Customs and Trade Association of the Thuringian States

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The Customs and Trade Association of the Thuringian States was a regional customs union founded on May 10, 1833 within the German Customs Union .

History and structure

Prussia was looking for a way to connect its eastern and western provinces. To this end, it instrumentalized road construction. Threats with bypass roads on the one hand and lure with cost subsidies opened a "street war" to make the small states of Central Germany compliant. The Central German trade association was shaken by the first contracts with Meiningen and Coburg in July 1829 . The previous alliance of the Central German Trade Association broke through the commitments to the Prussian-Hessian Customs Union in February 1831 Sachsen-Weimar as part of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach and in August 1831 the Electorate of Hesse .

This breakthrough gave Prussia the opportunity to conclude agreements with the other Saxon and Thuringian states of the Central German Trade Association. In December 1832 conferences began between Prussia and the small states of Thuringia. As a result, the "Customs and Trade Association of the Thuringian States" was founded by the Customs Union Treaty on May 10, 1833. On the following day, it declared its admission, and with it the acceptance of the Prussian indirect tax system. This customs union, as well as the customs union between the Prussian-Hessian customs union and the southern German customs union, came into effect on January 1st, 1834. This customs union was named as the German customs union , which was founded in March 1833. Legally affirmed, it began its work at the turn of the year. ( see also: Territory of the German Customs Union )

The Thuringian association represented the interests of its member states in the German Customs Union, as these were individually considered to be too small for full membership. Represented by the Thuringian Association, they had a voice in the general conference of the German Customs Association. Members were Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach , Saxe-Meiningen , Saxe-Altenburg , Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , Schwarzburg-Sondershausen , Reuss-Greiz , Reuss-Schleiz , Reuss-Ebersdorf . Until 1890, the Schwarzburg sub- rulers were excluded . In addition, there were some exclaves from Prussia and Electorate Hesse .

The association took over the Prussian tariffs or the tariffs of the German Customs Union. He had a central tax administration for the Thuringian area under a general customs inspector based in Erfurt . A proxy assembly decided on the fate of the association based on the principle of unanimity. According to the customs treaty of July 8, 1867, the Thuringian Customs and Trade Association was only an administrative office for the indirect taxes of the Reich Treasury and existed from 1890 as the Thuringian Customs and Tax Association until 1920.

It is remarkable that the Thuringian Customs and Trade Association included all Thuringian states. Apart from the enclaves and Coburg, it formed the basis for the state of Thuringia founded in 1919 . Until 1920 there was a beer and liquor tax limit on its border with Bavaria.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Elmar Wadle: Constitution and law: milestones in their history . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77712-0 , pp. 195 ( online at: books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ Note: See contract between Prussia and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha of July 4, 1829, abr. in: CTS, 79, pp. 473-480. Change of boundary
  3. ↑ Note: See Grundriß, Volume 15, pp. 112 and pp. 135–145. Change of boundary
  4. ↑ a b c d e Heinrich von Treitschke: The German customs union and its history . Reprint edition. Outlook Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Bremen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86403-035-2 , p. 229 ( online at: books.google.de ).