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WolfFegg.] GERMANY,<br />

267<br />

Aicklletten^ a village lying on the fame river.<br />

Alttnannß<strong>of</strong>en, a village, feated alfo on the little river Aitrach, and bsin?<br />

likewife a lordfliip conftituting part <strong>of</strong> the count's title.<br />

The villages <strong>of</strong> Reicbenh<strong>of</strong>en, Diepolzh<strong>of</strong>en, Seubrant, and Houlißxfe?:.<br />

The Line <strong>of</strong> the Counts<br />

<strong>of</strong> Wolffcgg-Zeil-Wurzach<br />

Bears the fame title with the former, and its territories aie<br />

1<br />

.The lordfliip <strong>of</strong> Wurxach lying in the yllgau, betwixt the lordfliip<br />

<strong>of</strong> Kifzkgg, the county <strong>of</strong> WoJffegg, the lordfhip <strong>of</strong> Waldburg and the abbeys<br />

oi Ochfenhaiifen 3,nd Roth; and which came to the family <strong>of</strong> T'ruchfejz bv<br />

Clara, countefs <strong>of</strong> Neijfen, fpoufe to Count 'John. In it is<br />

Wurzach, a fmall town feated on the river Aitrach.<br />

The village <strong>of</strong> Elbwangen with feveral hamlets and farm-houfes.<br />

2. The lordfliip <strong>of</strong> Marßetten or Mahljletten lying on the Her, about one<br />

hour and a quarter wefl: from the town <strong>of</strong> Memmingen, and formerly belonging<br />

to the counts oi Konigjegg, by whom it was fold to the Truchfcfzes.<br />

This lordfliip contains in it<br />

Marflettoi, a caftle in a ruinous condition, feated on the Her.<br />

Aitrach, or Eitrach, a large village lying on the little river <strong>of</strong> the fame<br />

name, which below it joins the Her, A fpecies <strong>of</strong> fifli called Jiafen, j. e.<br />

fnouts, <strong>com</strong>e in fpring time in flioals from the Her into that o^ Aitrach in<br />

order to fpawn, when vafl: numbers <strong>of</strong> them are caught and exported in<br />

fait to Bavaria. Though but a village this place carries on a very large<br />

trade with Vienna in wood and floats.<br />

MooßMufen, a village.<br />

Ferth<strong>of</strong>in, a hamlet, in which is a bridge over the river Iler^ and a ftrong<br />

cuftom-houfe, together v/ith many other hamlets.<br />

The Line <strong>of</strong> the Counts <strong>of</strong> Wolffegg-Wolffegg.<br />

The reigning count <strong>of</strong> which bears this title, hereditary fteward <strong>of</strong> the<br />

holy Roman Empire, count <strong>of</strong> Wdffegg, baron <strong>of</strong> Waldburg, lord <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Waldjee, Zeil, Wurxach and Marßetten, as alfo <strong>of</strong> Kifzlegg, Walterß<strong>of</strong>en,<br />

he Rothjee, Frajfzberg and Leypolz. Its territories are<br />

I, The lordfliip <strong>of</strong> Wolfegg, which lies betwixt the lordftiips <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Waldfee, Wurzach, and Kijzlegg, and the diftrid <strong>of</strong> Altorf, forming alfo a<br />

part <strong>of</strong> the portion <strong>of</strong> Clara countefs <strong>of</strong> Neißeii. To it belongs<br />

Wolffegg, or Wolffeck, a village and feat.<br />

Dieimans, Neckenfurt, Rottenbach, Schivarzacht<br />

The villages <strong>of</strong> Arnach,<br />

Thann, and Ziegelbach, with many other hamlets and farms.<br />

II. The lordlhip <strong>of</strong> Waldburg is environed by the diftridl <strong>of</strong> Altorf, but<br />

M m 2<br />

together

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