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414 GERMANY. [Brandenburg.
flilcld, which is interfeded five times to the dexter-point, gules and argent.
On account of Halber ft adt, a (hield divided argent and gules. On account
of Minden, two keys argent placed in form of a St. A7idrew's crofs in
a field ^z//.fj. On account of Camin, an anchor-crofs argent in a field ^«/t'j.
On account of Wenden, in Meckleiiburg, a griffin Or in a field azure. On
account of Schwerin, a divided fhield, in the upper part of which is a
griffin Or in a field azure, but the under part green with a filver border.
On account of Ratzeburg, a crofs waving and argent in a field o-z//?j. On
account of Mors, a fefs fable in a field Or. On account of Hobenzollern,
a fliield quartered y^^/f and argent. On account of the Mark, a
fcfs chequered, gules and argent, in a field Or, On account of Ravemberg,
three chevronsi ^zv/f^, ranged over each other in a fitld argent. On account
of Schwerin, an arm iffuing out of a cloud accompanied with filver and
bearing a ring. On account of Roßock, a buffalo's head placed obliquely
to the dexter fide and crowned gules, with an exerted red tongue and filver
horns in a field Or ; and, on account of Stargard, a fliield divided gules
and Or.
The Marggraves of Brandenburg- Ansbach ftill flyle themfelves Counts ot
Sayn and Witgenflcin and Lords oi Limburg, and add to their fhield armorial
a lion-rampant Or with a full face and a double tail, in a field gules, for
the county of Sayn, together with two perpendicular fefTes fable in a field
argent, on account of Fitgen/lein ; an oblique filver and three wild boars
heads /able, in a field of the fame, on account of Freusburg ; and a double
towered citadel, argent, environed with a rampart, in a field gules, on account
of the feigniory of Homburg.
§, 4. Among the privileges of the reigning Marggraves of both houfes is
the following ; namely, that in the Emperor's name they exercife the Imperial
land-jurifdidion of the burggravate of Nürnberg. The jurifdidion
thereof extended formerly not only over the Nordgau and Franconia, but
alfo as far as Bavaria, Swabia and the Rhine, and even to Swifferland and
the Netherlands: but at prefentit is confined to narrower bounds, and feveral
States of the Empire, particularly Bamberg and Nürnberg, who appeal to
their own privileged provincial tribunals, refufe acknowledging any fuch
iurifdidtion. At ifirft the Burggraves fat in judgment in perfon j but the
Emperor Charles YV. granted them, in the year 1348, the privilege of appointing
a provincial-judge in their ftead, who is alfo appointed by them.
At prefent it is commonly held at Ansbach, and that four times a year.
From it an appeal lies to the fupreme tribunal of the Empire, but the fum
in difpute muft amount to eight hundred guldens.
§. 5. Both the reigning Marggraves fill up alfo in common a councilcollege,
which has its diredor, counfellors and chancery in common.
§. 6. Both