From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.
Please assist in recruiting an expert or improve this article yourself. See the talk page for details. This article has been tagged since February 2007. |
Łan (pronounced one; in English lan; in Latin laneus, in German Lahn), in Polish means "field," and is a unit of land measurement used in Poland. Since the 13th century, its value has varied from one location to another. A Franconian łan consisted of 43.2 morgs = 23 to 28 hectares. The term łan was also used to indicate a full-sized farm, as opposed to one split up into a number of smaller sections. In medieval times its value was anywhere between 3 and 50 hectares, but from the 13th century to 1857 in Great Lesser Poland (with Podkarpacie), the Franconian Łan was consistently used.
Comparison of Area units in Lesser Poland 1791-1876, 1 Franconian morg = 1 wiener morg (system morgi dolnoaustriackiej)
| Unit |
Miar(Unit) |
Sazni, (Wiener fathoms) |
Lokci (Wiener ells) |
Metr² |
| 1 morg (Joch) (= 0,5755 he) |
3 |
1600 |
6439,02 |
5754,64 |
| 1 miar (Unit) (= 19,18 are) |
|
533,33 |
2929,07 |
1918 |
| 1 sazen wiedenski(eng. 1 Wiener fathom) |
|
|
4,0237 |
3,6 |
| 1 lokiec² wiedenski (en. Wiener ell²) |
|
|
|
0,9 |
