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Henneberg.] G E R M A I^ T. 465<br />

fifty-nine krukzers and a half;<br />

Saxe- Meinungen the Tum <strong>of</strong> fifty-five florins,<br />

fixteen kruitzers and a quarter ; Themar, or Saxe-Gotba, thirteen florins,<br />

üfty-five kruitzers and a half; Bebrungen, or Saxe-Hildburghciußn, two florins,<br />

twenty-nine kruitzers and three quarters ; Meh's, or Saxe-Gotha, fortyfive<br />

kruitzers ; Ilmenau, or S^xe-Weimar, ten florins, feventeen kruitzers<br />

Kalten Nordheiin, or Saxe-Weimar, alfo ten florins, feventeen kruitzers ;<br />

i?<strong>of</strong>f;/VW thirty-three florins; and SchmalkaUen, or Heje-Cajpl üxie^n. With<br />

refpedl to the chamber-terms, there occur, on account <strong>of</strong> this country, ia<br />

the ufual matricula, the following articles : viz. HennebergSchleufwgen pays<br />

to each term one hundred and ninety rixdoUars, thirty-fix kruitzers; the<br />

Eledor <strong>of</strong> 5öA'C7{y feventy-nine rixdoUars, fixteen kruitzers; Saxe-Mcinungen<br />

fixty-three rixdoUars, thirty-nine kruitzers ; Saxe-JVeinwr thirteen rixdollars,<br />

eighty-one kruitzers and three quarters ; Saxe-Etfenach thirteen rixdoUars,<br />

eighty-one kruitzers and three quarters ; Saxe-Hildburgbaujen two<br />

rixdoUars leventy-eight kruitzers ; Saxe-Gotha fixteen rixdoUars, feventyfeven<br />

kruitzers ; Heffe-CaJJel, on account <strong>of</strong> Henneberg-Scbmalkalden., alfo<br />

nineteen rixdoUars, eight kruitzers and a half; the biUiopric <strong>of</strong> iVurzburg^<br />

on account <strong>of</strong> the Henneberg lands, forty rixdoUars, thirty-three kruitzers<br />

znd Saxe-Meinungen, on iLccount <strong>of</strong> Henneberg-RombilJ, eighty- one rixdollars,<br />

fourteen kruitzers and a half. The princely Counts <strong>of</strong> Henneberg are<br />

hereditarily marlhals <strong>of</strong> the bifhopric <strong>of</strong> fFurzburg.<br />

§. 10. Having given this general account <strong>of</strong> the country <strong>of</strong> Henneberg,<br />

we are now more accurately to defcribe the fliares which each <strong>of</strong> the<br />

above-mentioned (§. 7.) princely houfes is p<strong>of</strong>lTefled <strong>of</strong> in this princely<br />

county.<br />

I. The eledloral houfe <strong>of</strong> Saxony,<br />

In its fliare <strong>of</strong> the country which reverted to It on the death <strong>of</strong> Duke<br />

Maurice William <strong>of</strong> Saxe-Zeitz, adminifters all regency and chamber matters<br />

by v/hat is called a fuperintendent-amt, or fuperintendency. Confiftorial<br />

aff"airs here the confiftory looks to, and the country itfelf is divided<br />

in the following manner: I'iz.<br />

I. Into the town and prefeclurate <strong>of</strong> Schleusingen. In it is<br />

Schleufwgen, formerly the refidence-town <strong>of</strong> the Princes <strong>of</strong> Hekneherg,<br />

and at prefent the feat <strong>of</strong> the eleäoral Saxcn fuperintendency, lying on the<br />

little river Scbleufz, and having a citadel. This town is not large, and on<br />

account <strong>of</strong> the adjoining Thuringian wood, has but little land fit for tillage.<br />

In it, however, is a fuperintendency, and a gymnaßum, which Prince George<br />

Emejl caufed to be oonfecrated in the year 1577, and which belongs in<br />

<strong>com</strong>mon to all the Dukes <strong>of</strong> Saxony, who are p<strong>of</strong>felTed <strong>of</strong> any flure in the<br />

princely county <strong>of</strong> Hennebcrg. Scbleußngen alfo contains a <strong>com</strong>mendary beloni^ing<br />

to the order <strong>of</strong> St. Jokn which was founded in 1291. The town-<br />

VoL. V, O o o council

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