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140 GERMANY. [Warternberg,
Lordship of
KIRCHINGEN.
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§. I. 'T^HE county of Kirchlngcn, by the French called Crcange, lies in
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VVeJtreich, but fome part of it is fubjeä: to France.
§.2. It was formerly a barony, when, in the year 1617, the Emperor
Mdttbun raifed it to a county. In George and IVyricb, fons to Count John V.
commenced the two lines of Piittling and Kriching, The male-hne of the
former became extindt in the year 1681, and the latter in 1697. Anna
Dorothy, daughter to Count Albert Lewis of Kirchingen, was married to
Count Edzard Ferdinand of Oflfriefe, and their fon, Ferdinand Ulrich,
left a daughter, named Chrijlina Loiiifa, who marrying with Count John
Lewis Adolfhus of JViedrunkel, the county of Kirchingen devolved to the
houfe of Wiedrtinckel ; though it is alfo claimed by the houfes of Solnn-
Braunfels and Ortenhiirg, both of which bear it in their title.
§.3. The count of A7;Y/'/«|^t'?n-otesin the Diets of the Upper-Rhine, but
not in that of the Empire. Their matricular alfellment is two horfe and
four foot, or forty florins ; but fince the difmemberment of PidtUngen, it
has been reduced to one half. In the ufual matriciila, relatively to its rate
to the chamber at Wetzlar, it is yet taxed the fame as formerly ; "oiz. for
Kirchingen, Count Chrißopher, thirteen rixdoUars, forty-fix kruitzers and a
quarter ; for Kirchingen, Count John Lewis, thirteen rixdollars, forty-fix
kruitzers ;
but only the latter of thefe taxations take place.
§. 4. Its principal place is
Kirchingen, a little town, feated on the river Nidda.
WARTEMBERG.
I'he C o \j N T Y of
§. I. TOHiV CASIMIR, oi JVartemberg, was created a count of the
J Empire in the year 1699, and, in the year 1707, his eflate, as an
allodial-Iordfhip, was raifed to be a county thereof.
§. 2. The reigning count of Wartemberg enjoys a feat and vote both in
the Circle of the Upper-Rhine and the college of the IVetterau counts of
the Empire. His matricular afleflment is feven florins, twelve kruitzers
and