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Nösel

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In German-speaking Europe, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, a unit of liquid capacity, about 450 milliliters, but varying from place to place, from a high of 601.9 mL in Leipzig to a low of 402.2 mL in Bremen. In some locations its capacity also depended on whether beer or wine was being measured. Also spelled Noesel, Noessel, Oessel, Össel. Its subdivisions include the Halbnösel (half Nösel) and Viertelnösel (quarter Nösel).

Locale	Equivalents	Capacity in milliliters
Altoona	= 1/8 Stübchen	452.5
Berlin	= ½ Quart = 32 cubic Zoll	572.5
Bremen	= 1/8 Stübchen = 2 Mengel	402.2
Brunswick	= 1/8 Stübchen	459.5
Zell (Hanover)	= 1/8 Stübchen	486.0
Dresden	= ½ Kanne = 4 Quarts	468.6
Erfurt	= ½ Mäss, for wine	422.2
Erfurt	= ½ Mäss, for beer	511.5
Gotha	= 1/8 Stübchen	454.8
Hamburg	= 1/8 Stübchen	452.5
Hanover	= 1/8 Stübchen	486.0
Hildesheim	= 1/8 Stübchen	416.6
Holstein	= 1/8 Stübchen	452.5
Itzehoe	= 1/8 Stübchen	452.8
Leipzig	= ½ Kanne = 4 Quarts	468.6
Leipzig	the Dresden Nössel is also used	468.6
Lubeck	Össel or Plank = 1/8 Stübchen	452.5
Luneberg	= 1/8 Stübchen = 2 Pegel	486.0
Mühlhausen	= ¼ Kanne, for wine	516.1
Mühlhausen	= ¼ Kanne, for beer	437.1
Prussia	= ½ Quart = 32 cubic Zoll	572.5
Quedlinburg	the old Nösel, = 1/8 Stübchen	429.4
Rostock	Nösel or Plank = 1/8 Stübchen = 2 Pegel or Ort	452.5
Stralsund	= 1/8 Stübchen = 2 Pegel	486.0
Weimar	= ½ Mass, for wine, beer	458.1
Weimar	= ½ Kanne, for oil	509.0

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In Weimar, the Nösel was also a measure of dry capacity used for peas, lentils, etc., = ½ Mäss, about 520 milliliters.