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The ''Liniengeld'' was a historic road toll that had to be paid on entering the city of
The ''Liniengeld'' was a historic road toll that had to be paid on entering the city of Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
in Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
from the 18th century.
Term
The '' Linienwall'' ("line(s) rampart") was built in the early 18th century as a simple fortification line around the outskirts of Vienna to protect the city from invading Turks and other raiders. On crossing the "line" (''Linien'') a toll, the ''Liniengeld'' had to be paid for each horse and wagon. This fee was charged each time someone entered the city which led tomerchant
A merchant is a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known for as long as humans have engaged in trade and commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated i ...
s and chamberlains, for example, both inside and outside the city boundaries, protesting that they had to pay the toll several times a day.
The historian, Leopold von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke (21 December 1795 – 23 May 1886) was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history. He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and the analysis of ...
, described the ''Liniengeld'' in his magazine, ''Historisch-politische Zeitschrift'', as a "very important" source of income for the city of Vienna.Ranke (1833-36).
References
Literature
* * * {{citation, author= Friedrich Nicolai, title=Beschreibung einer Reise durch Deutschland und die Schweiz im Jahre 1781 , volume=Band 11, location=Berlin und Stettin, page=88, date=1796, language=German, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VSJKAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR88 Medieval law Former toll roads History of Vienna Transport in Vienna Toll roads in Austria