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44-2 GERMANY, [Onolzback
thofe writings which are called the Articles of Schuvabach were drawn up
here, and were the beginning of the Augshufg confefTion. In 1529 an affembly
of the Proteftant States was held here. In 1632 it was befieged,
taken, and pkmdered by the Imperialißs, and at the fame time iniferably
laid wafte by famine and a plague. In 1686 the firft French refugees fettled
at this place.
At Kammerßeitjy which is a parochial-village lying near it, was anciently
a citadel, where the adminiflrators of the prefent upper-prefeäurate
of Sclnvabach originally refided. Out of the ftones of the ruinous citadel
here the Calvinijl church at Schwabach was built.
Rcicbefibach, a parochial-village and citadel.
2. Thejudge-amt of IVendelßeiii hz^ its feat at
IVendeljleiri, a well-built market- town, feated on the Schivarzach, and
in which the Imperial c\X.y o^ Nürnberg \s poffeffed of a co-feigniory. The
Burggrave Frederick II. or III. purchafed this judge-amt of the Landgraves
of heuchtenberg.
3. The judge-amt of Schwandt, which takes its name from
Schwajidt, a very ancient, large, and well built market-town, which formerly
enjoyed a criminal-court, and a peculiar territorial diftriä; of its own.
4. The judge-amt of Kornburg, lying at
Kornburg, a large market-town, in which is a marggravial toll. The
citadel here, together with certain eftates belonging to it, appertains, ever
fince the year 1753,
in which year the family of RicUr became extindl,.
to the hofpital of the Holy Ghoß in Nürnberg. The town itfelf was purchafed
in 1364 by the Burggrave Frederick V.
Ill, The upper-prefefturate of Cadolzbukg, to which belongs
1. Cadolzburg, a confiderable market-town, with a ftrong citadel in it,
and the feat of the upper-amt-office. The feigniory of Cadolzburg wasobtained
by the Burggrave ivWfr/f^ II. or III. in the year 1248, out of
the ducal inheritance of the family of Meran^ and in 1265 he inverted
therewith the abbey of Elivangen, but with a provifo that the fealty thereof
Ihould ceafe whenever he fliould obtain male-heirs, for which reafon it
was held by that abbey only for fixteen years. This place was formerly
a burggravial reiidence j and the Marggrave Charles William Frederick alfo
frequently refided there, and that too for a long time.
2. The towri-vogtev-amt of Langenzcnn, which has its feat at
Lajjgenzenn, anciently-named Cinna, or Cenna^ once a market-borough,
but now a Imall town, ieated on the river Zenn^ in which is
a good leathern
manufaftory. At this place alfo is a decanate. The ancient provoftfliip
here of Augiißine canons is fecularized, and belongs, ever fince the year
1621, to the princely houfe of Bayreuth.
3. The judge-amt of Rojk-ßol, ia the parochial village of Rofz-ßal^ the
citadel