Stone (unit)
Elsewhere
The use of the stone in the British Empire was varied. In Canada for example, it never had a legal status.

Stone (unit)

Section Title: Elsewhere
Table Section Text: The use of the stone in the British Empire was varied. In Canada for example, it never had a legal status.

City	Modern country	Term used	Weight of stone in kilograms	Weight of stone in local pounds	Comments

Dresden	Germany	Stein	10.15	22	Before 1841

10.0	20	From 1841 onwards

Mecklenburg-Strelitz Berlin	Germany	schwerer Stein	10.296	22	heavy stone

leichter Stein	5.148	11	light stone

Danzig (Gdańsk) Königsberg (Kaliningrad)	Poland Russia	großer Stein	15.444	33	large stone

kleiner Stein	10.296	22	small stone

Bremen	Germany	Stein Flachs	9.97	20	stone of flax

Stein Wolle und Federn	4.985	10	stone of wool and feathers

Oldenburg	Germany	Stein Flachs	9.692	20	stone of flax

Stein Wolle und Federn	4.846	10	stone of wool and feathers

Kraków	Poland	Stein	10.137	25

Osnabrück	Germany	Stein	4.941	10

Amsterdam	Netherlands	Steen	3.953	8	Before 1817

3	6	"Metric stone" (after 1817)

Karlsruhe	Germany	Stein	5.00	10

Leipzig, Weimar	Germany	Stein	10.287	22

Breslau (Wrocław)	Poland	Stein	9.732	24

Antwerpen	Belgium	Steen	3.761	8

Prague	Czech Republic	Stein	10.29	20

Solothurn	Switzerland	Stein	5.184	10

Stockholm	Sweden	Sten	13.60	32	(32 Skålpund)

Warsaw	Poland	Kamień	10.14	25	25 Funtów

Vilnius	Lithuania	Kamieni	14.992	40	40 Funtów

Vienna	Austria	Stein	11.20	20

Sentence(s)

In Amsterdam, Netherlands according to the metric system in 1817, the steen (stone) had previously been 8 pounds (3.953 kg) but was redefined as 3 kg.

final_sentence: In Amsterdam, Netherlands according to the metric system in 1817, the steen (stone) had previously been 8 pounds (3.953 kg) but was redefined as 3 kg.