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194- GERMANY,<br />

[Wurtemberg.<br />

The diftiict <strong>of</strong> Neiienberg contains the nine following pariflies ; ^'iz.<br />

Birkenfeld, <strong>of</strong> which the Marggrave <strong>of</strong> BaaJen had formerly a part; Ca/>niacb,<br />

Dobel, Feld-Remiach, Gravmhatifcn, Grwrxettersbach^ Langenhrandy<br />

Ottenbaiifen and Palmbach, a place inhabited by JValdenJcs and confequently<br />

Proteftants.<br />

1 8. The town and diftrict <strong>of</strong> R<strong>of</strong>mfeld. In it<br />

R<strong>of</strong>enfeld, a fmall town, lituate not far from the above county <strong>of</strong> Hohenberg<br />

and anciendy belonging to the lordlliip <strong>of</strong> Urjzlingen ; but the<br />

caflle <strong>of</strong> that name flood on an eminence at a fmall diftance from the town.<br />

In the year 13 17, Simon and Conrad, dukes oi 'J'eck, fold it to Eberhard^<br />

Count <strong>of</strong> Wurtemberg.<br />

The diftrict <strong>of</strong> R<strong>of</strong>enfeld contains in. it eight parifhes ; namely, Ayßetg,<br />

Bergfelden, Bickelsb-rg, Flotzlingcn, Lcidringen, "Tübingen, Trichtingen, or<br />

Trucbtingen and Vohringen.<br />

\ 9. The town and diftrict <strong>of</strong> Brackenheim, in the Zabergau, lituate on<br />

the little river Zober.<br />

In it<br />

Brackenheim, a town, formerly the capital <strong>of</strong> ^z Zabergau, and belonging<br />

to the lordfliip <strong>of</strong> Magenheim. One half <strong>of</strong> this place was fettled by Maria,<br />

daughter oiVlrich, lord oi Magenheim and wife to Otho, count <strong>of</strong> Hole:. berg,<br />

on her fon Burkard, count <strong>of</strong> Hobenberg, who, in the year 1 3 2 i , fold his part <strong>of</strong><br />

the caftle <strong>of</strong> Magenbeim, as alfo <strong>of</strong> the town <strong>of</strong> Brackcnhcim and feveral other<br />

appurtenances, to Eberhard, count <strong>of</strong> Wurtemberg; and the other half <strong>of</strong><br />

the lordHiip <strong>of</strong> Magenheim was bequeathed by Zaijolpb <strong>of</strong> Magenheim to the<br />

family <strong>of</strong> Wurtemberg. In this town is a fpecial fuperintendency.<br />

namely,<br />

The diftrift <strong>of</strong> Brakenbeim contains fourteen parifhes ;<br />

Botenheim, Durrenzimmern, Great-Gartacb, Haufen, Haberfchlacbt, Ho-'<br />

ftn, Kleebronn.<br />

Kirchheim on the Neckar, a market-town, formerly a free village and immediately<br />

fubject to the Empire.<br />

Little-Gartach, a fmall town, purchafed, in the year 1335, <strong>of</strong> Albert<br />

Bruzzen by Eberhard and Ulrich, counts <strong>of</strong> Wurtemberg, and afterwards,<br />

from the year 1485 to 1571, continued as a mortgage to the Gemmingen<br />

family. Near it once flood the caflle <strong>of</strong> Luneberg, or Leimberg.<br />

Meimßmm, Niederh<strong>of</strong>en, Nordhaufen, a parifh <strong>of</strong> Proteftant Waldenfes ;<br />

Northeim and Stetten am Heucbelberg.<br />

20. The town and diflridl <strong>of</strong> Dornßetten : Belonging to it<br />

Dornßetten, a tovi^n, fituate on the Black Forefl not far from the little<br />

river Glait, and in the country formerly called the Nagalgau or Nagoldgau,<br />

to which appertained alfo the fmall Gau Waldgau, which received its name<br />

from the river Waldach. The town once belonged to the Counts <strong>of</strong> Turftenberg,<br />

who mortgaged it, in lieu <strong>of</strong> a portion, to Anne Countefs <strong>of</strong><br />

Furflenberg and John <strong>of</strong> Gerolzeck her hufband, who made an abfolute<br />

fale <strong>of</strong> it to the counts <strong>of</strong> Hobenberg, and thefe in 1320 to Count Eberhard<br />

<strong>of</strong> Wurtemberg.<br />

In

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