Nuptial festivities fee

Formerly common in German territorial states, this fee was payable at wedding celebrations. – In Nassau-Orania, for example, a table of ten people was exempt from the fee. Each person beyond this number had to pay a rather high levy in cash, for which the groom was liable. In addition, ten percent of the wedding gifts – the value of which was officially determined by the “Achtsmann” (sworn valuer) – had to be paid to the poor relief fund. – Historians see the wedding table money less in terms of replenishing the state treasury. Rather, the levy was intended to prevent extended costly indulgences (wicked sumptuousnesses), at the end of which the young couple would enter matrimony with heavy debts. – See Armengeld, Armenkasse, Brautgeld, Brauttafelgeld, Detz, Nonagium, Tanzkonzessionsgeld.

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