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oi Ryfwick, In 1697, Philipsburg with all its fortifications to the right of
the Rhine was again ceded to the Emperor and Empire; but it was agreed,
that thofe which 'flood on the other fide of that river, together with tlia
bridge, fiiould be demoHflied; but to the bifliop of •S/'/Vr were referved his
rights. In 1734 this fort was taken by the French, after a brave defence
by Wutgenau the commandant, but reftored again in the year 1737. Since
that time the works are much fallen to decay.
2. Rheinhaujen, a borough lying on the Rinne.-
3. Bruchfal, the proper refidence of the bifiiop, and the feat of an upper
bailiwicjf, is a fmall town lying on the river Salza, in[that traft of land called
Prurhein. This place the Emperor Henry III. conferred in the year ioij6
on Conrad hiiha^ oi Spire. Bilhop Ulrich II. built here a citadel, and aUb
parchafed of Count Conrad of Cahe the lordfhip of the place. Concerning
the immediate Imperial foundation here a feparate article occurs below.
This town was confiderably damaged by fire by the French in the years 1676
and 1686. In 1735 the army of the Emperor and Empire had a camp
here between Bruchfal and Langetibnick, and before them a line and inundation
reaching from Ettlingen in the margraviate of Baaden-Baaden over
Bruchfal and Ki/lau to Keffch and the river Rinne, In it is a commandant
belonging to the order of St. "John.
4. Altenburg is the feat of a bailiwick.
5. Upper and Lower Grumbach belong to the bailiwick o^Grumhach.
6. Obßatt or Ubßatt is a village lying on the river Craich.
7. Upper-Oewijheim, a village, having a bailiwick-office belonging to the
chapter.
8. Langejibruck, a village.
9. Kißau, a citadel feated on the river Craich, which the Emperor William
conferred in the year 1 249 on the bifliopric. In it alfo is a bailiwickoffice.
10. Rotenburg, a little town and citadel fituate in the Prurhein, and having
a bailiwick-ofhce.
11. Weibßatt, a little town feated in the Creichgau.
12. Ketfch, a village, lying near the i^Z'/w^".
13. Marientraut, a village feated on the Speyerbach, and containing a
bailiwick.
\\,. E.eideßoeim, a little town flandlng on the Hart, on the banks of
which grows a fine wine. In it is a princely bailiwick.
1 5. Rheinzabern, a village feated on the Erlbach, which not far from
hence falls into the Rhine,
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