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In Germany, Poland, and some Baltic nations, a unit of liquid capacity, corresponding to a size of a physical barrel. It is often associated with wine and probably originated in the barrique of Bordeaux. Similar units in other languages include the oxhuvud; the English unit playing the same role is the hogshead.
| Locale | Size of Oxhoft in liters |
|
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 206.11 | |
| Brunswick | 220.57 | |
| Courland | 236.55 | |
| Danzig | 206.11 | |
| Dresden | 202.24 | |
| Erfurt | wine | 212.80 |
| Thuringian | 202.09 | |
Hamburg  |
217.21 | |
| Hanover | 233.28 | |
| Hildesheim | 199.95 | |
| Königsberg | 206.11 | |
| Leipzig | 227.52 | |
| Liepāja | 236.55 | |
| Lippe-Detmold | 222.94 | |
| Lübeck | 217.21 | |
| Narva | 232.09 | |
| Odessa | 221.37 | |
| Oldenburg | 228.99 | |
| Pärnu | 232.09 | |
| Poland | 227.56 | |
| Riga | 217.21 | |
| Rostock | 217.21 | |
| Stettin | 206.11 | |
| Stralsund | 209.95 | |
| Tallinn | 214.23 | |
| Thuringia | 202.09 | |
| Warsaw | 227.56 | |
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