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the Gau or diflrld of Baar. In it the Danube, or Donau, has Its fourcc,
at leaft with refpedl to its name. For the river of Brigach which runs
from St. George into the dutchy of Wiirtember g, and alfo the Brege from
Furtiöangen uniting, together with the Fehrenbach, below Donauefchingen
are indeed more confiderable than the fmall river which runs at the fame
place into thefe united flreams, notvvithfl:anding which this is commonly
called the Danube; and it is certain that that name firft had its rife near
Donauefchingen.
The moft remarkable places in this landgravate are the following : i-iz.
Fiirjlenberg, a fmall town and caftle, feated on a mountain, from which
the Furßenbcrg family takes its name.
Neiding, a market town, fituate on the Danube, with a Cißercian nunnery
in it which is the burial-place of the Furßenberg family.
Blumberg, a fmall town, but the refidence of a prefedturate.
Hufi'igcn, a little town feated on a mountain, and containing a prefecfturate.
Lößiigen, a fmall town, fituate in a fruitful valley, in which is a prefedurate
and a medicinal bath.
Fridenweiler, a nunnery of Cißercians belonging to the cathedral of
Sfrafzburg.
Fehrenbach, a little town feated on a mountain.
Donauefchingen, or Donefchingen, a market-town, near which the Danube
takes its name, is the refidence of the Prince of Furßenberg, and the
feat of the court of juftice, the regency, chancery, and treafury.
Geifingen, a little town, lying on the Danube, and being alfo the refider.CJ
of an adminiftrator.
JVartenberg, a caflle, feated on a mountain, and having anciently free
lords of its own.
Amptenhaußn, or Ampthaufen, a Benedivine nunnery.
Moringen, a fmall town and caflle, fituate on the Danube, and containinoa
prefedurate.
The Furflenberg Loi'dßnp of Haufen in
the Kinzing Thale.
This lordfliip lies in the Schiaarzwalde, or Black Forefi, on the river of
Kinzing, its principal places are the following : viz.
Haußn, a fmall cown and caflle, feated on the river of Kinzing;.
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Jiaßzlach, a fmall town, fituate al(o on the Kinzing, and containing
prcfcclurate.
Wclffach, a litfle town and caflle feated on the river Kinzing, into which
at this place runs the Wolffüch. In it is a prefedurate.
Wittichen, or Witlichen, a nunnery of the order of St. Clara, and belonging
to the cathedral of Coßanz.
Ripplifau, or Rippl'nfau, a Benedi£linc priory, fubjed to the jurifdidion
of the abbey of /////;^^f/'/. 37a?