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Lachter
Unit systemold weights and measures
SymbolLr. or ° [1]
Conversions
1 Lr. or ° [1] in ...... is equal to ...
   SI derived units   2±0.1 m

The lachter (also Berglachter) was a common unit of length used in the mining industry in Europe, usually to measure depth, tunnel driving and the size of mining fields; it was also used for contract work. In most German-speaking mining fields it was the most important unit of length.

Alachter was roughly equal to the amount which a man could contain within his outstretched arms. It was thus similar to the klafter (ca. 1.8 m or 5.91 ft), but was usually rather larger.

The lachter was - with regional differences - subdivided into Achtel (also called a Spann, GräpelorGröbel), (Lachter)Zoll, Primen (orPrinen) and Sekunden:

In the 19th century a decimal system of subdivision was established:

Like other units of measure, the lachter varied in length depending on the region, but there could also be differences in length within the same region. In addition there could also be differences between various mining fields within a territory. The specification and use of conversion tables only makes sense if it is known for certain, where and at which times the values were valid. Some examples:

Some kinds of Lachter
Region Length of 1 Lachter
in m (ft)
Remarks
Altenberg (Ore Mountains) 1.9851 m (6.513 ft)
Anhalt-Köthen 2.0410 m (6.696 ft) Harzgerode Lachter
Annaberg 1.9826 m (6.505 ft)
Baden (to 1827)[2] 2.25 m (7.38 ft) = 7.5 old Baden feet (Fuß)
Baden (from 1827)[2] 2.99 m (9.81 ft) = 10 new Baden feet
Bavaria 1.9705 m (6.46 ft)
Bayreuth 2.0354 m (6.678 ft) equal to 80 Bayreuth inches (Zoll)
Berchtesgaden 1.7512 m (5.745 ft) equalt to 6 feet
Bohemia 2.3805 m (7.810 ft) equal to 4 ells (Ellen)
Brunswick 1.9198 m (6.299 ft)
Clausthal 1.9238 m (6.312 ft)
Eisleben 2.0111 m (6.598 ft)
Freiberg 1.9426 m (6.373 ft) Old Freiberg Lachter
Hanover 1.9198 m (6.299 ft)
Idrija (Carniola) 1.957 m (6.42 ft) 6 Idrian feet
Joachimsthal (today: Jáchymov) 1.918 m (6.29 ft)
Johanngeorgenstadt 1.9811 m (6.500 ft)
Kronach 2.1270 m (6.978 ft) equal to 7 Nuremberg feet[3]
Lippe-Detmold 2.3161 m (7.599 ft)
Marienberg 1.9849 m (6.512 ft)
Nassau 2.0924 m (6.865 ft)
Austria 1.8965 m (6.222 ft) 1Berglachter = 6 shoes (Schuh)
Prussia 2.092 m (6.86 ft) 80 Prussian inches (Zoll)
Saxony 1.98233 m (6.5037 ft)
2.00000 m (6.56168 ft)
until 1830: 7 Dresden or Saxon feet
from 1830: defined to be exactly 2 metres (6.56 ft).
Schemnitz (today: Banská Štiavnica) 2.022 m (6.63 ft)
Silesia 1.9202 m (6.300 ft)
Tyrol (1769-1809 and after 1815)[4] 1.8949 m (6.217 ft) = Viennese Klafter
Tyrol: Innsbruck (before 1769)[5] 2.005 m (6.58 ft) = 6 Tyrolean feet = 72 Tyrolean inches
Tyrol: Kitzbühl (1747)[6] 1.78 m (5.84 ft) = 64 Tyrolean inches
Tyrol: Schwaz[6] 1.75 m (5.74 ft) = 63 Tyrolean inches
Württemberg 2.0054 m (6.579 ft) = 7 Württemberg feet

ALachterschnur was an oiled, 10–12 Lachter long cord, used as a measuring device.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Frank, Manfred: Die Alpirsbacher und Reinerzauer Erzgänge im Württembergischen Schwarzwald. In: Württembergische Jahrbücher für Statistik und Landeskunde, 1951/52, p. 117-150, here p. 117.
  • ^ a b Metz, Rudolf: Mineralogisch-Landeskundliche Wanderungen im Nordschwarzwald. 2nd ed., Lahr 1977, p. 597.
  • ^ Nürnberg. In: Heinrich August Pierer, Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit. 4th ed. Vol. 12, Altenburg, 1861, p. 159–161 (Online at zeno.org, accessed on 22 March 2010). Quote: "town foot of 12 inches of 12 Linien = 303.975 millimetres (11.9675 in)"
  • ^ Rottleuthner, Wilhelm: Die alten Localmasse und Gewichte nebst den Aichungsvorschriften bis zur Einführung des metrischen Mass- und Gewichtssystems und der Staatsaichämter in Tirol und Vorarlberg. Universitätsverlag Wagner: Innsbruck, 1883, p. 14-22.
  • ^ Rottleuthner, Wilhelm: Die alten Localmasse und Gewichte nebst den Aichungsvorschriften bis zur Einführung des metrischen Mass- und Gewichtssystems und der Staatsaichämter in Tirol und Vorarlberg. Universitätsverlag Wagner: Innsbruck, 1883, p. 16 & 130.
  • ^ a b Rottleuthner, Wilhelm: Die alten Localmasse und Gewichte nebst den Aichungsvorschriften bis zur Einführung des metrischen Mass- und Gewichtssystems und der Staatsaichämter in Tirol und Vorarlberg. Universitätsverlag Wagner: Innsbruck, 1883, p. 32.
  • Sources[edit]


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