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U. Palatinate.] GERMANY,<br />

Deckendorf, a fmall town having a bridge over the Dnniibe.<br />

3+9<br />

Findelflein, a caftle feated on the Danube, into which the Ifer empties itfelf<br />

in<br />

Pergern,<br />

tiie neighbourhood <strong>of</strong> this place.<br />

a nobleman's feat.<br />

7. The pfieggericht <strong>of</strong> Hcngenherg, in which is<br />

Hengersberg, a market-town, lying not far from the Danube.<br />

Loiver-Altiiich, an abbey <strong>of</strong> Bencdi^'nie Monks feated on the Danube.<br />

H<strong>of</strong>kirchen, a market-town, alfo feated on the Danube,<br />

8. Th.Q fßeggericht 0^ JVinzer, containing in it<br />

Winzer, a market-town feated on the Danube, and near which flands<br />

the mountain-caftle ol Jioch-Winzer.<br />

Four caftles, noblemens feats, and h<strong>of</strong>fnarkte.<br />

9. T\\t pfieggericht oi Diefenßein, in which is<br />

Diefenßein,<br />

a caftle.<br />

10. Tht pfieggericht oi Bernfiein, appertaining to the order <strong>of</strong> St. George,<br />

and containing in<br />

it<br />

Bcrn/lein, a cartle.<br />

Gravenau,<br />

Schcnberg,<br />

a fmall town.<br />

a market-town.<br />

St. OJwald, a priory <strong>of</strong> regular canons <strong>of</strong> the order <strong>of</strong> S. Auguftine.<br />

Nine cailles, noblemens feats, and h<strong>of</strong>markte, as namely Blbereck, Eberhardfreut,<br />

Haimguiter, Haus, Ramblsberg and Ranjels.<br />

U. 7he UPPER PALATi NArE,<br />

'Tp HIS country lies in the Ncrdgau. In the twelfth century the Dukes<br />

- <strong>of</strong> Swabia were p<strong>of</strong>TeiTed <strong>of</strong> it. Afterwards the Emperor Conrad IV.<br />

who was alfo Duke ci Swabia, mortgaged it for the fum <strong>of</strong> 128,000 gold<br />

guldens to Otho Duke oi Bavaria, and the firft <strong>of</strong>that houfe who was actual<br />

Palatine <strong>of</strong> the Rhine; but Cmrad, ox Conradine the Unfortunate, fon<br />

to the Emperor Cöwrö^, made a total fale <strong>of</strong> it to the Pfalzgrave and Duke,<br />

Lewis the Severe ; together with a free gift <strong>of</strong> all the other places which<br />

were not mortgaged. The Emperor Lewis IV. in a <strong>com</strong>padl made with<br />

the fons <strong>of</strong> his brother Rudolph in 1329 ceded to them this country, which<br />

was then firft named the Upper-Palatinate, by way <strong>of</strong> diltindtion from the<br />

lower or Eledorate-Palatine ; and which thus denotes that part <strong>of</strong> Bavaria<br />

which ought to belong to the palatinate. In the year 1354, the Emperor<br />

Charles iV. for the fum <strong>of</strong> 32,000 marks <strong>of</strong> filver purchafed <strong>of</strong> the<br />

FfAzgrdve Rupert the Elder, and his r)ephtw Rupert the Tounger, the following<br />

caftles, towns and bailiwicks in the upper Palatinate, viz. Sidzbachy

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