Leibzoll

The poll tax was a levy in the old German empire escort duty traveling Jews had to pay when crossing a territorial customs border for their personal protection and thus for their physical integrity. The tax, which was also used for the conceptual Zollpflichtigkeit of cattle, and was often perceived as unworthy accordingly, has been raised to 1806/23. Formally, the poll tax was a manifestation of the conduct law, which ( Jews shelf ) had gone over to the lords as a shelf. The poll tax thus drew a consideration, namely the protection of traveling or non-resident Jews to be. He is to be distinguished in this form by the Jews protection money that had to be paid by local Jews.

Abolition of the poll tax

Wolf Breidenbach was a German banker and court factor and is considered the author of the release of the body Zolles.