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420 GERMANY. [Culmbach.
1499 there was nothing of it to be feen, the Marggrave Frederick IV.
caufing it to be made in the years 1508 and 1509.
3.
S)t. John, a citadel, a church-village, and prefedlurate. Near this
place the Marggrave George William founded a herniitage in the midfl of
a thick wood, where he ufed to refide towards the end of lummer.
4. Heynerjreuth, a village and prefeäurate.
5. Emtmiviß)erg, a citadel and church-village, which once belonged to
the Barons of Stem, but as an open fief has been occupied by the Marggraves
oi Bayreuth. At this place is a princely adminiftrator.
6. JVeydenberg, a market-town, with a princely and noble citadel belonging
to it. In this town is a princely treafure, or revenue-office.
7. Schretz and Glaßmtteji, two citadels and villages, over which a princely
amt-man exercifes jurifdidlion. At Sckertz the Marggrave George Albrecbt
ufed to refidc,
8. Sanfpareil, a citadel and feat of a treafure or revenue-office.
9. Wonfees, a market-town, having a prefecflurate-office. The Emperor
Charles IV. permitted this place in 1355 to be made a walled town.
ID. Streitberg, a mountain-citadel, market-town, and prefedlurate,
wholly furrounded by the bilhopric of Bamberg, and lying not far from
Ebermanßadt. In this place a yellow marble is dug.
Rem. In the prefedlurate of Streitberg lies the village o^ Alber?idorf,
which is otherwife called the Heyde/ißadt, or Hundsbrucke, being about 1000
paces in circuit. About one quarter of an hour's diftance from thence is
a large rock excavated by nature, and named the Hohle Loch. This cavity
is fpaciou"^, and not far from it is a ftill more remarkable hollow called the
Wizzeloch. Between Streitberg and the parochial village of Muggendorjy
which belongs to this prefedurate, are other cavities in which are found clear
fprings, cryftals, and large bones.
II. 'Thusbronn, a parochial-village and prefedurate, alfo environed by
the territories of Bamberg and Nürnberg.
II. The captainfhip of Culmbach, to which belongs
I. Culmbach, the fecond of the fix head towns as they are called,
and formerly a refidence of the Marggraves, lying in a fertile and beautiful
valley on the White-May!?, and being alfo the feat of the prefeduratecaptainfhip,
a fuperintendent, a revenue and cloyfter-office, and containing
in it likewife a Lati?i fchool. This town fell, on the extindion of the
Dukes of Meraf2, in the year 1248, to the Counts of Orlamutid., and by
them was at firft mortgaged to the Burggraves; but in 1338 they came t«i
an agreement, that in cafe Count Otto of Orlamund fhould die without iflur,
this place, with fome others, fhould defcend to the Burggrave yohn II.
which accordingly happened. In 1430 Culmbach was reduced to afhes
by the Hußites: In 1553 roughly handled by the enemies of the Marggrave
Albrecht-, and in 1708 greatly damaged by fire.
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