Juchart

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A Juchart (also Jucharte or Juchard, in French Pose, in Italian Pertica) was a unit of area measurement used in rural Switzerland until the early 20th century. In other German speaking regions it was known as a Joch, Jochart, Jauchart, Jauch, Juck or Juckert. The Juchart was a measurement of the amount of farm land that a man could plow in one day. It is similar to the northern German traditional measurement of a Morgen , which was approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in the morning hours of a day. In the French speaking Canton of Vaud a related unit of acreage, the Pose was used. [1]

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Size

As with most units of this type, the size of a Juchart varied widely. It depended on the productivity and shape of the land.

Size of the Juchart
Region (timespan)NameSize in m²Size in acresSubdivisions
Plains (traditional)Juchart [2] 4,100–6,2001.0–1.5 acres4 Vierlinge or 16 Quärtli
Swiss Plateau (traditional)Juchart [2] 2,700–3,6000.67–0.89 acres4 Vierlinge or 16 Quärtli
St. Gallen (traditional)Tagehri [3] 1,7380.429 acres
St. Gallen, Graubünden, Vorderrhein (traditional)Mal [4] 1,050–1,7600.26–0.43 acres
Graubünden Rhein valley (vineyards, traditional)Mal [4] 1,1000.27 acres
Ticino (traditional)Pertica [2] 700–8500.17–0.21 acresSpazzo (4–5 m²), Staggio (7–33 m²)
Valais (traditional)Fischel a [2] 380–8500.094–0.210 acres
Neuchâtel (traditional)Journal [5] 2,7000.67 acresperche or émine
Valais (traditional)Journal [5] 6,2001.5 acres
Fribourg (traditional)Béquille [6] 1350.033 acres
Moutier (traditional)Chaîne [7] 1060.026 acres
Wooded land (traditional)Juchart3,360–4,4600.83–1.10 acres
Meadows (traditional)Mannwerk/seiteur or faux [8] 2,900–3,9000.72–0.96 acres
Vaud – Meadows (1822)Fossorier [8] 4,5001.1 acres
Vaud (1822)Pose [2] 4,5001.1 acres8 Fossorier or Ouvrier
Ticino (1826)Pertica [2] 5000.12 acresTavole, Gettate, Once or Quadretti
German Switzerland (1838)Juchart [2] 3,6000.89 acres4 Vierlinge or 16 Quärtli
Notes ^a Also a unit of grain volume, approx. 12.3–29.7 liters

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References

  1. ↑ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Vollständiges Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maß- und Gewichtsverhältnisse. Book 1, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, pg. 463
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Juchart in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Tagehri in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  4. 1 2 Mal in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  5. 1 2 Journal in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  6. ↑ Béquille in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  7. ↑ Chaîne in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  8. 1 2 Mannwerk [Mannsmad] in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
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