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Wwtemberg.] G E R M A N Y. 203
founded here,
in which twenty alumni are inftrufled by two profeflors under
the inipeclion of the Lutheran abbot, but this was afterwards removed to
the upper convent of Bebenhaufen. The town, together with the adminiitrations
of the convent, was, in the year 1447 ^°-^ '^y Count Conrad
oi Heifenßein to Leivis Count oiWurtemberg and Albert Duke of Aiiflria^
of whofe houfe it was held as a fief by the Counts of Helfenfiem, confirmed
the purchafe, and granted the town to Count Leivis as an hereditary
fief. The long contefts betwixt the houies of Wurtemberg and
Aiißria concerning this fief were partly accommodated at the treatv of
Wejiphnlia, and fully terminated in the year 1692, this lordfhip continuing
to the houfe of Wurtemberg.
The foreft-diflridt here cettfifts of five parifhes, namely, Ajch, Berghuhn^
Gerhaufen, Suppingen., Pappenlau, and Alarckbrcnn.
Obf. The conventual manor is defcribed in the fequel.
43. The town and diftridl of Sulz. In it
Sulz, a town, fituate on the river Neckar, not far from Dornhan and
Rofenfeld, in which are two profitable falt-fprings. The falt-works here
indeed have been much improved by fome ingenious works, but are
not yet fufficient to furnilh the whole country. The town is a fpecial
fuperintendency. So early as the year 1284 this place belonged to the
lords of Geroljeck, who in 1423 granted to the counts of Wurtemberg the
advowfon thereof. In the year 1471, the Emperor ivWrr/V;^ having put the
town under the bann, empowered Eberhard count of Wurtemberg to make
himfelf mafter of it, which he did not fail to do. In 1581 and 1720 it
fuftained
great damages by fire.
In the neighbourhood of this town is the caftle of Albeck.
The diftrift of Sulz contains in it the three pariflies of Fluorn, which
has fome good iron-works in it ; Mühlen am bach, and Zigmarfwangcn.
44. The town and diftrift of Pfidlingen. In it
Fjullingen, an open town fituate in a verypleafant and fruitful valley at the
extremity of the Alb, which is particularly noted for its fine orchards. This
place is the feat of a fpecial fuperintendency, and formerly belonged to the
noble family oi Remp, who at firfl ftiled themfelves of Pfidlingen, and are
thought to have been dependants of the counts of Wurtejnberg, In the
year 1487, Gafpar Remp fold his fiiare of Pfidlingen, together with the cafde
thereof, to Eberhard the elder count of Wurtemberg. In this town was
formerly a rich nunnery.
The diftricfl of Pfullingen belongs for the moft part to the lords of Greiffenflein,
from whom the counts of Wurtemberg purchafed it in the year
1355. In it not far from Pfullingen lies the Nebelloch, being a cave famous
among other things for an infinite variety of figures in fpar. Near Engßingen
is a medicinal fpring. The parifhes of this diftri(ft are Gengftingen, which
is Roman Catholic ; Holzelfngen, PIcnau, Little-Engßingen and Underhaufen.
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