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=== Length === * ''Linie'' – Line, usually {{frac|1|12}} inch, but also {{frac|1|10}}. * ''Zoll'' – Inch, usually {{frac|1|12}} foot, but also {{frac|1|10}}. * ''Fuss'' – Foot, varied between 23.51 cm in [[Wesel]] and 40.83 cm in [[Trier]]. * ''Rheinfuss'' – Rhine foot, used in the North, 31.387 cm * ''Elle'' – Ell / cubit, distance between elbow and finger tip. In the North, often 2 feet, In Prussia {{frac|17|8}} feet, in the South variable, often {{frac|2|1|2}} feet. The smallest known German ''elle'' is 402.8 mm, the longest 811 mm. * ''Klafter'' – Fathom, usually 6 feet. Regional changes from 1.75 m in [[Baden, Germany|Baden]] to 3 m in [[Switzerland]]. * ''Rute'' – Rod, Roman origin, use as land measure. Very differing definitions, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18 or 20 feet, varied between approx. 3 and 5 m. * ''Wegstunde'' – 'Way's hour', one hours travel (by foot), used up to the 18th century. In Germany {{frac|1|2}} ''Meile'' or 3.71 km, in [[Switzerland]] 16000 feet or 4.8 km * ''Meile'' – 'Mile', a German ''geographische Meile'' or ''Gemeine deutsche Meile'' was defined as 7.420 km, but there were a wealth of variants: ** [[Anhalt]] – 7532 m ** [[Baden, Germany|Baden]] – 8889 m before 1810, 8944 m before 1871, 8000 m thereafter ** [[Böhmen]] – 7498 m ** [[Duchy of Brabant|Brabant]] – 5000 m ** [[Bayern]] – 7415 m, connected to a {{frac|1|15}} Equatorial degree as 25406 Bavarian feet. ** [[Hamburg]] ([[Prussia]]) – In 1816, king [[Frederick William III of Prussia]] adopted the Danish mile at 7532 m, or 24000 Prussian feet. Also known as ''Landmeile''. ** [[Hessen-Kassel]] – 9206 m ** [[Lippe-Detmold]] – 9264 m ** [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]] – 9894 m ** [[Osnabrück]] – 5160 m ** [[Palatinate (region)|Pfalz]] – 4630 m ** [[Rheinland]] – 4119 m ** [[Sachsen]] – ''Postmeile'', 7500 m. Also 9062 m or 32000 feet in [[Dresden]] ** [[Schleswig-Holstein]] – 8803 m ** [[Westfalen]] – 11100 m, but also 9250 m ** [[Vienna]] – 7586 m ** [[Wiesbaden]] – 1000 m ** [[Württemberg]] – 7449 m * ''Reichsmeile'' – 'Imperial / (The) Realm's mile', new mile when the metric system was introduced, 7.5 km. Prohibited by law in 1908. * ''Schainos'' – Uncertain use, between 10 and 12 km, * ''Stadion'' – Uncertain use
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