!!!Pfund

Pfund (Pound), old European weight unit, which varied from region to 
region, between 0.4 and 0.6 kg in the German-speaking area. The 
Vienna pound, which was used until the introduction of the decimal 
system, weighed 0.56 kg. In Germany, the pound was integrated 
into the decimal system in 1857 when the Zollpfund (0.5 kg) was 
introduced. By the Middle Ages the pound had become the basis for the 
system of coin weights, later it was replaced by the Mark. The pound 
also became a numerical quantity (1 pound of Pfennige = 240 
Pfennige), the name of a coin and hence the basis for numerous 
currencies. Some coin names derive only indirectly from the pound, 
e.g. the  Pfundner in Tirol.


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