Brandenburg Beer Tax Agreement

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by Henk Bekker

Brandenburg Beer Tax Agreement

A Beer Tax agreement on parchment vellum was issued and confirmed through the seals of 44 cities in Brandenburg in 1513. It placed a 12 pfennig tax per tonne of beer, of which 8 went to the margrave and 4 to city.

In the Medieval Crime Museum (Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum) in Rothenburg ob der Tauber