Volume Obsolete German units of measurement
for firewood, 2.905 m (102.6 cu ft)
nösel
in general, nösel measure of liquid volume equal half kanne ( jar, jug, bottle, can ). actual volumes measured, however, varied 1 state or 1 city another. within saxony, example, dresden jar held approximately 1 quart or 0.95 litres or 0.83 imperial quarts, nösel in dresden 1 pint (0.47 l; 0.83 imp pt). full volume of leipzig jar measured 1.2 liters (1.3 u.s. qt; 1.1 imp qt); leipzig nösel therefore 0.6 liters (0.63 u.s. qt; 0.53 imp qt).
the nösel used in minor commerce, in household measure meal, grain, , such. these units of measure officially valid in saxony until 1868, when metric system introduced. nevertheless, old measures have continued in private use decades.
one interesting modification introduced in thuringia. there, nösel was, extension, measure of area; namely, area of land sown 1 nösel of seed — or 19.36 square yards (16.19 m; 0.00400 acres)
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