“Decree” issued by Archduke Mattias addressed to the Vidame* and Kriegszahlmeister** [Present-day Austria; Grand-Duchy of Austria]: “The annual poll/head/capitation tax (‘Kopfsteuer’) of 1 fl. [per head] offered by the Viennese Jews is too little. They must pay 15,000 fl. or at least 10,000 fl., otherwise they will all be expelled from Vienna.” [Researcher’s note: *Vidame is an old title of nobility. **Kriegszahlmeister was the heads of the military treasury.]
Urkunden und Akten zur Geschichte der Juden in Wien. Erste Abteilung. Allgemeiner Teil 1526-1847 (1849). Herausgegeben und eingeleitet von A. F. Pribram. Erster Band. (Wien und Leipzig; 1918); (Official documents and files regarding the history of Jews in Vienna. First section, General part 1526-1847 (1849). Published and introduced by A. F. Pribram. First volume.); (Vienna and Leipzig; 1918); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 2/24/2020