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Mofzklrch.] GERMANY. 26j
betwixt NordUngen and Bopßngen. The minifter here is alfo Lutheran
and fpecial intcndant to the count of Oettingai-Oettingen, with eleven
Lutheran paiiflies under him. 2. The caftle and village of Diemajitßein,
giving title to an ancient noble family, and lying on the borders of the
dutchy of Neiiburg, which, together with Burgberg, efcheated as a vacant
fief to
Poflefs in
the Oettingen family,
"The Cotmts of Oettingen-Baldern
the county of Oettingen
I. The prefedlurate of Baldern, to which belongs
Baldern, a market-town and the refidentiary feats, together with Mark
Zobtng a market- town.
II. The manor of Rotting, which takes its name from a villa^'-e.
III. The manor of Aufhäufen, alfo receiving its name from a villa'^e
fituate on the little river Eger.
IV. The manor of Ratze?ißein, in which ftands the caflle and vllla'^e of
together with two other villages and a hamlet.
MOSZKIRCH.
The Furftenberg Lordßjip of
Ratzenftein,
The lordrtiip of Mofzkircb which lies on the Danube betwixt the upper
county oi Hohenbcrg, the county of Sigmaringen, the abbey oi Petershaujen,
the commaniery of Alfchhaufen, and the lordihip of Waldjperg, formerly belonged
to the counts of Zimmern, and afterwards to the counts of Helfcnßein,
which laft became utterly extindl in the year 1627. Count IVratijlaus
II. of Furjicnberg, who fucceilively married the two counrcffcs of
Helfenftein, the latter of whom, v\2\\\td. Francifca Carolina, was heirefs to
Rudolph the laft count of Helfen/hin, brought this lordfhip to his houfe,
founding the line oi Furßenberg-Mojzk: rch. This lordihip at preient conflitutes
a prefeöurate, to which belongs
Mofzkircb, or Mjzkirch, a town and caflle, fituate in a country called Madach,
and reckoned in the Hgau. In this town is z convent of Qipuchins.
Meningen, a mnrket-town.
The villages of Geckingen, Heudorf, Kreefiheimfletten, Langenhart, Leiberdingen,
and Rohrdorf, in the latter of which fl;ood the family feat of the
ancient counts of Rokrdorf.
JVildefijtein, a calHe, feated on two fieep rocks on the Danube, and
pardy hewn out of them, belonged to the barons of Gundelfingcn, afterwards
to the counts of Zimmern, and next to the counts of Hc/fenßein,
from whom it defcended to the Furßenberg family.
Falkenßein, a caftle, fianding on a mountain on the north fide of the
Danube^ and giving title to tlie ancient counts of Zimmern,
Obf.