Fortresses of the German Confederation (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Under the term of the 1815 Peace of Paris, France was obliged to pay for the construction of a line of fortresses to protect the German Confederation against any future aggression by France. Section C. "Defensive System of the Germanic Confederation" of the protocol drawn up at Paris on 3 November 1815, declared Mainz, Luxemburg, and Landau to be fortresses belonging to the Confederation of Germany, and stipulated that a fourth should be constructed on the Upper Rhine. In conformity with this act, a portion of the funds, which France was compelled to pay by way of indemnity for the cost of placing her on a peaceable footing, was thus appropriated: 200,000 were set aside for completing the works at Mainz; 800,000 were assigned to Prussia, to be applied upon its fortresses on the Lower Rhine; another 800,000 were reserved for constructing the new federal fortress on the Upper Rhine; and Bavaria was allowed 600,000 towards erecting another strong place on the Rhine, at Germersheim or some other point.