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266 GERMANY. [Zeil.
which commenced in Frobenius. Of the former the V/a\dfee is a collateral
line, as JVtirzach is of that of Zeil. All thefe feveral lines fit in the Diet
of the circle of Snvabia as States of the circle ; but the office of hereditary
fteward of the Empire belongs to the eldeft of the principal line of Wolff egg^
who holds it in fief of the Eledlor of Bavaria as arch high-fleward of the
Empire. As a mark of this office the hereditary fteward bears three monds
topaz in a field ruby, his arms for Waldhu7-g being three pine-apples topaz
iii a field faphire. In the diet of the Empire they enjoy only a fingle vote
among the counts of Sivabia-, but in that of the circle of Swabia three,
viz. one for Zeil and Wurzach, another for Wolffegg and the JValdfee, and
t])e third for Scheer, Dunnentiirgen and Trauchburg. They have indeed follicited
for a fourth vote on account of Trauchburg, but their allegations were
found of little weight. In the circular Diets they alternate in votes and
feats with the houfes of Konigfegg. The afleffment of the family of Erbtruchejefs
in the matricula of the Empire amounts to three hundred and
twelve florins, to which the principal hne of Scheer pays ninety-fix florins for
Scheer and forty-eight for Trauchburg . The principal line oi Wolffegg pays alfo
one hundred and forty-four florins, exclufive of twenty-four for Marjietten.
The former of thefe two pays to the Imperial chamber at Wetzlar one
hundred and thirty-nine ruthlers, twenty-feven kruitzers : the latter being
rated for Wolffegg at forty-one ruthlers, fixty-nine kruitzers and a half; for
the Waldfee fifty-one ruthlers, five kruitzers ; for Zeil twenty-three ruthlers,
twenty-one kruitzers and a quarter; and for Wurzach twenty-three ruthlers,
twenty-one kruitzers and a quarter. The family of Truchfefz, together
with their fervants and vaflals are by the charters of feveral Emperors and
Kings, particularly of the Emperor Frederick III. in the year 1464, exempted
from being tried by a foreign court.
'The Line of the Count of Wolffegg-Zeil.
Of which the count in pofi"effion ftiles himfelf hereditary fteward of the
holy Roman Empire and count oi Zeil, baron o{ Waldburg, lord 0^ Wurzach
Marßetten, Altma?inJhofen, Wolffegg, and the Waldfee. To it belongs
T'be County of X E I L.
Which lies in the Algau, betwixt the county of Wurzach and Leutkircher
heath. It had anciently counts of its own who became extinö in
the thirteenth centu.y, on which the Emperor Lewis of Bavaria mortgaged
it to John Truchjefz of Walburg ; but it was afterwards ceded to the
Emperor Charles IV. as a male-fief. To it belongs.
Ziih a caftle and borough, fituate on the little river Aitrach.
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