Maiden tax

The maiden tax was a tax levied in Berlin at the beginning of the 18th century . Unmarried women between the ages of 20 and 40 had to pay maiden tax two groschen per month . The aim of the tax was to promote offspring, as is the case today, for example in the form of relief for married couples.

This tax went back to Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg , who was Prime Minister of Prussia from 1699 to 1711 and showed a great deal of imagination in inventing new types of taxes.