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472 ü E R M ANY, [Henneberg.
IV. The Dukes of Saxe-Gotha and Coburg-Saalfeld
are poflefled of
I. The prefedlurate of Themar
After the following manner ; that is to fay, the former is pofleffed of one
third and the latter of two thirds thereof. This prefedurate comprizes
in It
1. Themar^ an old little town, fituated on the Werra, and containing in
it the amt-office, and a decanate, as alfo a petty Latin fchool. This place
carries on a confiderable trade in wool. In the year 1634 the greateft part
of it
was burnt by the Croats.
2. The villages of Ehre7iberg, Grimmeltß?aufef7, and Wachenhron, the
laft of which ftands upon a mountain, together with the parochial-villages
of Exdorf and Dvtgßeben, as alfo thofe of Reurit^ Lengjeld, &c.
3. Trojlatt, a farm or domain, on which formerly flood a nunnery.
V. The ducal houfe of Saxe-Hildhurghaufen is poflefled of
The prefefturate of Behrungen, containing
Behnwgen, or Behringen, anciently named Baririge, a parochial-village,
and the principal place of this prefedturate.
VI. The Landgrave of Hejje-Cajfel is poflTefl^ed of
That tradl which formerly conftituted the feigniory, and forms the upperprefedlurate
of Schmalkalden, having been purchafed by Henry Landgrave
oi Heße, and by Elizabeth widow to Prince John oi Henneberg, in the
year 1360, of the Burggrave Albrecht oi Nürnberg, for the fum of 4,300
gold guldens. After the extindion of the Princes of Henneberg, the Landgraves
of Heffe, by virtue of a treaty of fucceffion, obtained to their own
fhare of this feigniory alio the other part, in which are the following prefedurates:
viz.
I. The prefedurate of Schmalkalden, containing
Schmalkalden, a town, fituated at the foot of the Thuringian wood, on
a rivulet of the fame name, which at this place receives into it the Stille.
Schmalkalden is a pretty large, thriving, and populous town. On a hill
near it ftands the citadel of PFilhelmsburg, formerly called Waldorf, but
having been entirely rebuilt by the Landgrave William IV. is, on that account,
named after him. In the centre of the town ftands an old houfe of
the Prince's called the Heßenhof. Elizabeth, fifter to the Landgrave Philips
and datchefs of Saxony, having made it her place of refidence towards the
middle