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A morgen was a unit of measurement of land area in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the Dutch colonies, including South Africa and Taiwan. The size of a morgen varies from to acres, which equals approximately 0.2 to 1 hectare. It was also used in old Prussia, in the Balkans, Norway and Denmark, where it was equal to about two-thirds of an acre (0.27 ha). The word is usually taken to be the same as the German and Dutch word for "morning". Similarly to the Imperial acre, it was approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in the morning hours of a day. The ''morgen'' was commonly set at about 60–70% of the ''tagwerk'' (literally "day work") referring to a full day of ploughing. In 1869, the North German Confederation fixed the morgen at a ''quarter hectare'' (i.e. 2500 square meters)〔See :de:Morgen (Einheit) – German version of Wikipedia〕 but in modern times most farmland work is measured in full hectares. The next lower measurement unit was the German "rute" or Imperial rod but the metric rod length of 5 metres never became popular. The morgen is still used in Taiwan today, called "kah"; 1 kah is roughly 2 acres or 9,000 m2. == Germany == The following table shows an excerpt of morgen sizes as used in Germany - some morgen were used in a wider area and so they had proper names. It is noteworthy that the actual area of a morgen was considerably larger in fertile areas of Germany, or in regions where flat terrain prevails, presumably facilitating tilling. The next lower measurement unit to a morgen was usually in "Quadratruten" square rods. {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor=#efefef |+ German sizes of morgen ! Region (Timespan) || Name || Size in m² || original definition (QR = Quadratruten) |- ! - metric - || Viertelhektar = vha | 2,500 || (100 QR) |- ! Homburg || | 1,906 || 160 QR |- ! Franconia || | 2,000 || |- ! Frankfurt || Feldmorgen | 2,025 || 160 QFeldR |- ! Oldenburg || | 2,256 || |- ! Kassel || Acker | 2,386 || 150 QR |- ! Prussia (1816–1869) ||rowspan="2"| Magdeburger Morgen |rowspan="2"| 2,553.22 ||rowspan="2"| 180 QR |- ! Waldeck-Pyrmont |- ! Bremen || | 2,572 || 120 QR |- ! Schaumburg || | 2,585 || 120 QR |- ! Hanover (before 1836) || | 2,608 || 120 QR |- ! Hanover (after 1836) || | 2,621 || 120 QR |- ! Cologne Rhineland ||Rheinländischer Morgen | 3,176 || 150 QR |- ! Bergisches Land ||Bergischer Morgen | 2,132 || 120 QR |- ! Württemberg (1806–1871) || | 3,152 || 384 QR |- ! Frankfurt || Waldmorgen | 3,256 || 160 QWaldR |- ! Braunschweig || Waldmorgen | 3,335 || 160 QR |- ! Bavaria || Tagwerk | 3,407 || 400 QR |- ! Baden || | 3,600 || 400 QR |- ! Oldenburg || Jück | 4,538 || 160 QR |- ! Danzig || | ca. 5,000 || 300 QR |- ! Holstein || Tonne (Tønde) | 5,046 || 240 QGeestR |- ! Schleswig-Holstein || Steuertonne | 5,466 || 260 QGeestR |- ! || Kulmischer Morgen | 5,601.17 || 300 QR |- ! East Frisia || Diemat (h) | 5,674 || |- ! Mecklenburg || | 6,500 || 300 QR |- ! Altes Land (Harburg & Stade) || | 8,185 || |- ! Hamburg || | 9,658 || 600 QGR |- ! Kehdingen || Marschmorgen | 10,477 || |- ! Altes Land || | 10,484 || 480 QR |- ! Land of Hadeln || | 11,780 || 540 QR |} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「morgen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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