Juchart

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.Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Vollständiges Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maß- und Gewichtsverhältnisse. Book 1, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, pg. 463

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.

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|+ Size of the Juchart

! Region (timespan)NameSize in m²Size in acresSubdivisionsPlains (traditional)

| Juchart{{HDS|14192|Juchart}} || 4,100–6,200 || {{convert|41006200|m2|acre|disp=output only}}4 Vierlinge or 16 QuärtliSwiss Plateau (traditional)

| Juchart || 2,700–3,600 || {{convert|27003600|m2|acre|disp=output only}}4 Vierlinge or 16 QuärtliSt. Gallen (traditional)

| Tagehri{{HDS|32048|Tagehri}} || 1,738 || {{convert|1738|m2|acre|disp=output only}} ||St. Gallen, Graubünden, Vorderrhein (traditional)

| Mal{{HDS|32047|Mal}} || 1,050–1,760 || {{convert|10501760|m2|acre|disp=output only}}Graubünden Rhein valley (vineyards, traditional)

| Mal || 1,100 || {{convert|1100|m2|acre|disp=output only}} ||Ticino (traditional)

| Pertica || 700–850 || {{convert|700850|m2|acre|disp=output only}}Spazzo (4–5 m²), Staggio (7–33 m²)Valais (traditional)

| Fischel{{ref|Fischel|a}} || 380–850 || {{convert|380850|m2|acre|disp=output only}}Neuchâtel (traditional)

| Journal{{HDS|32043|Journal}} || 2,700 || {{convert|2700|m2|acre|disp=output only}} || perche or émineValais (traditional)

| Journal || 6,200 || {{convert|6200|m2|acre|disp=output only}} ||Fribourg (traditional)

| Béquille{{HDS|32045|Béquille}} || 135 || {{convert|135|m2|acre|disp=output only}} ||Moutier (traditional)

| Chaîne{{HDS|32044|Chaîne}} || 106 || {{convert|106|m2|acre|disp=output only}} ||Wooded land (traditional)

| Juchart || 3,360–4,460 || {{convert|33604460|m2|acre|disp=output only}}Meadows (traditional)

| Mannwerk/seiteur or faux {{HDS|14195|Mannwerk [Mannsmad]}}|| 2,900–3,900 || {{convert|29003900|m2|acre|disp=output only}}Vaud – Meadows (1822)

| Fossorier || 4,500 || {{convert|4500|m2|acre|disp=output only}} ||Vaud (1822)

| Pose || 4,500 || {{convert|4500|m2|acre|disp=output only}} || 8 Fossorier or OuvrierTicino (1826)

| Pertica || 500 || {{convert|500|m2|acre|disp=output only}} || Tavole, Gettate, Once or QuadrettiGerman Switzerland (1838)

| Juchart || 3,600 || {{convert|3600|m2|acre|disp=output only}} || 4 Vierlinge or 16 Quärtli

:Notes {{note|Fischel|a|Also a unit of grain volume, approx. 12.3–29.7 liters}}

References

External links

{{HDS|14192|Juchart}}
{{HDS|13751|Weights and measures}}

Category:History of Switzerland

Category:Obsolete units of measurement

Category:Units of area