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r. [Wurtemberg.
1347 the family of Speten fold their eftate to the counts of Wurtemberg.
The diftridt of Afz/;y//;|;'^« ir.cludes ten parifhes, namely, Auifigeti, Botfingeti,
Buftenhaufen, a free lordfliip belonging to Gemmingen ; Dapfen,
under which among others is the chapel of Eglingen, as alfo the palace of
Gra'veneck lying near it ; E}iabeu7-en partly fubjedl to Furßenberg ; Hiinderfmgen,
Magoljiein^ in which is a Lutheran and Roman Catholic prieft
Mihrßetten, Mundingen, Oeden-WaUßetten, and Marpach, noted for its
flud of horfes.
9. The town and diArldl oi Nurtitigen, containing
Nürtingen, anciently called alfo Nuwertingen, a little
town fituate on the
Neckar, and the feat of a fpecial-fuperintendency. This place is fo ancient
as the year 1080, at which time it belonged to the counts o^ Acbalm. After
that it fell to the counts of Urach, and the barons of Neiiffen. As, according
to the account given under Urach, after the death of count Bertbold oi
Urachy a part of the earldom of that name was confirmed as a fief by the
Emperor Richard to the Counts of Wia-temberg, a part of the town oi Nürtingen
was a!f ) made dependent on it. The duke of Teck and the convent
of Hahnaifiveil had alfo a part of it, the fcrmer of whom in the year 1299,
ceded his by treaty to IVurtemberg, and the latter alfo his in the year 1645.
The hofpital here founded in 1480, is at prefent the richeft; foundation in
the whole dutchy. In the years 1473 ^"^ '^7
S'^ ^^'^ town fuffered confiderably
by fire ; and in 1634 was roughly handled by the Imperialifls.
The diftridl oi Nürtingen confifls often pariflies, viz.
Grctzingen, a little town, which formerly had lords of its own to whoni
it gave name J and from thefe it devolved to the family of Bernhaufen. In
the year 1333, this place was purchafed by the counts of üj/^^'w^^fr^, and
in i'?37, defcended in the fame manner to the counts of Wurtemberg.
Ech or y4ich, Neckarhaufen, Neckar-Tailfingen, Neckar-Tenzlingen, Ncuhaujen.
Upper-Bnyhingen, the laft of which formerly gave name to a lordfhip,
Uppcr-Enfmgen, well known for its fine millflones, Under-Enfmgeii
and Wolf Ischlugen.
JO. The town and 6\^y\&. of Bacl:na?ig. In it
Backnang, a town fituate in a delightful valley on the Murr, and containing
a rich cathedral founded in the year 1116. In the year 1626
;
the Jefuits poffefled themfelves of this place, but in 1648 again evacuated it.
In it alfo is a fpecial fuperintendency i and the town together with the
ca.({\e of Reichenberg, about the year 1297, defcended from the Marggrave
of Baaden to the counts of Wurteinberg, partly by inheritance and partly in
lieu of payment, and partly alfo as a marriage-portion. In the years 1635
and 1693 it was wholly confumed by fire.
The diftridt of Backnang contains the parifhes of Upper-Bruden and Under-Wei/zbach,
together with the old cafile of Reicbaibeig,
a ranger of a foreft and alfo the caflle of Eberjperg.
in which refides
Obf.