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444 GERMAN T.<br />

[Onolzbach.<br />

Gcorgim-Gmundy which is a parochial-village.<br />

VI. The upper-prefecturate <strong>of</strong> Stauff, containing<br />

1. Stcrnff, a citadel, in which is the upper-amt-<strong>of</strong>fice. The Burggrave<br />

Frederick IV, wa. invefted with this place in the year 1328 by the Emperor<br />

Lewis <strong>of</strong> Bavaria.<br />

2. Thalinejz.higy a market-town, feated on the Scbwat-zacb.<br />

3. The vogtey-amt oi Geyern is p<strong>of</strong>feffed in <strong>com</strong>mon by the Marggraves<br />

with the Barons Schenken <strong>of</strong> Geyern, wh<strong>of</strong>e fhare in it is reckoned to appertain<br />

to the noble canton o^ AltmiibL To this place belongs<br />

Geyern, a citadel, feated on a mountain.<br />

Ettenßadt, a parochial-village.<br />

Nevfiingen, a market-town.<br />

VII. The fortrefs <strong>of</strong> JVilzburg, or WuJzhiirg, ftands on a high mountain,<br />

not far from the Imperial city <strong>of</strong> IVei[fenburg, and was formerly a<br />

confiderable abbey <strong>of</strong> BenediBiiie Monks, which in the year 1588 was converted<br />

into a fortrefs, and obtained by the Imperialilh by ftipulation in 1631..<br />

VIII. The upper-prefefturate <strong>of</strong> Gunzenhausen, to which belongs<br />

Gunzenbaufen, one <strong>of</strong> the chief towns <strong>of</strong> this principality, lying on the<br />

Atmubl, and the place where the upper amt-man has his feat, as alfo the<br />

feat <strong>of</strong> a revenue-<strong>of</strong>fice, and a decanate. Exclufive <strong>of</strong> the parifl>church<br />

here, in it alfo is a h<strong>of</strong>pital with a church. This place was formerly in the<br />

p<strong>of</strong>leffion <strong>of</strong> the Lords <strong>of</strong> Seckendorf, and was fold in 1368 to the Burggrave<br />

Frederick V.<br />

2. The vogt-amt <strong>of</strong> Weitnerfheim, m which is<br />

Weimerßjeim, a borough, containing a decanate on a mountain. Hard<br />

by this place flood the citadel <strong>of</strong> Fliglingen.<br />

3. The revenue-amt oi JVeiJfenburg, or Witzburg, which lies in the Imperial<br />

city <strong>of</strong> that name.<br />

4. The adminiftratory-prefedturate <strong>of</strong> Wald, fituated in the parochialvillage<br />

<strong>of</strong> Wald, on the Ältmuhl, and purchafed by the Burggrave Frederick V.<br />

in the year 1375 <strong>of</strong> Conrad Fuchfen, which Burggrave was in the fame<br />

year invefted therewith by the Emperor Charles IV. After this it was given<br />

in fief to fome noble families, but reverted again in 1749.<br />

IX. The upper-prefedurate <strong>of</strong> HoHENTRUDiNGEN. In it is<br />

I. FLohentriidingen, a citadel, lying near the Hanenkam, or Haynkamy<br />

(which is the name <strong>of</strong> a particular tradl <strong>of</strong> country) and the houfe from<br />

whence the ancient^Counts <strong>of</strong> Truhendingen, or Hohentruhendifigen, derived<br />

their original. After thefe Counts had fold this citadel, together with the<br />

annexed feigniory, to the Counts <strong>of</strong> Oettingen, they had their refidence at<br />

Gich and Gugel, and their feigniory in that tracSl extended over SefzlitZy<br />

Ban:.iih, and Stuffenberg ; but at laft they declined ü greatly as no longer<br />

to ftile themfelves Counts, but only Lords <strong>of</strong> Truhendingen. Their eftates<br />

and fiefs fell partly to cloyfters, as for inftance to Lankheim, and were<br />

partly

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