Iron cow

The Eisenkuh or Immerkuh was an agreement between the creditor and the debtor in southern Germany , in which a cow was leased against (perpetual) pension payments. The levy that corresponded to the value of such use (in the form of natural produce or money) was also referred to as the iron cow. It was a form of pension purchase .

literature

• Iron cow. In: Reinhard Heydenreuter , Wolfgang Pledl, Konrad Ackermann : From burn-off to Zentgraf. Dictionary of regional history and local research in Bavaria. 2nd Edition. Volk Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-937200-65-1 , p. 62.

See also

• Annuity purchase
• Perpetual money
• Iron cows