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Wurtemberg.] GERMANY. ly^
from fouth to north, exclufive of the mod: fouthern detached parts in it,
and from eaft to weft, not including the lordlliip of Heydenhcim, which Hes
apart from it, is about fixteen miles.
§.3. It is beyond difpute the moft confiderable and fertile part of the
to be one of the beft and warmeft
circle of Swabia, and may indeed be laid
countries in ail Germany. From its natural difpofuion, the country conlifts
of three tradls, which are all remarkably different. Of thefe the lovveft und
warmeft is the Lhterland, reacliing from Hcilbronn to Stuttgard., tho' in the
eaftern part in which are comprehended the manors of Murhard, Backaiiang
and a part alfo of thofe of Witmendett, Schorndorf and Lorch, the air is not
quite fo mild. The Middle-land lies betwixt the Unterland, the Alb, and the
Black-foreß. This part of the Alb and the Black-jo7-eß which have been taken
nodce of in the introdudlion of Sivabia form the Upper-land, which is much
colder than the former tho' lying more fouthward. It is proper here to fpecify
the particular names of the feveral diftindl tracts belonging to thefe.
the Unterland lies a fmall part of jagß and the Kocher \tbal as alio th.e
Wemsberg-thal (formerly called Subngau) which is fo named from the little
town of Weinberg; the Zabergau, a part of Kraichgau; the lower part of
Enzthals leading from Durrmiinz; the Murthal; the Ratm or Rcmßhal and
the lower part alfo of the Neckarthah beginning from Eßiilingen j all which
derive their feveral names from rivers and produce excellent wines. In
the Middle-land znA eaft of the Neckar Wq^ the Filßhal, fo called from the
Fih; the Linninger Thai, out of which iflues the L^w/dV; the Uracher, or
Ermfthal, from which iflues the Erms; the Pfidlinger Thai, fo named from
the town oi Pjullingen, and where the Echitzhzs its fource; together with
the Steinlacher Thal, which is lb called from the Steinlach. To the weft of
the river Neckar lie the grounds which are fo famous for the plenty and
excellency of their white cabbages, beginning about one hour's diftance
above Stuttgard, near Degerloch, and extending beyond Vayhingen, Mufzberg,
SteiJienhronn, Waltenbuch, Grotzingen, JVolfschlugen, Kongen, Nellingen,
and Ruith, from whence they wind again to the neighbourhood of
Degerloch ; the foreft of Schotibuch, which extends from Waltenbuch to Hildritzhaufen,
and in another part almoft to Tubingen ; the exuberant Gow
or Gau, beginning at Altingen, and reaching to the lower county of Hohenberg,
and bordering clofe on Nagold ; and on the other fide near E)cckenpfrond
on the Black-forefl; together with the middle part of the valley of
Neckar, lying from Tubingen to Ejzlingen. Laftly, in the Upper-land is
that part only of the Alb which is called the Rauhe Alb, the Albuch lying
in the lordlhip of Heydenheim, and being much milder j as alio the Hochfiraßc,
which extends towards Ulm, and conftitutes a part of the manor of
Blanbeurer . Beyond the Alb is the Brauzihal, fituate in the lordlhip of
Heydenheim ; the Blauthal, fo called from the river Blau ; the valley betwixt
the lordHiips of Steujzli?ige7i and Jußingen^ out of which ilfues the
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