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352 GERMANY. [U. Palatinate.
of Amherg, This place was originally a caflle belonging to certain Counts
of Cajlcl, whofe line commencing about the year 975 became extindl in
1220, and is to be ditlinguiflied from the Counts of the fame name in
Franconia. In the year 1098 thefe Counts gave up their caftle to religious
ufes. We dill fee here the monuments of feveral of them ; and what
more attracts the curiofitv of a ftranger that alfo of the renowned Bavarian
Knight Seyfrid SchivepperviaJin.
G}iade?iberg, a convent now lying in ruins, which belonged to the Theatine
nunnery at Munich.
The feudal eftales of
Hamburgh a cartle.
Piefach and Konißatt.
3. The pfleggericht of Neumarkf. In it is
Neumarkt, a fortified town, having alfo a caftle. In the year 1633 ^^'^
place was taken by the Sivedes., in 1703 by the Imperialifls^ and in 1745
by the Außrians. Without the town is a convent of Capuchim.
Seligpforten, a Cijiercian abbey of female reclufes, flanding near a fmall
lake.
The feudal eflates of Eresbacb, Griesbach, Lotersbach, Teining, TJtelhofen,
Waperjlorf, .and JVofenbach.
The villages oi Salej-mnA Zeitlarn on the river Regen, not far from Stadt
am Ho/', are under a particular judge of their own.
4. The pfleggericht of Rieden, containing
Rieden, a market-town, having a caftle.
Enfdorf, a convent of Befiediffine Monks, lying on the Fils.
The feudal eftates of Allersberg and Haßbach.
At Hirjchivald and Freyhoh refide two rangers of the forefts.
5. The pfleggericht of Freudenberg, in which is the caftle of Freudenberg.
6. The pfleggericht of Hirjcbau, at prefent belonging to the Knights
of St. George, and containing in it
Hirjchau, a fmall town, together with
The feudal eftate of IFeignried.
7. The pfleggericht of Nabburg, in which is
Nabburg, a fmall town ftanding on an eminence, with a fuburb called
Venedig lying beneath it on the river Nab. In the year 143 i this place was
pillaged by the Bohemians.
Schivarzenfeld, a market- town feated on the Nab.
The feudal lands of Gleeritjcb, Gutineck, Hoßarn, Neufes, Saltendorf,
Stein, Tamißorf, Weier, V/ilhofen, Wclfering, &c.
Traufnitz, a feat Iving in a vale on the Pfreimbt, and by fome thought
to be the place where Frederick Duke of Aujfria was kept prifoner, though
others, with greater probability, hold the caftle of Trattjnitz, or Frejhvitz,
as being much more ftrong and fecure, to have been the feat ofthat unfortunate
Prince's confinement.
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