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GERMANY.
^5 J 6 [U.Bavaria.
the fifteenth century the Lords of Bcnimgarten were in pofTeffion of this
place till they mortgaged it to the Barons of Freundsberg , but the Dulces of
ß^rjav/^M-edeemed it and at laft acquired the abfolute property thereof. The
circle of Swabia took fome fteps for the comprehending of this lordfliip
within its taxation ; but thefe meafures were oppofed by the lords o^ Bautngarten,
and much more fo by the Eledlors of Bavaria. The caftle of
Hohen-Scbwangau ftands on a hill adjoining to the Atbfee, or lake of Alb.
22. The pßcggericht of Weilheim contains in it fome large but a greater
number of fmall lakes ; as, namely, the Ammerfee, the Walchenjee, the
Kcckc'Jee, and the Staffelfee. It borders alfo on the Wtirmfee. To this
pßeggericht belongs
Weilbeifjt, a town, feated on the river Ammer, with a fmall caftle in it
and a convent o^ Francifcans. The Counts oi Weilheim became extindt in
the year 133 1.
Etal, a Benedictiiie convent, with an academy in it for military exercifes.
To the convent belongs
Murnau, a market-town, and Staffelfee, which was once the feat of jufticc
and poffefTed of criminal jurifdidtion.
Ammergaugericht y in which, not far from the convent of Ftal, rifes the
river Ammer. This diftridt comprehends in it the Upper and Under-Ammergau,
Polling, a canonicate of regular Augußiftes, fituated not far from Weilheitn.
with fome other places.
Habach,
a collegiate-foundation.
Schlechdorf, a canon ry of regular Augtißines, fituated on the Kcchelfee.
BenediB-Beyrn, formerly Burin, or Buren, a convent of BenediBi?ie
Monks founded in 733
by a perfon named Landfrid, whom St. Bonijace
had exhorted to this pious work. In the year 1275, tht'Em^evor Rodolphusl.
granted a fceptre to the abbot ; but they forfeited this princely dignity by
putting themfelves under the protedion of the Dukes of Bavaria, and the
convent has never been able to recover its
independency.
Berwied, a canonry of regular Augußines, fituated on the Wurmfee.
Andechs, commonly called der heilige berg, or the Holy hill, a convent of
BenediSline Monks lying not far from the Ammerjee. This convent keeps up
the memory of the ancient Counts of Andech, whofe original feat was at
this place.
Eighteen caftles, hofmarkte and noblemen's feats, among which are Iffdorp,
Seefeld, Stegen, Delling, Pahl, Tutxing on the Wurnijee, Worthy on
an jlland, lying in the Wurmfee, and Walcbjlatt.
2X. The pßeggericht of Starenberg. In it is
'Starenberg, a feat of the Eledor's, fituated on the Wurmfee, on which
tlie Court fometimes take the diverfion of failing and likewife of hunting in
the water,
a ftag being forced for that purpofe into the lake.
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