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Historic Grain Measure Stone (Kornstein), Bad Königshofen

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Historic Grain Measure Stone (Kornstein), Bad Königshofen

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    Location: Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld, Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    July 18, 2024

    This historic grain stone or grain measure stands on the edge of the market square.

    Many visitors to the old town of Königshofen are amazed by the strange stone with its four hemispherical hollows, from which tubes lead to openings under the edge of the stone.

    It is not possible to determine with certainty when the grain stone was erected, but it dates from the time when Königshofen was the most important livestock and grain market in the Grabfeldgau under the Hennebergers. The hollows in the stone were the official grain measures, and even 100 years ago the grain was measured in them, not weighed. Measurements by weight were still unknown. Smooth and rough grain was "crossed out".

    Source:
    bte.dbb.de/publikationen/geschichte/der-alte-kornstein-von-koenigshofen

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      July 18, 2024

      Smooth grain included rye, wheat, peas and lentils, while rough grain included oats and barley. Measurements were made in malters, metzen, quarters and eighths. The malter of rye contained five eighths and one metze, but the malter of oats contained six eighths, two metzen and two quarters. The grain stone was used to determine the "stamped measure" when buying grain, and the grain ran into the sack through the opening under the stone. A laborious process when larger quantities were being traded, especially since different grain measures were common everywhere, even in the same counties.

      There must have been a real sigh of relief across the country when decimal measures and weights were introduced in 1872.

      Source: bte.dbb.de/publikationen/geschichte/der-alte-kornstein-von-koenigshofen

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        July 28, 2024

        A grain measure for 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1/1 Metzen stands in the middle of the market square, completely unobserved and barely noticed by most. One Metzen corresponds to 20.5 liters of grain. The grain was poured into the top, the opening closed, and then bottled.

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