500th anniversary of the convening of the Worms Reichstag - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1995 - 100 Pfennig

1493 was Emperor Frederick III. died. His son Maximilian I had already been elected king in 1486 and became his successor. After the imperial constitution he was obliged to hold a Reichstag as soon as possible. In December 1494, therefore, Maximilian called for a spring parliament in the spring of 1495 to Worms on the Rhine. The king's idea of ​​winning the electors, princes, counts, and emissaries of the cities in a few weeks' time to approve his financial demands for a campaign in Italy proved to be deceptive. The imperial estates called for their commitment to reforms in the Reich, which resulted in a say in the government of the Reich. A conflict was inevitable. After long negotiations, it was finally possible to agree on some reforms. Thus, an eternal peace in the Reich was decided, a step on the way to the monopoly of power of the state. All members of the Reich should be the highest appellate instance of the Reichskammergericht available. To finance a common general pfennig was introduced a first general imperial tax. Landfriede and Reichskammergericht have proven themselves in the following centuries. The latter is the origin of our highest jurisdiction today. With its significant reform approaches, the Worms Reichstag of 1495 marks the beginning of a development that can still be traced to this day. Also because of its importance for European development, it is an outstanding event on the threshold of the Middle Ages to modern times.