	480
		Quartier	2	4	8	32	40	160	960
	Oessel	2	4	8	16	64	80	320	1920
cubic Zoll*	33¼	66½	133	266	532	2128	2660	10,640	63,840
liters	0.4525	.90504	1.810	3.620	7.240	28.96	36.20	144.81	868.8

*Hamburger Zoll, of course.

Liquid capacity for wine

		Fass
	Oxhoft	4
Tierce	1½	6

The size of the Oxhoft varied with the type of wine.

Type of wine	Size of Oxhoft in Stübchen
Bordeaux	62 - 64
brandy	30 Viertel or 60 Stübchen

The Pipe was employed for Spanish wine, equal to 96 - 100 Stübchen.

A unit called the Both was also employed.

Type of wine	Size of Both in Stübchen
Sekt	120 - 130
Malvasia	140

For Rhine wine, the Rheinlandische Viertel was employed. Nelkenbrecher says "100 Franz. Viertel = 105 Rheinl. Viertel." Assuming the French unit to be the velte, at 7.61 liters, the Rheinlandische Viertel would be 7.25 liters, which is very close and perhaps identical to the Hamburg Viertel.

Liquid capacity for beer

					Brau
				Tonne	50
Thran Tonne or schmale Tonne				1½	75
	Stübchen		32	48	2400
	Kanne	2	64	96	4800
Quartier	2	4	128	192	9600
905 mL	1.81 L	3.63 L	115.8 L	173.8 L	8688 L

According to Nelkenbrecher (13th ed., page 140), 2 Tonnen, each with a net weight of 224 Pfund, equal 1 Quarteel Thran. See below for more on the Quarteel.

Liquid capacity, for whale oil

				Quarteel
				Tonne	2
		Stechkanne		6	12
	Stübchen		5 1/3	32	64
Margel		3	16	96	192
Quartier	1 1/3	4	21 1/3	128	256
905 mL	1.21 L	3.62 L	19.31 L	115.85 L	231.69 L*

*or a weight of 4 Centners (448 Pfund, 217 kg, the Hamburger Centner being 112 Pfund). Both the Stechkanne and the Margel (a Hamburg version of the mengel) are Germanified Dutch units specific to the trade in whale oil.

Doursther, page 446.

Dry capacity, smaller units, for cereals

					Fass
				Himpt	2
			Spint	4	8
	grosser Maass		4	16	32
	kleiner Maass	2	8	32	64
liters	0.824 L	1.648 L	6.59 L	26.37 L	52.75 L

Dry capacity, for wheat, rye and peas

			Last
		Winspel	3
Hamburger Scheffel		10	30
Fass	2	20	60
52.75 L	105.5 L	1055 L	3165 L

Dry capacity, for oats or barley

				Stock
			Last	1½
		Winspel	2	3
Scheffel		10	20	30
Fass	3	30	60	90
52.75 L	158.25 L	1582.5 L	3165 L	4747 L

Miscellaneous

Fuder of charcoal was 30 Sacke, each Sacke holding about 210.7 liters.

Kalk Tonne was about 158.1 liters.

See-Salz Tonne was about 187.5 liters.

sources

Chelius, 2nd ed. (1808)

Doursther (1840)

Kelly, 2nd ed. (1821)

Kruse, 4th ed. (1781)

Nelkenbrecher, 13th ed. (1820)

engraving of Hamburg

Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1572, image courtesy historic-cities.huji.ac.il.

Hamburg in the 16ᵗʰ century.

Hamburg , Germany circa 1820 units of capacity