Zollpfund
The Zollpfund ("customs pound") is an historical German weight based on the old pound. In 1854, the
Baden, Hesse and in Switzerland, and was introduced in 1858 as a state weight in northern and large parts of central Germany. The Zentner
("hundredweight") corresponded to 50 kilogrammes. As a result, the subordinate units of measurement were also widely redefined:
- In north-eastern and central Germany (including Prussia), 1 Zollpfund = 30 lots = 300 quents (Quentchen) = 3,000 cents = 30,000 grains (Korn).[1]
- In Northwest Germany, 1 Zollpfund = 10 new lots = 100 quents = 1000 half grammes[1][2]
- In parts of central and southern Germany and in Austria, however, the old pound (Pfund) continued to be divided into 32 lots of 4 quents.[1]
Today's colloquial use of the word Pfund to mean 500 grammes, goes back to the Zollpfund.
References
- ^ a b c Allgemeine deutsche Real-Encyklopädie für die gebildeten Stände. Conversations-Lexikon. 11th revised, improved and expanded edn. Vol. 9: Konradin bis Mauer. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1866, pp. 567 f., keyword Loth; ebd., Vol. 11: Occupation bis Prämie. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1867, p. 634, keyword Pfund.
- ^ Bleibtreu (1863), p. 78.
Literature
- Bleibtreu, Leopold Carl (1863). Handbuch der Münz-, Maaß- und Gewichtskunde, und des Wechsel-, Staatspapier-, Bank- und Actienwesens europäischer und außereuropäischer Länder und Städte. Stuttgart: J. Engelhorn.
- _ (1866) Allgemeine deutsche Real-Encyklopädie für die gebildeten Stände. Conversations-Lexikon. 11th revised, improved and expanded edn. Vol. 9: Konradin bis Mauer. Leipzig: Brockhaus.
- _ (1867). Allgemeine deutsche Real-Encyklopädie für die gebildeten Stände. Conversations-Lexikon. 11th revised, improved and expanded edn. Vol. 11: Occupation bis Prämie. Leipzig: Brockhaus.