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224 G E R M A TT T, [Hohen zollern»
Baäeivweller^ a caftle feated on a mountain, and deriving its name from
a warm bath near it. Subjedl to this caftle are
The villages of Upper and Lower-JVeiler, in which are fome iron-works;
2. The bailiwick of M«/Mw, containing
Mülheim, a market-town, in which is a fpecial fuperintendency.
3. The bailiwicks and parifhes of Britzingen, Hugelheim, Buckingen,
Lauffcn, Mengen and Opfingen.
4. The bailiwick of JVolJaiiveiler, containing the parochial villages of
IFolJenweiler and Hajzlach.
The Country belonging to the Prince of
HOHENZOLLERN,
§. i.'TpHE country of Hehenzollern is principally furrounded by the
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dutchy 0I iVurtemberg, by the lower county of Hohenberg belonging
to Aujlria, the lordfhips of Haigerloch and Urochtelfingen in the
territories of Furßenberg, and the county of Sigmaringen. Weflward it terminates
on the upper county o[ Hohenberg belonging to Außria; and eafl:-
ward on fome towns and diftrifts belonging to the fame province; as alfo
on thofe of Wurtemberg, Furßenberg and T'ruchfefz. The lordfliip of Haigerlocb
is environed by the county of Hohenzollern, the dutchy of Wurtemberg
and the county of Hohenberg belonging to Aiiflria, Thefe countries
are all of tolerable fertility and watered by the Danube, which runs through
the county of Sigmaringen, where it receives the little river of Lauchart j
as alfo by the rivers Eyach and Starzell, which fall into the Neckar.
§. 2. iPafling over the obfcurities of the origin of the very ancient family
o{ Hohenzollern, we Ihall only obferve that in the fecond half of the twelfth
century, in which Count Conrad {(or in all appearance he wasthefirft Burggrave)
obtained the burggravate of Nurnburg, it was divided into two
branches, of which the Burggrave branch attained to the Eledlorate of Brandenburg
and the crown of Prußia ; but the Hohenzollern branch continued
in the country of Zollern. Count Charles, who died in 1 576, is the founder of
the prefent united houfe of ZoUern ; and on the 24th of January iS75y ^^
Sigmnringen, made a formal incorporation of the ZoUern territories. From
his fon Frederick IV. is defcended the Hohenzollern-Hechingen family, and
from his fon Charles II. that of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, which ftill fublifts.
"John George of the Hechingen line was in the year 1623 promoted by
the Emperor to the rank of Prince,, in behalf of himfelf and the perpetual
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