Imperial war treasure

Reichsgesetzblatt of February 5, 1874: Ordinance concerning the administration of the Reich's war treasure

The Reich War Treasure was made up of contributions from France to the German Empire from the Peace of Frankfurt after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. The treasure was worth 40 million thalers (= 120 million gold marks , today's value approx. 1.3 billion euros ) and was stored in 1,200 boxes filled with gold coins in the Juliusturm of the Spandau Citadel ( Berlin ) from 1874 .

The money should be used to finance the next mobilization . In 1913 the treasure was increased to 360 million gold marks due to the reinforcement of the army and its use was made at the beginning of the First World War in 1914.

In allusion to the Reich's war treasure , the budget surpluses generated in the early years of the Federal Republic of Germany under Finance Minister Fritz Schäffer were verbally associated with the “Juliusturm”.

Individual evidence

↑ The Reichskriegsschatz on germanycash.de . Retrieved January 5, 2018.
↑ Julia Cholet: The budget of the German Empire in the Bismarckian era. BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8305-3057-2 , p. 62f.

Web links

Wiktionary: Reichskriegsschatz - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wikisource: Law regarding the formation of an imperial war treasure. 11 November 1871. - Sources and full texts

Wikisource: Ordinance regarding the administration of the Reich War Treasure. January 22, 1874. - Sources and full texts

[1] The Reichskriegsschatz on germanycash.de . Retrieved January 5, 2018.

[2] Julia Cholet: The budget of the German Empire in the Bismarckian era. BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8305-3057-2 , p. 62f.