Area Dutch units of measurement

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morgen 8,516 square metres (with variations).




morgen means morning in dutch. morgen of land represented amount of land ploughed in morning. exact size varied region region. number of roede in morgen varied place place, , anywhere 150 900.






one rijnland morgen (rijnlandse morgen) = 8,516 square metres (divided 6 honts. hont divided 100 square rijnland rods. there 600 rijnland rods in morgen. rijnland rod divided 144 square rijnland feet.)
one bilt morgen (biltse morgen) = 9,200 square metres
one gelderland morgen (gelderse morgen) = 8,600 square metres
one gooi morgen (gooise morgen) = 9,800 square metres
one s-hertogenbosch morgen (bossche morgen) = 9,930 square metres (divided 6 loopense = 600 square roede = 240.000 square feet.
one veluwe morgen (veluwse morgen) = 9,300 square meteres
one waterland morgen (waterlandse morgen) = 10,700 square metres
one zijp or schermer morgen (zijper of schermer morgen) = 8,516 square metres






during french occupation, measurements standardised , regional variations eliminated. initially, napoleonic king louis napoleon decreed in 1806 rijnland morgen used throughout country, lasted few years. wasn t long before metric system introduced. since land has been measured in square metres (hectares, ares , centiares).

hont



a hont made of 100 roede. exact size of hont of land varied place place, rijnland hont 1,400 square metres. name hont honderd , dutch word meaning hundred . word hond derived earlier germanic word hunda, meant hundred (or dog ). after metric system introduced in 19th century, measurement fell disuse.

roede



a square roede referred roede. roede (or roe) both area measurement linear measurement. exact size of roede depended on length of local roede, varied place place. common roede used in netherlands rijnland rod.






one rijnland rod (rijnlandse roede) 14.19 m²
one amsterdam rod (amsterdamse roede) 13.52 m²
one s-hertogenbosch rod (bossche roede) 33.1 m²
one breda rod (bredase roede) 32.26 m²
one groningen rod (groningse roede) 16.72 m²
one hondsbos rod (hondsbosse roede) 11.71 m²






when dutch metric system (nederlands metriek stelsel) introduced in 1816, old names used new metric measures. referred square rod (vierkante roede). rod , square rod abandoned 1937, rijnland rod (rijnlandse roede), abbreviated rr² , still used measurement of surface area flowerbulb fields.

voet







rijnlandse voet (rijnland square foot) – 0.098596 m² (1.0163 sq ft)
hertogenbossche voet ( s-hertogenbosch square foot) – 0.082369 m² (0.8866 sq ft.)






a square voet called voet. word voet (meaning foot ) refer foot or square foot. exact size of voet depended on length of local voet, changed region region. commonly used voet in netherlands rijnland foot.




^ universität heidelberg – hund . rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de. retrieved 2014-08-19. 






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