The Scheffel was the
German
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bushel
A bushel (abbreviation: bsh. or bu.) is an Imperial unit, imperial and United States customary units, US customary unit of volume, based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity. The old bushel was used mostly for agriculture, agricultural pr ...
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Scheffel is also used as a
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
. Notable people include:
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David Scheffel, Canadian anthropologist
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Johan Henrik Scheffel (1690-1781), Swedish artist
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Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826–1886), German poet and novelist
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Mark Scheffel (born 1959), American politician
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Michael Scheffel (born 1958), professor for the history of modern German literature
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Rudolf Scheffel (1915–1983), German Luftwaffe ace
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Tom Scheffel (born 1994), German footballer
See also
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Scheffel Hall
Scheffel Hall at 190 Third Avenue in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1894–1895, and designed by Henry Adams Weber and Hubert Drosser, at a time when the area south of it was known as ''Kleindeutschland'' ...
, Manhattan, New York City
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Scheffler
{{Surname, Scheffel
German-language surnames