{{Short description|Road tell to enter Vienna, Austria}} {{italic title}} [[File:Linienwall.jpg|thumb|One of the last remaining sections of the ''Linienwall'' by the Vienna S-Bahn near Landstraßer Gürtel]] The '''''Liniengeld''''' was a historic road toll that had to be paid on entering the city of Vienna in Austria 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 to merchants 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, described the ''Liniengeld'' in his magazine, ''Historisch-politische Zeitschrift'', as a "very important" source of income for the city of Vienna.<ref>Ranke (1833-36).</ref>
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== Literature == * {{citation|author=Johann Georg Krünitz|title=Oeconomische Encyclopädie|volume=Band 79|pages=325 f.|language=German|url=http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/xxx/o/kl06298.htm}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * {{citation|author=Leopold von Ranke|title=Historisch-politische Zeitschrift |volume=Band 2|publisher=Verlag Duncker & Humblot|location=Berlin|page=703|date=1833–1836|language=German|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_YcZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA703}} * {{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}}
Category:18th century in law Category:Former toll roads Category:18th century in Vienna Category:Transport in Vienna Category:Toll roads in Austria