Archduchy of Austria
In 1756, the ruling Archduchess of Austria, Maria Theresa, ordered that the Viennese "klafter" as well as its multiples and fractions, should be the state-defined measure of length in the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Viennese cubit, that is 1 of the Roman cubit (cubitus or elbow), was also used as a measure of length.