Customs House

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under customs house (disambiguation) .

Swiss customs house at the Albbruck – Schwaderloch Rhine bridge

The term customs house refers to a building in which (historically) the customs or customs administration was housed.

Prussian customs house in Wolfshagen

Since customs formalities involved a certain amount of time spent on site, catering establishments were found at customs houses early on. A large number of restaurants and hotels therefore bear the name Zollhaus .

Customs houses were sometimes also set up as toll stations on highways to finance them, such as B. the old customs house Wennigsen on the Hamelner Chaussee between Hanover and Hameln.

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