Lot (weight), the Glossary
The Lot (formerly also written Loth) was a unit of measurement of mass, which was mainly used in German-speaking states of the Holy Roman Empire and in Scandinavia.[1]
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56 relations: Austria, Austrian Empire, Bavaria, Bremen, Bremen (state), Bulgaria, Duchy of Anhalt, Duchy of Brunswick, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Fineness, Frankfurt, German Reich, Gram, Grand Duchy of Baden, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire, Homburg, Saarland, Imperial County of Reuss, Kingdom of Bavaria, Kingdom of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, Kingdom of Saxony, Kingdom of Württemberg, Lübeck, Lot (fineness), Mass, Metric system, Nassau (region), Obsolete Finnish units of measurement, Polish units of measurement, Post office, Pound (mass), Principality of Lippe, Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Prussia, Russian units of measurement, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Gotha, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Weimar, Saxony-Anhalt, Scandinavia, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Switzerland, ... Expand index (6 more) »
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a multinational European great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs.
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Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Bremen (state)
Bremen, officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen; Free Hansestadt Bremen), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.
Duchy of Anhalt
The Duchy of Anhalt (Herzogtum Anhalt) was a historical German duchy.
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Duchy of Brunswick
The Duchy of Brunswick (Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state that ceased to exist in 1918.
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Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Herzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1701, when Frederick William and Adolphus Frederick II divided the Duchy of Mecklenburg between Schwerin and Strelitz.
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Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in Northern Germany consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district (the former Lordship of Stargard), and the western Principality of Ratzeburg exclave (the former Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg), which lay mostly in the west of the modern Nordwestmecklenburg district.
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Fineness
The fineness of a precious metal object (coin, bar, jewelry, etc.) represents the weight of fine metal therein, in proportion to the total weight which includes alloying base metals and any impurities.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.
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German Reich
German Reich (lit. German Realm, German Empire, from Deutsches Reich) was the constitutional name for the German nation state that existed from 18 January 1871 to 5 June 1945.
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Gram
The gram (originally gramme; SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. Lot (weight) and gram are units of mass.
Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden (Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in south-west Germany on the east bank of the Rhine.
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Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918.
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Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (also known as Holstein-Oldenburg) was a grand duchy within the German Confederation, North German Confederation and German Empire that consisted of three widely separated territories: Oldenburg, Eutin and Birkenfeld.
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Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Homburg, Saarland
Homburg (Hombourg,; Humborch) is a town in Saarland, Germany and the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district.
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Imperial County of Reuss
Reuss (Reuß) was the name of several historical states located in present-day Thuringia, Germany.
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Kingdom of Bavaria
The Kingdom of Bavaria (Königreich Bayern;; spelled Baiern until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918.
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Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover (Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era.
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Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.
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Kingdom of Saxony
The Kingdom of Saxony (Königreich Sachsen) was a German monarchy that existed in Central Europe between 1806 to 1918.
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Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg (Königreich Württemberg) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg.
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Lübeck
Lübeck (Low German: Lübęk or Lübeek ˈlyːbeːk; Latin: Lubeca), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany.
Lot (fineness)
A Lot (formerly Loth) was an old unit of measurement for the relative fineness_ (1896), The Journal of Political Economy, Vol.
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Mass
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body.
Metric system
The metric system is a decimal-based system of measurement.
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Nassau (region)
Nassau (also) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in today's Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in western Germany.
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Obsolete Finnish units of measurement
The obsolete Finnish units of measurement consist mostly of a variety of units traditionally used in Finland that are similar to those that were traditionally used in other countries and are still used in the United Kingdom (imperial units) and the United States (United States customary units). Lot (weight) and obsolete Finnish units of measurement are obsolete units of measurement.
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Polish units of measurement
The traditional Polish units of measurement included two uniform yet distinct systems of weights and measures, as well as a number of related systems borrowed from neighbouring states. Lot (weight) and Polish units of measurement are obsolete units of measurement.
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Post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.
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Pound (mass)
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. Lot (weight) and pound (mass) are units of mass.
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Principality of Lippe
Lippe (later Lippe-Detmold and then again Lippe) was a state in Germany, ruled by the House of Lippe.
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Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
Schaumburg-Lippe, also called Lippe-Schaumburg, was created as a county in 1647, became a principality in 1807 and a free state in 1918, and was until 1946 a small state in Germany, located in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg, an area of and over 40,000 inhabitants.
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Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Russian units of measurement
Traditional Russian units of measurement were standardized and used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution, but were abandoned after 21 July 1925, when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system, per the order of the Council of People's Commissars. Lot (weight) and Russian units of measurement are obsolete units of measurement.
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Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia.
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Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg (Sachsen-Coburg) was a duchy held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in today's Bavaria, Germany.
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Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Gotha (Sachsen-Gotha) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in the former Landgraviate of Thuringia.
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Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia.
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Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Weimar (Sachsen-Weimar) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.
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Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt; Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony.
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.
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Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in present-day Thuringia, Germany, with its capital at Rudolstadt.
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Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia, with its capital at Sondershausen.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Tatar units of measurement
Traditional Tatar units of measurement were used by Tatars until 1924 but became obsolete when the Soviet Union adopted the metric system. Lot (weight) and Tatar units of measurement are obsolete units of measurement.
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Thuringian states
The Thuringian states (Thüringische Staaten) refers to the following German federal states within the German Reich.
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Vereinsthaler
The Vereinsthaler (union thaler) was a standard silver coin used in most German states and the Austrian Empire in the years before German unification.
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Württemberg
Württemberg is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia.
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Zollpfund
The Zollpfund ("customs pound") is an historical German weight based on the old pound. Lot (weight) and Zollpfund are units of mass.
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Zollverein
The Zollverein, or German Customs Union, was a coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_(weight)
Also known as Lot (mass), Lot (unit), Loth (weight).
, Tatar units of measurement, Thuringian states, Vereinsthaler, Württemberg, Zollpfund, Zollverein.