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the convent having been laid in aflies by the Freiuh, its academy was removed
to Deiikeruiorf. The conventual manor here includes the pariflies of
Friolßjeim, Schafhäufen, and Stanheim.
The priory of Reichenbach on the Murr, which has been incorporated
with this convent, contains a purveyor who receives and accounts for the
revenues thereof.
To this priory belongs the parifh of Scbwartzenberg.
10. The convent of S. Gorgen, or Jörgen, lies in the Schivarzioalde on the
river Brigach in a country which has for fome ages paft been here called
the Baar. It was founded about the year 1080. In 1567 it firfl: received
a Lutheran abbot. In 1634 it was ruined for the laft time, having never
fince been rebuilt. Near it is a village in which the duke oi JViirtemberT^
fleward lives, and to the conventual manor belongs the parifli of Miaichweiler.
Obf. About half a mile weft of this convent lies one of the fources of
die Danube,- called the Briege or Brigach.
1 1. The convent of Lorch, or Lieben Frauen Berg, ftands on a mountain
in the Rems beyond Schorndorf towards Gmünd, and takes its name from the
village of Lorch, in Latin Laureacwn, which lies below it, and formerly
belonged to the lords of Hohenflauff'en. Frederick duke of Swabia and his
fpoufe ^gnes pined in the foundation of it, and together with feveral other
members of the Hohtnjlauff'en family have their tombs here. On its diffolution
the advccatia, or patronage, with the jurifdidion thereof efcheated
to the houfe of Wurtembcrg. The firfl: Lutheran abbot here was fettled in
J 563. In this conventual diftridt are the pariflies oi Alfdorf, belonging to
the barons Von Holz, Frickenhofen and 'Taferoth.
12. The coxweni oi Alpirfpach lies in the Black-foreß, on the river Kiiizig,
being in 1095, and fince fucceffively under the adminiftration of the
dukes of Teck and the dukes of Urfzlingen, and laflly under that of the
counts of Wurtembcrg. In 1563 it obtained its firft L?itheran zhhot. In
the conventual diftrict here are eleven parilhes, namely Gaifzlifigen, which
is Catholic ; Hopfau, Lombach, Nordxveil in the Breifgau, which is alfo
Catholic ; Vpper-Tftingen, Pcterfzell, Kei?ihardlau, Rotbenberg, Schomberi-,
Wittendorf and Witterjhaufen. At Alpirfpach is alfo a mill, where cobalt
is prepared into fmaltj and at Konig/lern in the Reinerzau is a filvermine-work.
13. The convent of iierr^«*?/,!^ lies on the river Alb, not far from the
borders of the marggravate of Baaden. This convent was founded in the
year 11 48 by CownX. Berthold oi Eberjlein. In 1338 Count Ulrich of Wurtembcrg
became adminiftrator of it. In 1555 the firfl Lutheran abbot was
appointed over it. To this convent belong
I. The conventual diftriä: here, together with the parifh of Lofenai/y
which lies in it.
2., The diftrid of Dt7v//A/^w, on the. borders of the Palatinate, containing;