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and afterwards fold his fliare of the town together with the caftle of Teck
and the vafials to the Counts Eberhard and IJlrich of Wurtanberg.
Teck, a caftle of very great antiquity in it, ftood here on a mountain near
K!rchbeim,\\hich is higher than the adjac'-nt yl'ps ; but in the year 1525 was
demolifhed by the revolting peafants. From hence the ancient dukes of
Teck derive their name, which is fcarce to be met with in any authentic
record precedent to the year 1 180 ; and Albert a fon of Conraifs and grandfon
to Berthold duke of Zahringen is the firft mentioned in a record of
1
193 as duke oiT^eck; and in Lewis, patriarch oi Aquileia, this ducal family
failed in 1439. In the Teckerberg is found xht gagates, or a black amber,
which, the fragrancy exxepted, has all the qualities of the yellow.
The diftricl of Kirchheim contains in it fourteen pariQies, 'ciz.
Owen, a fmall town, which belonged to the dukes of Teck, and was
their refidence and place of internment.
Bijzingeti, Dettingen on the Schlofzberg, Gutenberg, near which flood a
caftle where the archives of the dukes of Teck were kept ; Nabern, Upper
and Vnder-Lenningen, Ohmden, Kojzwalden and Schopfloch, all which belonged
to the dukes of Teck.
Wcilheim, a fmall town, in the year 13 17 furrounded with walls. This
place formerly belonged to the county of Aichelberg, and not far from it
flood the caftle of the fame name. A part of this county fell to the counts
of Klrchberg, who in the year 15 10 became extinft, and fold it in 1334
to Count Ulrich of Wurtemberg. The other part wa^ fold in 1339 to Count
Ulrich of Aichelberg.
The parifhes of Holzmaden, Jefingen, and Zell under dem Aichelberg, belonged
likewife to the county of Aichelberg.
38. The town and diftriä: of iV/z/r/'^r^y. In it
Murhard, a fmall town fituate on the river Murr in the ^r\z\txitMurrgau ;
and famous only for its abbey. This abbey was formerly a convent of Bc~
nediSlines, and is faid to have been firft founded in the year 816, but ever
fince the year 1572 has been under the diredion of a Lutheran abbot.
The prelate here is alfo minifter of the place, with two deacons under him,
one of which is minifter of Furnfpach, and the other has forty-three chapels
under his care. The town itfelf is pofterior to the convent; the latter was
at firft under the protedion of the at prefent extinft family of Lowenßcin,
who had alfo the jurifdiftion of the town. In the year 1365 the convent,
by order of the Emperor, admitted the counts of Wurtemberg as their patrons
and defenders; but not without oppofition from the counts of Lowenflein.
At laft, namely, in the years 1393 and 1395 they ceded all their
right in the town and convent of Murhard to Count Eberhard of Wurtem^
berg and his heirs. The diftrid: of Murhard contains in it the parifhes of
Oberroth and Viehberg; but thefe are included in the dutchy of Limpburg.
39. The town and diftrid of Bahlingen. In it
Vol. V. D d Bahlingen,